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The connected child : bring hope and healing to your adoptive family / Karyn B. Purvis, David R. Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine.

By: Purvis, Karyn Brand.
Contributor(s): Cross, David R | Sunshine, Wendy Lyons.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2007Description: xv, 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780071475006 (alk. paper); 0071475001.Subject(s): Adopted children -- Psychology | Adopted children -- Mental health | Adopted children -- Family relationships | Adoptive parents -- Psychology | Parenting | Adopted children -- Psychology | Adopted children -- Mental health | Adopted children | Adoptive parents -- Psychology | ParentingDDC classification: 649/.145
Contents:
Beginning where your child began -- Solving the puzzle of difficult behavior -- Providing an atmosphere of "felt safety" -- Teaching life values -- You are the boss: handling aggression -- Nurturing at every opportunity -- Enhancing success through proactive strategies -- The magic of healthy brain chemistry and nutrition -- When all else fails: the home program -- Handling setbacks -- Healing yourself so you can heal your child.
Summary: Offers parents practical advice on how to welcome an adopted child into their family, with tips for coping with common problems, building affection and trust, dealing with learning or behavioral disorders, and disciplining an adoptive child without harming the parent-child relationship.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index.

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Offers parents practical advice on how to welcome an adopted child into their family, with tips for coping with common problems, building affection and trust, dealing with learning or behavioral disorders, and disciplining an adoptive child without harming the parent-child relationship.

Beginning where your child began -- Solving the puzzle of difficult behavior -- Providing an atmosphere of "felt safety" -- Teaching life values -- You are the boss: handling aggression -- Nurturing at every opportunity -- Enhancing success through proactive strategies -- The magic of healthy brain chemistry and nutrition -- When all else fails: the home program -- Handling setbacks -- Healing yourself so you can heal your child.

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