Child Development Mediated by Trauma: The Dark Side of International Adoption

ISBN-13: 9780367728335 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 212 str.

Boris Gindis

Opis

Based on data obtained through the study of children adopted into Western families from overseas orphanages, this book investigates the cognitive and developmental consequences of profound deprivation and neglect, as they emerge during the rehabilitation process.

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter One: Contemporary International Adoption - a Unique Social/Cultural Phenomenon

Chapter Two: Developmental Trauma Disorder and Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Three: Development Interceded by Trauma in Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Four: "Language Lost – Language Found" experience: Distinct Pattern of Language Development in Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Five: Cognitive Functioning of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Six: Social/Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Seven: Academic performance and educational remediation of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Developmental Trauma Disorder Questionnaire for the Parents of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children.

Appendix 2: Sample of referral questions and psychological tools used in bilingual screening of newly arrived Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Appendix 3: Sample of referral questions and psychoeducational tests/clinical procedures used for a comprehensive combined neuropsychological, developmental, and educational assessment of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children.

O autorze

Boris Gindis, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, USA.