from Flight of the Stork by Anne Bernstein
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Articles and fact sheets
Talking to Children about Sex and Adoption
from Flight of the Stork by Anne Bernstein
Making Sense of New Conceptions…in a Family Way
from Flight of the Stork by Anne Bernstein
Observing Adoption Awareness Month
A compiled list of quick, easy, cheap, last-minute ideas for observing AAM this November as well as a list of ideas for observations that will take a half year or more of pre-planning for next year!
The Financial Impact of Adoptive Parenthood
by Pat Johnston, adapted from Launching a Baby’s Adoption and Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families
Infertility and Aftershocks
by Pat Johnston, explores the long-term psychological impact of infertility and discusses why resolving this issue is so important to future parenting relationships. Adapted from Taking Charge of Infertility, this article first appeared in the magazine Pact Press from Pact: An Adoption Alliance.
Beware the Dragon!
Chapter 1 from Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Bringing Your International Adoptee Home
The following article has been excerpted from Chapter 6, Brothers and Sisters in Adoption: Helping Children Navigate Relationships when New Kids Join the Family. It is so exciting to finally find a child to join your family by adoption! You and the children you already parent-the typically-developing children-can hardly wait to meet the new brother [...]
Choosing Embryo Adoption
by Susan Cooper and Ellen Glazer from their book Choosing Assisted Reproduction: Social, Emotional and Ethical Considerations.
Children First:
Making the Paradigm Shift from Infertility to Adoption by Pat Johnston This article first appeared in the enewsletter and on the website of INCIID.org, for which Pat moderates three adoption boards.Similar material now appears in her newest bookAdopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families (2007)
The Commitment
by Pat Johnston (first appeared in Adoption Today’s January 2001 issue)
Medical Ethics and the New Reproductive Technologies
by Susan Cooper and Ellen Glazer from Choosing Assisted Reproduction: Social, Emotional and Ethical Considerations
Making Good Decisions about Using Donated Eggs:
Elements and Influences Excerpted from Ellen Sarasohn Glazer and Evelina Weidman Sterling’s Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation
In the Best Interests of the Embryos?
by Ellen Glazer is a provocative essay advocating against “embryo adoption” and for donation of “extra” embryos to stem cell research. It first appeared in the American Infertility Association’s newsletter.
Getting Real
(Building a sense of entitlement…are you the “real parent”?) by Pat Johnston, first appeared in Roots & Wings magazine after being adapted from Adopting after Infertility. It is now included in Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families
Five Hot Buttons Not to Push
by Pat Johnston (with help from her friends on the INCIID adoption boards), from Adoption Is a Family Affair! What Friends and Relatives Must Know
Il bambino “bloccato”
Di Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D. Traduzione di Marcia E. Salusti Questo articolo è stato adattato dal materiale sviluppato dalla Dott.ssa Fahlberg sull’assistenza ai bambini con assenza di attaccamento e bambini “confusi” da multipli collocamenti, presentato anche nei suoi libri. I lettori possono trovare questo articolo ed altri in Internet all’indirizzo http://www.perspectivespress.com/ourfactsheets.html INTRODUZIONE Una delle principali [...]
Observing Infertility Awareness Month
Activities for you or your group to try by Pat Johnston with the American Fertility Association.
From Infertility to Family:
A Musical Journey Popular songs providing comfort and empathy through the infertility journey.
The Life Story Book
by Vera Fahlberg, MD, was adapted from A Child’s Journey through Placement
Losing an Adoption: Practical Advice for Moving on after a Uniquely Painful Experience
by Pat Johnston and Wendy Williams from a book in process
Instant Family? A Case Against Artificial Twinning
is a new and expanded treatment of material already published in Pat Johnston’s books Launching a Baby’s Adoption and Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families, as well as in articles for Adoptive Families magazine, Pact Press, and Serono Symposia USA’s newsletter for professionals, Insights into Infertility. This is controversial stuff, but something all prospective adopters and couples reluctant to put treatment behind before adopting should read.
Assessing Attachment-Readiness and Capabilities in Prospective Adoptive Parents
Excerpted from Chapter 9: “The Role of The Child Welfare/Social Worker” in Deborah Gray’s 2007 book Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma
‘Adopt-a’ Confusion
from Adopting After Infertility and Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families by Pat Johnston
What Should We Tell the Kids?
from Taking Charge of Infertility by Pat Johnston
Speaking Positively: Using Respectful Adoption Language
by Pat Johnston
Promoting Attachment through the Senses
by Pat Johnston, adapted from Launching a Baby’s Adoption and now <Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families
Servizi post-adozione
Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D. Traduzione di Marcia E. Salusti Questo articolo, sviluppato per i workshop formativi condotti dalla Dott.ssa Fahlberg, rivolti aspecialisti nel campo dell’assistenza ai minori, si collega ai materiali presentati nel suo libro intitolato A Child’s Journey through Placement. I lettori possono trovare quest’articolo ed altri in Internet all’indirizzo http://www.perspectivespress.com/articlelist Gli assistenti sociali [...]
Losing a Sibling: Helping Your Child Cope with an Adoption Reversal
by Pat Johnston and Wendy Williams
A Guide for Group Discussion of Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft
Mary Hopkins-Best, Ed.D. Chapter 1-2: Had you thought about the similarities and differences between adoption of an infant, toddler, and older child? What surprised you about the section “What’s So Special About Toddler Adoption?” How deliberate is your choice to adopt a toddler? How might that affect your adjustment to your child and your child’s [...]
When Adopted Toddlers Reject Their Parents
by Mary Hopkins-Best from Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft first appeared in the PNPIC Post in Autumn, 1997.
Relaxing the Grip of Anxiety and Control
Excerpted from Deborah Gray’s Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents.
Talking with Children about their Orphanage Background:
A Guide to Using Borya and the Burps! A “user’s guide” to Joan McNamara’s children’s book Borya and the Burps!
Post-Adoption Services
by Vera I Fahlberg, M.D. is a part of the training material included in her books A Child’s Journey through Placement and Residential Treatment.
The Child Who Is ‘Stuck’
by Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D., is an adaptation from her books A Child’s Journey through Placement and Residential Treatment and trainings. | |