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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches                 Summary       More by this author     Smalley, Betsy Keefer, 1949-     Subjects     Adoption -- United States -- Psychological aspects.     Adopted children -- United States -- Psychology.     Foster children -- United States -- Psychology.     Secrecy -- Psychological aspects.     Communication in families -- United States.     Disclosure of information -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Smalley, Betsy Keefer, 1949-       by title:      Telling the truth to...         MARC Display

Telling the truth to your adopted or foster child : making sense of the past / Betsy Keefer Smalley and Jayne E. Schooler. by Smalley, Betsy Keefer, 1949- Subjects Adoption -- United States -- Psychological aspects.   Adopted children -- United States -- Psychology.   Foster children -- United States -- Psychology.   Secrecy -- Psychological aspects.   Communication in families -- United States.   Disclosure of information -- United States. Publisher Info:  Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015] Edition:  Second edition. Description:  xiv, 288 pages ; 25 cm RDA Types:  text unmediated volume ISBN:  9781440842818 1440842817 9781440834042 1440834040 9781440834059 Contents:  The power of secrets on family relationships -- Truth or consequences : a great debate -- Just the facts, ma'am : why do children need them? -- Learning about your child : a fact-finding mission -- Adoption through a child's eyes : developmental stage -- Through a parent's eyes : the challenges in creating an environment of ongoing adoption communication -- Principles of talking about adoption -- Sharing the hard stuff : the adoptive parent's challenge -- Twelve tools of parent/child communication -- Transracial or transcultural adoption : talking about adoption and race -- Kinship foster care and adoption : telling the truth when it's "all in the family" -- Adolescence : parents matter : keeping lines of communication open -- Managing communication with openness in adoption : questions most asked by parents -- Communication about adoption outside the family -- Appendix A: Information needed to prepare a case for adoption -- Appendix B: Triggers for adoption issues -- Appendix C: Lifebooks : they are effective for children in understanding their story. Format Book:  Summary:  This guide to openness, communication, and truthfulness in adopter-adoptee relationships is designed to meet the practical and informational needs of adoptive parents, foster parents, adoption professionals, mental health professionals, and school teachers and counselors who have adopted or foster children. No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 649.145 SMA Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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