Practical Guide to Parenting a Child Exposed to Trauma

Parenting kids exposed to trauma is hard. Sometimes very hard, but these kids need parents and these families can thrive. What do the experts say works when parenting a child exposed to trauma?

Happily Ever After? Unexpected Stresses of Newly Adoptive Families

You’ve filled out forms, you were interviewed and inspected, you waited, you hoped, you prayed. Now you finally have your long awaited child, but life is not exactly what you thought it would be. Adoption therapists Mari Itzkowitz, with the Center for Adoption Support and Education in Virginia, and Rita Taddonio, the Director of the Adoption Resource Center in New York City, talk about some of the unexpected bumps of adoptive parenting.

9 “Easy” Tips for Surviving 1st 6 Months with Newly Adopted Kids

We spend so much time, energy, and often money on the process of adopting a child that it is tempting, once the child is finally in our home, to sigh with a sense of “Mission Accomplished” and give ourselves a mental high five for a job well done.

Books On Attachment For Adoptive Parents

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents by Deborah Gray – A classic adoption book and a comprehensive guide for prospective and actual adoptive parents on how to understand and care for their adopted child and promote healthy attachment. Attaching in Adoption gives parents practical strategies to enhance children’s happiness and emotional health. It explains what attachment is, how grief and trauma can affect children’s emotional development, and how to improve attachment, respect, cooperation and trust. Simply the best!