Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) affects up to 1 in 20 people, and is particularly prevalent among young people in the adoption and fostering system. As a hidden brain injury, FASD can manifest in ways that often lead to challenging behavior...Loe edasi...
Reveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptions: adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents. Adoption Unfiltered authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and...Loe edasi...
Stefanie Mercado Altman, Stan Altman, Claire Altman
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Fordham University Press, ISBN-13: 9781531511807)
A deeply moving memoir of love, resilience, and identity, chronicling one familys journey through adoption, caregiving, and the profound connections that define us Twice Blessed is a beautifully written memoir that explores the depths of...Loe edasi...
A funny, bullshit-free and surprising historyQueer families have always existed Even Sappho, the OG lesbian, had a daughter named Cleis, in honour of vaginas everywhere! For centuries, the women of ‘The Golden Orchid Soc...Loe edasi...
Many foster and adoptive parents lose hope when they experience challenging and oppositional child behaviors. This book gives parents the tools and strategies to respond to these outbursts - particularly those that stem from a childs potentially tr...Loe edasi...
Many foster and adoptive parents lose hope when they experience challenging and oppositional child behaviors. This book gives parents the tools and strategies to respond to these outbursts – particularly those that stem from a child’s potentially...Loe edasi...
In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an American couple travelled to Shaoyang to adopt a Chinese toddler they thought had...Loe edasi...
The extraordinary and riveting story of separated Chinese twins, with one twin seized by the authorities and adopted into America, by the Samuel Johnson-winning author of Nothing to Envy. In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jun-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, ISBN-13: 9781540904799)
Former street kid turned single adoptive dad and foster parent to dozens of children pulls from his unique journey to offer parents guiding principles about parenting with grace and consistency, even through the challenges of difficult behaviors, bro...Loe edasi...
