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Once You've Adopted

Once You've Adopted

• Talking to Your Child about adoption
• Explaining Adoption to Your Child
• Answers to children's questions About Adoption
• Post Adoption depression syndrome
  Yes, it is more common than you think. You've reached your goal of parenthood, but depression often follows.
• What are some of the issues we face with interracial adoption?
• How do I answer those"rude/awkward" questions people ask me about my children?
  One mom's gracious answers to awkward questions about our adoptedkids
• Adoption and the Stages of Development:
  What Parents Can Expect at Different Ages
• The Identity crisis years
  Sometime in their lives most adopted people must face the issue that they were given up by their birth parents.
• What are some of the Issues which face Interracial Families?
• Building Bridges to your Child's Ethnic Community
• Adopting The International Child With Special Needs
• ADD/ADHD
• Adoption and FAS (fetal alcohol Syndrome)
• Information from Turning Point on Resources for Institutionalized Children from Romania
• When You Need Help
  How do I know when I need help? Post adoption counseling.
• Common Clinical issues among Adoptees
  (Those who have received psychological treatment)
• In the Best Interests of Whom?
  The Baby Richard Case and the Need for Reform by Marcy Axness