Brothers and Sisters in Adoption: Helping Children Navigate Relationships When New Kids Join the Family

Arleta M. James

ISBN 10: 0944934358 / ISBN 13: 9780944934357

Published by Perspectives Press (IN), 2009

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Synopsis:

Brothers and Sisters in Adoption won a 2010 gold medal from Mom's Choice Awards for family-friendly adult books in adoption, and was the 2010 winner of IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Award as the best new book in the field of psychology.



When experienced parents decide to adopt an older child or a sibling group, they jump through all kinds of bureaucratic hoops background checks, interviews, group meetings, reading assignments, classes, etc. But most often the typically developing children these adults are already parenting (whether through birth or adoption) are left out of the process, informed that a new kid is coming, and simply expected to adjust to the addition of a sibling.

Adding a child with a history of neglect or trauma cannot be a seamless transition. The expectations of everyone involved parents, new siblings, and, yes, the professionals facilitating the adoption must be realistic, taking into account that the new child will need special attention and services that may take away time and attention from the already resident kids, that family life is likely to be turned topsy- turvy until appropriate counseling and support are in place, that relationships will change.

Therapist Arleta James is certainly not the first person to recognize this, but she is the first to do something about it. Brothers and Sisters and Adoption offers insights and examples and sturdy, practical, proven tools for helping newly configured families prepare, accept, react, and mobilize to become a new and different family meeting the practical, physical and emotional needs of all its members. These well prepared and supported families are the ones who thrive!

About the Author: Arleta James, MS, PCC, has been an adoption professional for many years. She spent several years as a caseworker for the Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption Network placing foster children with adoptive families and then as the statewide Matching Specialist. She now works as a clinical therapist at the renowned Attachment and Bonding Centre of Ohio, providing services for attachment difficulties, childhood trauma and issues related to adoption. She was the 1999 Pensylvania Adoption Professional of the Year.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Brothers and Sisters in Adoption: Helping ...
Publisher: Perspectives Press (IN)
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good