Resources for Domestic Adoption
Parenting Adopted Children
Adoptive Family Resource Packet (from KidsFirst)
This is a broad resource guide to:
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- Medical and Counseling Contacts
- Adoption-Friendly Language
- Adoption Books
- Funding Resources for Adoption
- Promoting Attachment and Bonding
- Embracing Culture, Heritage, and Race
- Arriving Home with Your Child
- Creating a Life Book
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Dr Federici’s 10 Session Series on Raising Challenging Children
Dr Federici speaks to the challenges of raising young people successfully out of orphanages and the special challenges and successful strategies for growing them to adulthood. This 10 video series on Vimeo is available for pay-per-view download.
Dr. Federici’s Help For The Hopeless Child
A Guide for Families (with Special Discussion for Assessing and Treating the Post-Institutionalized Child)
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids
Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow by Gregory Keck and Regina Kupecky