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The Series: Why Love Isn’t Enough
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Introduction – The Potential Risks Involved in Adopting From Home or Far Away
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part One – Prenatal Drug and/or Alcohol Exposure
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Two – Neglect
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Three – Sexual Abuse
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Four – Physical Abuse/Domestic Violence
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Five – Impact of Trauma on Brain Development
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Six – Abandonment/Multiple Moves
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Seven – Attachment
Why Love Isn’t Enough: Part Eight – Genetics
Adjusting Expectations Pre- and Post-Adoption
The Development of Realistic Expectations Pre-Adoption: Myth or Actuality?
A Pre-Adoptive Expectation: “My Spouse or Partner want to Adopt”
Maybe When I’m 25 I’ll be Grateful!
A Pre-Adoptive Expectation: “I Don’t want to Deal with Birthparents
Attachment
The “Eyes” Have It
50 Wonderful Songs about Love, Family and Adoption
Theraplay: Enhancing Attachment, Building Trust, Having Fun
“We are Family”: The Importance of Claiming to Enhance Attachment in Adoptive Families
Ensuring the Attachment of Newly Arrived Infants – Part One
Ensuring the Attachment of Newly Arrived Infants - Part Two
Psychological “Fit”: A Place Where Parents, Brothers, Sisters and the Adoptee must come Together
“You are the Mom”: Helping Your Child Join Your Family
To Laugh or Not to Laugh: Humor and Adoptive Families
Nurture: The Ring that Holds the Keys – Part One
Nurture: The Ring that Holds the Keys – Part Two
Nurture and the Sexually Abused or Aggressive Adoptee
A Bit About the Brain
The Brain on Trauma
Neurofeedback: Training the Brain
Implicit Memories: The Roots of Today’s Behavioral Challenges – Part One
Implicit Memories: The Roots of Today’s Behavioral Challenges – Part Two
Consequences vs. Reactions: Parent “Deerly”
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Thinking About the Adoptee’s Trauma
Adoption Resources
Listening Your Way to Healing
A Safe Place for Caleb: A Wonderful Resource for Healing Traumatized Adoptees
Bi-Polar Disorder: Ten+ Resources
A Baker’s Dozen of Articles: Caring for the Adoptee
Caring for the Typical Children: A Baker’s Dozen +
Summer Reading for the Adoptee: Two A+ Resources
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An Explosion of Information
Books, Movies and Websites for Typical and Adopted Children
Managing Behavioral Difficulties
Another Crazy Whopper!: Understanding and Dealing with Lying – Parts One
Another Crazy Whopper!: Understanding and Dealing with Lying – Parts Two
Throw Away the Stickers! A Perspective on Reward Systems
Stinky Business”: Pee and Poop Issues in Adoptive Families – Part One
Stinky Business”: Pee and Poop Issues in Adoptive Families – Part Two
As Mother’s Day Approaches: The Role of Triggers in Adoptive Families
Affection is Wonderful: Will the Behaviors Ever Stop?
The Art of Praising Your Adopted Son or Daughter
Ask Not “Why?”, But “What?
Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: What to Pick?
Take a Time Out from Time Out: Connecting with Your Son or Daughter
One to Five: A Continuum of Healing the Adoptee
Anything We Can’t Find, He Stole! Part One
Anything We Can’t Find, He Stole! Part Two
Anything We Can’t Find, He Stole! Part Three
Anything We Can’t Find, He Stole! Part Four
Shhh!: “Quiet” Parenting Zone Ahead
Getting Started with Quiet Parenting
Oh, the Behaviors!” Developing Value Competency – Part One
Oh, the Behaviors!” Developing Value Competency – Part Two
Getting Full On Parents, Instead Of Food
Parenting and Healing the Aggressive Adopted Child
Moving Children with Sensitivity
“Their Past:” Photos, Video, Audiotape and More…
Sensitively Moving the Older International Adoptee
Moving: Through the Eyes of the Child
Talking to Kids About Adoption
Talking with Children about Their Orphanage Background: A Guide to Using “Borya and the Burps” – Part One
Talking with Children about Their Orphanage Background: A Guide to Using “Borya and the Burps” – Part Two
Adoption and School Issues
Time, Energy and Priorities: Homework or Monopoly?
Public School, Homeschool…How Should My Adopted Child be Educated?
School and Adoption—Answering Adoption-Related Questions: Adoptees, and Brothers and Sisters Need Responses!
Adoption-Competent Mental Health Services
What is All this Alphabet Soup: Understanding Children’s Mental Health Diagnoses
Parents Belong in Their Children’s Therapy
The Plant: A Perspective for Professionals
Issues for Adoption Professionals
Single Parent Adopters: Wonderful Families for Kids
While Families Wait: Ongoing Adoption Education for Prospective Adoptive Families
Adoptive Family Home Studies: What’s in a Question?
