Patricia Irwin Johnston

Adoption Is a Family Affair!

What Relatives and Friends Must Know, Revised Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 141mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9781849058957
• ISBN-10: 1849058954
• Artikelnr.: 34471458

Autorenporträt

Patricia Irwin Johnston is not only a mom through adoption, but a member of a family which includes a birthmother, several adopted people, and several sets of adoptive parents. She is a well known and respected professional educator and volunteers within the infertility and adoption communities, having served on the boards of directors of several influential organizations including RESOLVE and Adoptive Families of America. Pat is the author of several popular books on adoption and infertility and lives in Indianapolis, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Announcement. 2. Your Personal, Private Fears. 3. Turning Loss into
Gain. 4. How Adoption Works: The Facts vs. Myths. 5. Getting Ready. 6. Home
at Last! 7. Parenting in Adoption. 8. Adoption Issues through a Lifetime.
9. Expanding the Family Culture. 10. Special Issues. 11. Adoption and the
Rest of the World. 12. How You Can Learn More.