Siblings in adoption and foster care : traumatic separations and honored connections

著者

書誌事項

Siblings in adoption and foster care : traumatic separations and honored connections

edited by Deborah N. Silverstein and Susan Livingston Smith ; foreword by Adam Pertman

Praeger, 2009

  • : hbk

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全2件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-181) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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 happens when a child loses contact not only with his or her parents, but with siblings too? That is what happens in thousands of cases each year inside the child welfare system. Children are surrendered by parents - or taken by the government - and placed in the foster care system. There, they are often separated and sent to different foster families, or adopted by different couples. In this work, a team of top experts details for us how this added separation futher traumatizes children. This stellar team of internationally known researchers - some of whom are themselves adoptees - shares with us hard, poignant, and personal insights, as well as ways we might act to solve this widespread problem. Contributors address not only the importance of nurturing sibling bonds and mental health strategies to support those relationships, but also the legal rights of siblings to be together, as well as issues in international adoptions. Emerging and standing programs to encourage and facilitate adoptions that keep siblings together are featured, as are programs that at least enable them to stay in contact.

目次

Forward Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: All in the Family: Maintaining and Making Connections Chapter 1: Full, Half, Step, Foster, Adoptive, and Other: The Complex Nature of Sibling Relationships Chapter 2: Siblings in Foster Care and Adoption: What We Know from Research Chapter 3: Sibling Connections: The Importance of Nurturing Sibling Bonds in the Foster Care System Chapter 4: The Experience of Sibling Loss in the Adjustment of Foster and Adopted Children Chapter 5: The Rights of Siblings in Foster Care and Adoption: A Legal Perspective Chapter 6: Sibling Issues in Open Adoption Arrangements: Non-Biologically Related Adopted Siblings Experiences with Birthfamily Contact Chapter 7: Keeping Sibling Connection Alive Chapter 8: The Creation of a False Self: A Survival Strategy for Siblings of Wounded Adopted or Foster Children Chapter 9: Suddenly Sisters! Sibling Adjustment in Reunion Chapter 10: Practice Strategies to Preserve Sibling Relationships Chapter 11: Mental Health Strategies to Support Sibling Relationships: Nonverbal Interventions to Process Trauma and Maintain the Sibling Bond Chapter 12: Permanency for Siblings in Kinship Families Conclusion: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Need To Go? Appendix Notes Glossary References About the contributors

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