Lois Ruskai Melina

Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition

Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent (Revised)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this completely revised and updated edition of "Raising Adopted Children", Lois Melina, editor of "Adopted Children" newsletter and the mother of two children by adoption, draws on the latest research in psychology, sociology, and medicine to guide parents through all stages of their child's development. Melina addresses the pressing adoption issues of today, such as open adoption, international adoption, and transracial adoption, and answers parents' most frequently asked questions, such as: How will my child "bond" or form attachments to me? When and how should I tell my child that he was adopted? What should schools be told about my child? Will adoption make adolescent upheavals more complicated? Up-to-date, sensitive, and clear, "Raising Adopted Children" is the definitive resource for all adoptive parents and concerned professionals. " "Raising Adopted Children" is a comprehensive source of practical, reassuring advice and intelligent support for the adoptive parent. [It is also an] excellent professional resource for social workers, physicians, teachers, therapists, and others working with adopted children and their parents". --North American Council on Adoptable Children "Melina, an adoptive parent, writes both sensibly and sensitively on many critical issues faced by parents and their adopted children from infancy through adolescence". -- "Booklist"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: William Morrow & Company
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780060957179
• ISBN-10: 0060957174
• Artikelnr.: 22445625

Autorenporträt

Lois Ruskai Melina is a writer and retired educator. She was the editor and publisher of Adopted Child newsletter and the author of three books focused on helping parents understand the impact of infertility and adoption on families formed by adoption: Raising Adopted Children, Making Sense of Adoption, and The Open Adoption Experience (with Sharon Kaplan Roszia). For her book By a Fraction of a Second, she followed nine elite women swimmers for eighteen months leading up to the 2000 US Olympic Trials. After receiving a PhD in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University in 2008, she taught leadership at two universities. Her research focused on social movements and the performance of leadership. She was the lead editor of the anthology, The Embodiment of Leadership. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband where she enjoys rowing on the Willamette River and following women's soccer. She has a grown son and daughter and two grandchildren.