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Developing Adoption Support and Therapy : New Approaches for Practice
ISBN: 9781843101468 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adoption is currently taking centre stage in family policy in the UK and USA, with new legislation that places emphasis on providing and maintaining permanent family homes for children separated from their families of origin. This book explores the challenges of adoption and how best to support families coping with these demands. Angie Hart and Barry Luckock draw together adoptive parents' experiences, professional practice and empirical research to provide an integrative account of adoption support services. Using three fictional families, they illustrate issues such as the adoption of older...
Adoption is currently taking centre stage in family policy in the UK and USA, with new legislation that places emphasis on providing and maintaining p...
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148,12 zł |
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The Dynamics of Adoption : Social and Personal Perspectives
ISBN: 9781853027826 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Documenting experiences representative of all those involved in the adoption process - adoptee, adoptive and birth parent and professional, and informed by psychoanalytic and social and cultural theory perspectives, this important addition to the literature on adoption highlights a new dimension in social policy, welfare work and personal accounts in this field. The Dynamics of Adoption shows that fantasy and emotion are integral parts of the experience and affect the nature of thought itself. Applying this to the complexity of the adoption experience, it combines personal accounts with...
Documenting experiences representative of all those involved in the adoption process - adoptee, adoptive and birth parent and professional, and inform...
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148,12 zł |
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Masterpiece of Joy: From the Despair of Infertility to the Joy of Adoption
ISBN: 9781432716141 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Witness God's Handiwork...A Masterpiece of Joy Does God really hear and answer very specific prayers? Can He really bring us from the depths of despair and bless us beyond belief? The answer to these questions is a resounding "yes" This story details the journey of one couple from the agonizing despair of infertility to the joy of open adoption. . Are you facing infertility? . Is someone you love walking through this devastating ordeal? . Have you considered open adoption, but still have uncertainties? . Are you facing an unplanned pregnancy and considering your... Witness God's Handiwork...A Masterpiece of Joy Does God really hear and answer very specific prayers? Can He really bring us from the depths ... |
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68,39 zł |
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Son of My Soul - The Adoption of Christopher
ISBN: 9781894936934 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It would be easy to accept this book as 'another adoption story' that is until you read it. From the first words the reader is caught up in the account, enthralled by not just the tale but the telling of it. Ms. Shiveley Welch's talent reveals the journey to, love, her decision, her new and wonderful child and most of all her earnest desire and steadfast belief that everything would come to pass.
It would be easy to accept this book as 'another adoption story' that is until you read it. From the first words the reader is caught up in the accoun...
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63,82 zł |
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The Adoption Reunion Handbook
ISBN: 9780470094228 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book describes the experiences that people have had when tracing their birth parents, as well as offering practical advice on how to go about searching and what to expect emotionally. Each section has an advice box which summarizes key points, notes issues to pay particular attention to, or offers draft letters that readers can adapt for their own needs. The appendix contains useful addresses and weblinks, and includes checklists for searching and for the reunion. Chapters include reunion with birth fathers and birth siblings, as well as with birth mothers, the relationship with the...
The book describes the experiences that people have had when tracing their birth parents, as well as offering practical advice on how to go about sear...
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132,04 zł |
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Bracha Means Blessing: Scenes from a Bi-Cultural Adoption
ISBN: 9780595463381 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "When I read Bracha Stock's delightful diary and afterthoughts, the prose had a poetic ring to it: distilled memories written by a native Israeli, married to an American, who writes in English in a voice that is uniquely hers. At the heart of this enchanting and provocative read, there are two absorbing themes-the joys and fears involved in raising an adopted child, coupled with the experience of rearing one who is bi-lingual from the earliest age-at home in two languages. Within this structure there are other nuggets of interest-ranging from insights into the parenting process in general to...
"When I read Bracha Stock's delightful diary and afterthoughts, the prose had a poetic ring to it: distilled memories written by a native Israeli, mar...
