Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids : A Guide for Parents and Professionals - Hardcover

Gregory C. Keck; Regina M. Kupecky

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576830942 ISBN 13: 9781576830949

Publisher: Pinon Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Written in a nontechnical style, this book brings to light grim truths but also real hope that children who have been hurt can be healed and brought back into life by adoptive and foster parents, therapists, teachers, social workers, and others whose lives interact with theirs.

· Includes information on foreign adoptions
· Also available: Parenting the Hurt Child

About this title

From the Back Cover:

THE NEW FACE OF ADOPTION. Fewer and fewer families adopting today are able to bring home a healthy newborn infant. The majority of adoptions now involve emotionally wounded, older children who have suffered the effects of abuse or neglect in their birth families and carry complex baggage with them into their adoptive families. Adopting the Hurt Child addresses the frustrations, heartache, and hope surrounding the adoptions of these special-needs kids. Children who have endured emotional and physical atrocities, failed reunifications, and myriad losses associated with multiple moves in the foster care system not only present unique challenges to their adoptive families but also impact greater society in significant ways. Integrating social, psychological, and sociopolitical issues, Adopting the Hurt Child explains how trauma and interruptions affect these children’s normal development and often severely undermine their capacity to function in a loving family and in society. Written in a non-technical style accessible to a diverse audience, Adopting the Hurt Child brings to light grim truths, but also real hope that children who have been hurt can be healed and brought back into life by the adoptive and foster parents, therapists, teachers, social workers, and others whose lives interact with theirs.

About the Author:

Gregory C. Keck, PhD, founded the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio, which specializes in treating children and adolescents who have experienced trauma and developmental interruptions. Dr. Keck has extensive experience in the fields of attachment, adoption, and adolescence. He has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels at a number of universities and has presented to parent and professional groups both nationally and internationally.

As an adoptive parent of two sons who were adopted during adolescence, Dr. Keck combines clinical expertise and personal experience to share with his readers. He is the coauthor of Adopting the Hurt Child and Parenting the Hurt Child.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pinon Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1576830942
• ISBN 13: 9781576830949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 255
• Editor: L.G. Mansfield