In this book, child and family therapist Patty Cogen, M.A., Ed.D. guides parents in promoting an internationally adopted child’s social and emotional adjustment, explaining how to help a child adopted between the ages of six months and five years bond with his or her new parents, become a part of the family, and develop a positive self-image that incorporates both American identity and ethnic origins. Other topics include how (and why) to tell the child’s story from the child’s point of view; how to handle sleep problems and resistance to household rules; and how to encourage eye contact, ease transitions and separations, and deal with problematic anniversaries (birthdays, adoption day, Mother’s Day). With advi… More >>
- ISBN13: 9781558323261
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
$8.75
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Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years
