Here are some
useful resources
for
family support
Our expert staff find the following articles to be very useful to families who adopt older kids and teens:
Read this fabulous article written by Julie Alvarado in Fostering Families Today March/April 2010 issues where she says “Children who have suffered even the most severe trauma and children who present event the most challenging behaviors are not beyond the hope of healing.
”Decreasing Disrupted Placements and Failed Adoptions Through Emotional Regulatory Healing”
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Children who have suffered at the hands of angry, controlling, manipulative and uncaring adults will more effectively heal in treatment and with parents who are the opposite — unconditionally loving and caring, non-confrontational, not controlling or manipulative, who are gentle and not angry.
You can order Bryan Post’s newest book THE GREAT BEHAVIOR BREAKDOWN that identifies 27 of the most challenging behaviors that parents face and provides step-by-step guidance to help transform family conflict.
Families looking for a great way to deal with children with severe behaviors we recommend Beyond Consequences, Logic and Control by Bryan Post, Ph.D. & Heather T. Forbes, LCSW.
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Developmental stages and adopting older children written by Claudia Fletcher
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