Working with adoptive parents : research, theory, and therapeutic interventions / edited by Virginia M. Brabender, April E. Fallon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brabender, Virginia.

Fallon, April.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adoptive parents.

Parenting.

Parent and child.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 293 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, 2013.

Summary:

Editors Virginia Brabender and April Fallon are clinical psychologists and also adoptive parents whose families are acquainted with both the uncertainty and joy of adoption. In Working with Adoptive Parents, they offer an in-depth treatment of the distinctive needs, feelings, impulses, expectations, and conflicts that adoptive parents experience through the stages of adoption and beyond. This volume offers a comprehensive picture of adoption through an exploration of the experiences and developmental processes of the adoptive parent. Featuring contributions from mental health professionals whose careers have focused on work with families through the adoption process, this unique book: Covers the theory, research, and practice of adoptive parenting throughout the life cycle, Explores the issues unique to the adoptive mother and adoptive father as they traverse the stages of parenting, Offers a close look at families with special needs children, Acknowledges and explores the great diversity among adoptive families and the kinship networks in which they are embedded, Examines attachment issues between adoptive parent and child, Providing a framework for therapists to conceptualize their work with adoptive parents, Working with Adoptive Parents clarifies and facilitates the journey that many of these families face. Book jacket.

Contents:

Setting the stage : the adoptive parent in context / Virginia Brabender and April Fallon

Theoretical contributions to the understanding of parent-child bonding in adoption / April Fallon and Barbara L. Goldsmith

Using research to inform best practices in working with adoptive families / Hal S. Shorey, Sanjay R. Nath, and Meredith Carter

The adoptive mother / Virginia Brabender, Amanda Swartz, Mary Winzinger, and April Fallon

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-269) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Working with adoptive parents

ISBN:

9781118109120

1118109120

OCLC:

823473388