This 3 - part parent training program was created to enhance the competence of adoptive parents, and by extension advance the long - term healthy
adjustment of adopted children.
Initial Adjustment of Adopted Children Kazakh Adoptive Families Includes a list of suggestions about initial placement
adjustments of adopted children from an adoptive mother.
Not exact matches
These benefits include but are not limited to the power
of the human touch and presence,
of being surrounded by supportive people
of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment
of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely,
adopting positions
of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all
of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use
of the cascade
of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include
children (who are making their own
adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence
of their parents and excessive interruptions
of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood
of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.
Topics covered include considerations that might affect the decision to
adopt, such as support, finances, employment; the different types
of adoption, including adoption from foster care, through intercountry adoption, and through private domestic adoption; working with an adoption agency; completing the adoption and making the
adjustment in your home life; and bonding with your new
child.
«As the parent
of two internationally
adopted children and a professional working with parents and
children joined by international adoption, there is little doubt that increased education prior to adoption makes a difference in post adoption
adjustment for families.
Topics covered include considerations that might affect the decision to
adopt, such as support, finances, employment; the different types
of adoption, including adoption from foster care, through intercountry adoption, and through private domestic adoption; working with an adoption agency; completing the adoption and making the
adjustment in your home life; and bonding with your new
child.
Since co-founding C.A.S.E. in 1998, Debbie has specialized in treating the complexities
of adoption that surface in adolescence as well as
children adopted internationally who are experiencing post-trauma stress and
adjustment challenges.
Maternal sensitivity, infant attachment, and temperament in early childhood predict
adjustment in middle childhood: The case
of adopted children and their biologically unrelated parents.
At two time points (T1 and T2, ~ 15 months apart), we examined early academic skills (school readiness), and parent - reported behavioral
adjustment (internalizing and externalizing behavior) and adaptive functioning
of a sample
of 75
children (45.9 % boys, mean age = 5.17 years)
adopted from Russia into US families.