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Siblings in Adoption and Foster Care : Traumatic Separations and Honored Connections.

Normally, our relationships with our brothers and sisters are the longest relationships in our lives, outlasting time with our parents, and most marriages today. The sibling relationship is emotionally powerful and critically important, giving us a sense of continuity throughout life. So what happen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: SILVERSTEIN, DEBORAH (Editor ), SMITH, SUSAN L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: ABC-CLIO 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Full, Half, Step, Foster, Adoptive, and Other: The Complex Nature of Sibling Relationships
  • 2. Siblings in Foster Care and Adoption: What We Know from Research
  • 3. Sibling Connections: The Importance of Nurturing Sibling Bonds in the Foster Care System
  • 4. The Experience of Sibling Loss in the Adjustment of Foster and Adopted Children
  • 5. The Rights of Siblings in Foster Care and Adoption: A Legal Perspective
  • 6. Sibling Issues in Open Adoption Arrangements: Non-biologically Related Adopted Siblings8217; Experiences with Birth-Family Contact
  • 7. Keeping Sibling Connection Alive
  • 8. The Creation of a False Self: A Survival Strategy for Siblings of Wounded Adopted or Foster Children
  • 9. 8220;Suddenly, Sisters!8221;: Sibling Adjustment in Reunion
  • 10. Practice Strategies to Preserve Sibling Relationships
  • 11. Mental Health Strategies to Support Sibling Relationships: Nonverbal Interventions to Process Trauma and Maintain the Sibling Bond
  • 12. Permanency for Siblings in Kinship Families
  • Conclusion: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Need to Go?
  • References
  • Index
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  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
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  • I
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  • M
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  • About the Editors and Contributors.