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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Javier, Rafael Art.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adoption.

Adoption--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 563 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 538-542) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483350745

1483350746

9781322305707

1322305706

9781412976633

1412976634

9781782689386

1782689389

9781452206424

1452206422

9781441655059

1441655050

OCLC:

809771526