adoption
Let’s Learn About Adoption
From the Cover of Let’s Learn About Adoption: The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Adoption and Its Many Different Forms by Regina M. Kupecky, LSW: “There are many kinds of adoption—a...
Friends, Bullies, and Staying Safe
From the Cover of Friends, Bullies and Staying Safe: The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Friendship by Regina M. Kupecky: “Friendship is so complicated! The children of The Adoption Club t...
What Foster and Adoptive Parenting Does to Your Body
For six months out of 2017, Darren and I, Margie, had a total of six kids we were parenting who, between them, had multiple needs which required us to be in a stage of constant high alert. We w...
Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma
From the Cover of Creative Therapies for Complex Trauma: Helping Children and Families in Foster Care, Kinship Care or Adoption edited by Anthea Hendry and Joy Hasler: “A burgeoning evidence bas...
Adjusting Dreams with Kids with Special Needs: 4 Tips to Help Them
This past spring we attended a high school graduation for the first time as parents of a graduate. During the ceremony, we were inundated with numbers. Ninety percent of the 470 graduates were ...
Actor & Adult Adoptee, Chris Rankin, Talks About Adoption
Guest Blog by Chris Rankin I MENTIONED IN AN #ASKCHRIS SESSION ON TWITTER THAT I’M ADOPTED. WELL, I AM! Being adopted isn’t something I talk about very much. Not because I’m ashamed of it, nor because...
The Chris Rankin Award For Best Adoptive Parent
The Adoptive Parent Award While many in the general public tend to focus on the creation of a family when an adoption occurs, there is also loss/grief that is entangled in the process. Transfiguring A...
Life Work With Children Who Are Fostered or Adopted
From the Cover of Life Work with Children Who Are Fostered or Adopted by Joy Rees: “This new book from life work expert Joy Rees explains the value of effective and meaningful life work with children ...
The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting
From the Cover of The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting: Strategies and Solutions by Sarah Naish: “Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for childre...