Handbook of adoption [[electronic resource] ] : implications for researchers, practitioners, and families / / [edited by] Rafael A. Javier ... [et al.] ; preface by David Brodzinsky

• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 563 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 362.734
• Soggetto topico: Adoption; Adoption - Research
• Altri autori: JavierRafael Art
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 538-542) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 - Breaking the Seal; Part I: Foundation; 2 - Toward a Sociology of Adoption; 3 - Adoption Data and Statistical Trends; 4 - A Legal History of Adoption and Ongoing Legal Challenges; Part II: Theoretical Issues in Adoption; 5 - Developmental Challenges for Adoptees Across the Life Cycle; 6 - Adoptive Identity; 7 - The Cultural-Racial Identity Model; Pat III: Transracial and International Adoption; 8 - Putting Culture Into Context; 9 - Moving Beyond the Controversy of the Transracial Adoption of Black and Biracial Children ; 10 - International Adoption of Latin American Children11 - From the Ashes of War; Part IV: Special Issues in Adoption; 12 - Open Adoptions; 13 - Single-Parent Adoptions and Clinical Implications; 14 - The Special Needs of Special-Needs Adoptees and Their Families; 15 - Double Stigma; 16 - The Importance of Kinship Relationships16for Children in Foster Care; 17 - School Issuesand Adoption; Part V: Training and Education for Adoption Therapy Competence; 18 - Variations in Clinical Issues for Children Adopted as Infants and Those Adopted as Older Children; 19 - Counseling Adoption Triad Members ; 20 - Psychologists' Self-Reported Adoption Knowledge and the Need for More Adoption EducationPart VI: Research Findings in Adoption Work; 21 - Research Contributions; 22 - Birth Mothers and Subsequent Children; 23 - Identity, Psychological Adjustment, Culture, and Race; 24 - Adoptees' and BirthParents' Therapeutic Experiences Related to Adoption; Part VII: Assessment and Treatment Issues in Adoption; 25 - Why Has the Mental Health Community Been Silent on Adoption Issues?; 26 - The Inner Life of the Adopted Child; 27 - Birth Parents in Adoption ; 28 - Relinquishment as a Critical Variable in the Treatment of Adoptees29 - Psychoanalytic Understanding and Treatment of the Adoptee; 30 - Psychic Homelessness Related to Reactive Attachment Disorder; 31 - "I Don't Know You"; Part VIII: Poetic Reflections and Other Creative Processes From Adoptees; 32 - Reflections; Part IX: Conclusion; 33 - The Future of Adoption; Resource Guide; About the Editors; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Handbook of Adoption' addresses topics in adoption that reflect the many dimensions of theory, research, development, race adjustment and clinical practice which can affect adoption triad members.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of adoption
• ISBN: 1-4833-5074-6; 1-322-30570-6; 1-4129-7663-4; 1-78268-938-9; 1-4522-0642-2; 1-4416-5505-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780782303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II