The target audience appears to be adoptive and/or foster parents. It also appears this book would be best for adoption and all forms of permanency: adoption, foster care, kinship care, donor insemination and surrogacy. This book is specifically designed to address the seven core issues in adoption and permanency. After giving a synopsis of each of the seven core issues, it then breaks down how each of those issues directly affects different constellation members surrounding the adoption.
This book was incredibly informative. This reference tool is designed for anyone who wants to get a better understanding of other points of view in the story of adoption. I gave it such high marks because I will go back to this book over and over to help me when working with different individuals. Each family can find themselves and their unique situation reflected in the pages of this book. Take time to read through and assess how your family is dealing with…
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About the Author: Audrey Frazier
Audrey grew up in Memphis, TN and attended Western Kentucky University. She and her husband, Jordan, are currently houseparents with Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes in Brentwood, TN. They have adopted their two children from foster care. They can also have up to eight other girls in their residential home at any given time. They have had over twenty placements ranging in age from four to eighteen. In her free time, Audrey enjoys reading, watching tv, coloring, yoga, and eating good food.
**Transfiguring Adoption is a nonprofit organization seeking to nurture growth in foster and adoptive families by giving a HOOT about their families. Transfiguring Adoption does not intend for its reviewers nor its review to be professional, medical or legal advice. These reviews and discussion guides are intended to help parents to better be able to connect and understand their children who come from traumatic backgrounds.