Parental Self-Care/Parent Issues
“You are a Good Parent”: Areas of Mastery Must be Recognized and Enhanced
Why Won’t You Believe Me?: Splitting in the Adoptive Home
Will I Love My Adopted Child as Much as My Birth Child?
Adoption + Mental Health Issues = Invisible – Part One
Adoption + Mental Health Issues = Invisible – Part Two
Adoption + Mental Health Issues = Invisible – Part Three
“Am I the ‘Right’ Mom for This Child?” Part One
“Am I the ‘Right’ Mom for This Child?” Part Two
Adopting a Child with a History of Trauma: Impact on Parents’ Self-Image
Time, Energy and Priorities: Sleep On It!
Ending the Cycle of Blaming Adoptive Parents: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
The Parallel Healing Process: Preventing “Button Pushing”, Promoting Peace
“I Am a Terrible Parent!”: Not! Absolutely, Not! Parenting the Traumatized Adoptee
Caring for the Typical “Normal” Kids
Where are the Support Groups for Typically-Developing Children?
This is Not the Brother or Sister I Expected: The Need to Prepare the Typical Children
“Yes” There are Positives for the Typical Kids!
Time, Energy and Priorities: One Habit You’ll Want to Keep
A Sibling Thanksgiving: One Mom’s Tradition
“Family Talks” about the Brother or Sister Joining the Family
Typical Children: Afloat on a Sea of Grief
Sibling Rivalry in Adoptive Families – Part One
Sibling Rivalry in Adoptive Families – Part Two
Sibling Rivalry in Adoptive Families – Part Three
“Help Me Cope!”: Caring for the Typical Kids in Adoptive Families – Part One
“Help Me Cope!”: Caring for the Typical Kids in Adoptive Families – Part Two
Adolescent Adoptees
Teen Sexuality within a History of Sexual Abuse
Disruption and Dissolution of Adoptions
A Summary of a Study of Eastern European Adoption Dissolutions
The Adoptee Leaves the Family: Helping the Brothers and Sisters Who Remain in the Home – Part One
The Adoptee Leaves the Family: Helping the Brothers and Sisters Who Remain in the Home – Part Two
Enhancing Fun and Play in Adoptive Families
Having Fun In Adoptive Families: Not and Oxymoron!
5 Tips to Help Adoptive Families Have Fun This Summer
Does Your Child Really Play?: Finding Your Traumatized Adoptee’s Playful Side! Part One
Fathers and Adoption
As Father’s Day Approaches: Strengthening the Role Of Adoptive Dads – Part One
As Father’s Day Approaches: Strengthening the Role Of Adoptive Dads – Part Two
AdoptiveDads.org: A Resource Site for Fathers in Adoption and Foster Care
Adoptive Dads, Timing and the Adoptee Affected by Trauma
A Blueprint to Relationships: Building Your Role as Dad - Part One
A Blueprint to Relationships: Building Your Role as Dad - Part Two
Grief and Loss Issues
“Let’s Make a Deal: Bargaining as an Expression of Grief
Trauma and The Impact of Trauma on Child Development
“Act Your Age:” The Vineland Adaptive Behavioral Scales
“Sorry:” Building Your Adoptee’s Moral Development
Time, Energy and Priorities: What’s for Dinner?
Speech and Language Development in Adoptees
I’d Like to Trust You, But Can I?
Neglect: There is No Such Thing as “a Little”
“He or She is So Smart”: The Many Facets of Intellectual Development
“I’m Not Lazy:” The Development of Initiative in Traumatized Adoptees – Part One
“I’m Not Lazy:” The Development of Initiative in Traumatized Adoptees – Part Two
How Full is Your Bucket? Reciprocity and the Traumatized Adoptee
Transcultural and Transracial Adoption Issues
Transcultural and Transracial Adoptees: The Development of Racial and Cultural Identity
Transcultural Adoptees: The Development of Cultural Awareness
Inside Transracial Adoption: White Siblings in Transracial Families
Pact, An Adoption Alliance: An A+ Source of Information about Transcultural and Transracial Adoption
The Voices of Adult Transcultural Adoptees: Listening to the Messages and Taking Action
Pre-Adoption Issues
Finding a Pediatrician for Your Adopted Child
While Families Wait: Ongoing Adoption Education for Prospective Adoptive Families
Finances and Financing An Adoption: Important Considerations and Resources
Deliberate Toddler Adoption
Promoting Sexual Safety in Adoptive Families
Are We Making Progress With Our Adopted Child?
Progress and Dieting: The Two have Much in Common
Progress: Look Back Rather than Ahead
General Adoption Issues
2009 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces
The American Orphan
It’s Time!: National Adoption Awareness Month 2009
Adopting Sibling Groups
Adopting Sibling Groups: Is the Youngest of the Group the Healthiest?
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