| Description |
xii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-326) and index. |
| Summary |
"The essential guide to parenting adopted and foster kids--learn to create felt safety, heal attachment trauma, and navigate challenging behaviors and triggers"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Creating felt safety. Origins ; Trauma: how a gastroenterologist changed how the world thinks about trauma ; Infant trauma ; PTSD and fight, flight, and freeze ; Olympic-level self-care ; Attachment ; Healing attachment damage ; Good discipline strategies ; Routines and rituals -- Emotional regulation. Adoption (or placement) stages: how children grieve ; Attunement and manipulation: all behavior communicates ; Reflective listening and emotional modeling ; Sendory success -- Identity. Transracial and transethnic adoption ; Older child adoption ; Working with birth family ; Talking with your child about adoption ; Lifebooks: not just for the crafty -- Living and thriving with PTSD. The child you have ; Sleep and food strategies ; How to choose the right therapist ; Working with schools ; PTSD and medical care ; Siblings ; Lying and stealing ; When it's more than PTSD: ADHD, FASD, autism ; While you are waiting and the first few months ; Foster care: licensed to parent ; When things are really hard ; Leaving home ; Troubleshooting: the Q and A section -- Book list -- Movie list. |
| Subject |
Parenting.
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Adopted children -- Psychology.
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Foster children -- Psychology.
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| Genre |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Tantrum, Barbara Cummins, 1973-
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| ISBN |
9781623175153 (trade paperback) : $19.95 |
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1623175151 (trade paperback) |
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