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48,81 zł |
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The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family
ISBN: 9781600061653 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Authors Jayne E. Schooler and Thomas C. Atwood share insights into every aspect of adoption. This powerful resource addresses the needs and concerns facing adoptive parents, while offering encouragement for the journey ahead.
Authors Jayne E. Schooler and Thomas C. Atwood share insights into every aspect of adoption. This powerful resource addresses the needs and concerns f...
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81,65 zł |
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Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know
ISBN: 9781843106715 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why was I abandoned? Why did my parents adopt me? What if I want to meet my biological parents? Children who find out they are adopted have many questions that are difficult for a parent to answer. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings and provides parents with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions. The author covers all the common questions that children ask and provides sensitive, candid answers in a way that children will be able to understand and relate to. Each chapter is devoted to a particular issue, such as why a child is adopted, who chose the child's first...
Why was I abandoned? Why did my parents adopt me? What if I want to meet my biological parents? Children who find out they are adopted have many quest...
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58,16 zł |
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If I Love My Kid Enough: The Reality of Raising an Adopted Child
ISBN: 9780595461943 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "IF I LOVE MY KID ENOUGH: THE REALITY OF RAISING AN ADOPTED CHILD" is based on the true story of Bethany. Adopted in infancy, she showed the promise of the perfect child. But early on there were indications that hers might not be a "happily ever after story." The book traces Bethany's erratic development and her family's attempts to find answers for her troublesome behavior. Parents of all children can benefit from studying the lessons of Bethany's life. In telling this one story, the authors provide both the parents' and therapist's points of view while probing the latest research on the...
"IF I LOVE MY KID ENOUGH: THE REALITY OF RAISING AN ADOPTED CHILD" is based on the true story of Bethany. Adopted in infancy, she showed the promise o...
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65,15 zł |
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The Road to Cali
ISBN: 9781425784850 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -I didn't know if I could be a mother. I wasn't sure if I even wanted to be a mother. Nothing in my upbringing seemed to support motherhood.- So begins Corinne Chateau's odyssey to claim the mother in herself and embark upon an unexpected journey that will lead her to a child in the distant Republic of Georgia. The Road to Cali is about not giving up. It is the story of a rescue--of both a child and oneself.
-I didn't know if I could be a mother. I wasn't sure if I even wanted to be a mother. Nothing in my upbringing seemed to support motherhood.- So begin...
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155,48 zł |
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The "Everything" Parent's Guide to Raising Your Adopted Child: A Complete Handbook to Welcoming Your Adopted Child into Your Heart and Home
ISBN: 9781598696066 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Domestic or international? Baby or older child? A child with special needs? The number of decisions you will need to make when deciding to adopt can at times seem overwhelming. The Everything(R) Parent's Guide to Raising Your Adopted Child offers all the information any potential or newly adoptive parent might need. Parenting expert and adoptive parent Corrie Lynne Player has interviewed hundreds of adoptive parents and presents a cross-section of age, ethnicity, and cultural backgrounds to help you make the most informed decisions. This essential guidebook is packed with reassuring...
Domestic or international? Baby or older child? A child with special needs? The number of decisions you will need to make when deciding to adopt can a...
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77,56 zł |
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The Lost Daughters of China: Adopted Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search Fora Missing Past
ISBN: 9781585426768 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1997 journalist Karin Evans walked into an orphanage in southern China and met her new daughter, a beautiful one-year-old baby girl. In this fateful moment Evans became part of a profound, increasingly common human drama that links abandoned Chinese girls with foreigners who have traveled many miles to complete their families. At once a compelling personal narrative and an evocative portrait of contemporary China, The Lost Daughters of China has also served as an invaluable guide for thousands of readers as they navigated the process of adopting from China. However, much has...
In 1997 journalist Karin Evans walked into an orphanage in southern China and met her new daughter, a beautiful one-year-old baby girl. In this fatefu...
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98,03 zł |
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Your Sacred Adoption: A Guided Journal of Life, Love and Memories
ISBN: 9780595485307 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As an adoptive parent, or someone considering adoption, you are making a leap of faith into a world of endless joys and challenges. A world of mystery and awe. A sacred world. When you adopt a child, hearts open. Deep feelings are stirred. Things happen that leave you shaking your head in wonder. Everyone is touched by something magical, something bigger than all of us. Many call it God. Others call it spirit, or the holy, or the divine. Others have no name for it, but they know it's present. This guided journal will help you capture and preserve everything about this wondrous time. Simple... As an adoptive parent, or someone considering adoption, you are making a leap of faith into a world of endless joys and challenges. A world of myst... |
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48,81 zł |
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The Road to Cali
ISBN: 9781425784768 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -I didn't know if I could be a mother. I wasn't sure if I even wanted to be a mother. Nothing in my upbringing seemed to support motherhood.- So begins Corinne Chateau's odyssey to claim the mother in herself and embark upon an unexpected journey that will lead her to a child in the distant Republic of Georgia. The Road to Cali is about not giving up. It is the story of a rescue--of both a child and oneself.
-I didn't know if I could be a mother. I wasn't sure if I even wanted to be a mother. Nothing in my upbringing seemed to support motherhood.- So begin...
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106,88 zł |
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Shattered Dreams - Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies with Disabilities Talk about Adoption
ISBN: 9780313360664 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dreams of pregnancy include the expectation that nine months of waiting will end with a joyous event. But, each year, a shattered dream occurs for thousands of couples who receive the news that their child will have a disabling condition severe enough that they may question if they are the best parents for their child. Societal expectation is that parents will raise their child or, if the condition of the child is detected prenatally, abortion is offered as an alternative. Parents who explore other options face scrutiny and, sometimes, condemnation--lonely choices. Joanne... Dreams of pregnancy include the expectation that nine months of waiting will end with a joyous event. But, each year, a shattered dream occurs for ... |
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142,88 zł |
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Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
ISBN: 9780313360688 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child bridges the gap between the desire to help a waiting child and the reality of America's special needs adoption system. It is designed to be used by adoption professionals and adoptive parents, to help them get started, keep going, and locate whatever additional information and support they need. The authors are adoption professionals, long-time support volunteers, child advocates, and mothers of a total of 21 children, 13 of them adopted children with special needs. Tens of thousands of children in the United States alone are waiting in...
Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child bridges the gap between the desire to help a waiting child and the reality of America's special ne...
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137,54 zł |
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Labours of Love: Canadians Talk about Adoption
ISBN: 9781550028454 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adoption is not for the faint of heart. Labours of Love chronicles the journeys of Canadians who have overcome heartbreaking obstacles to become parents. Their stories are as diverse as our country, and span the borders of our world. While each account is unique in its own way, the stories are connected by the overwhelmingly commonality of the power of human connection. Adoption is not for the faint of heart. Labours of Love chronicles the journeys of Canadians who have overcome heartbreaking obstacles to be... |
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118,41 zł |
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Isak and the Oranges: The Half-Orphans of HOA (Hebrew Orphan Asylum, NY)
ISBN: 9781478755647 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Young and old readers alike are fascinated by stories of life in an orphanage. In a carefully researched book about orphans and half-orphans at the turn of the last century, Nancy Price Freedman weaves an eye-opening tale of institutional life, based on the experiences of her father's siblings, who were "inmates" in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York City. Interviews with other inmates of that institution reveal questionable childcare practices that were common in the early twentieth century and considered to be "for the good of the child." The story is told through the eyes of Isak, the...
Young and old readers alike are fascinated by stories of life in an orphanage. In a carefully researched book about orphans and half-orphans at the tu...
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50,10 zł |
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Will You Be Here When I Get Home?
ISBN: 9781856355216 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Claire Cashin was adopted. In her youth, she experienced many personal problems because her mother 'gave her away'. This led her in search of her biological mother. This is a true and honest account of adoption, search and reunion. It examines in depth how adoption can affect the individual and their loved ones.
Claire Cashin was adopted. In her youth, she experienced many personal problems because her mother 'gave her away'. This led her in search of her biol...
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86,42 zł |
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If You Think You Are My Daughter
ISBN: 9781412007955 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,49 zł |