Adoption and Kinship Care Council on Foster Care - Adoption Medicine : A Manual for Those Caring for Children and Families FB2 read online ebook
9781581103229 English 1581103220 Adoption Medicine: Caring for Children and Families brings together contributions from leading child health and welfare professionals nationwide. These preeminent practitioners share their unparalleled insight, know-how, and success strategies spanning the adoption journey. You'll turn here often for practical advice and field-tested guidelines on the challenges adoptees and their families arc most likely to face. Real-life examples and scenarios illustrate key counseling and treatment approaches, techniques, and recommendations. A wealth of essential information and how-to guidance you won't see in any other one-stop resource, Need-to-know basics, The adoption process, Historical perspectives, Legal considerations, Pre-adoption considerations, Screening procedure?, Prenatal substance exposure, Genetics and psychiatric issues, Neurobiology of risk and resilience, Post-adoption essentials, Post-adoptive evaluation, Immediate developmental and behavioral challenges, Ongoing adoptee health and well-being, Long-term developmental and behavioral issues, Long-term consequences of child maltreatment, Growth and puberty concerns, Attachment issues, Speech and language outcomes after international adoption, Adoptive identity, Working with schools, Identifying and accessing support resources, For other pediatric resources, visit the AAP Bookstore at www.aap.org/bookstore. Book jacket., In Adoption Medicine: A Manual for Those Caring for Children and Families, leading experts provide data and guidance for health professionals on a wide variety of adoption medicine topics. The first part of the book covers the process of adoption, including historical perspectives and legal issues. Then, individual chapters focus in on common health concerns for adopted children, such as behavior, speech, and maltreatment issues. Additional chapters tackle long-term support for adopted children and their families, including school issues and search for identity., This all-new from the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care brings contributions from leading child health and welfare professionals nationwide. It's replete with adoption-specific insights you won't find anywhere else. Look here for practical guidance on helping adoptive parents prepare ; conducting pre- and post-operative health evaluations; optimizing adoptees' personal growth and development; addressing emotional and behavioral problems of puberty and adolescence; identifying and accessing educational and community resources , and much more. Real-life examples illustrate counseling and treatment approaches, techniques, and recommendations. The adoption process Historical perspectives Legal considerations Screening procedures Prenatal substance exposure Psychiatric issues Post-adoptive evaluation Developmental and behavioral challenges Consequences of maltreatment Attachment and identity issues Speech and language issues Working with schools Support resources
9781581103229 English 1581103220 Adoption Medicine: Caring for Children and Families brings together contributions from leading child health and welfare professionals nationwide. These preeminent practitioners share their unparalleled insight, know-how, and success strategies spanning the adoption journey. You'll turn here often for practical advice and field-tested guidelines on the challenges adoptees and their families arc most likely to face. Real-life examples and scenarios illustrate key counseling and treatment approaches, techniques, and recommendations. A wealth of essential information and how-to guidance you won't see in any other one-stop resource, Need-to-know basics, The adoption process, Historical perspectives, Legal considerations, Pre-adoption considerations, Screening procedure?, Prenatal substance exposure, Genetics and psychiatric issues, Neurobiology of risk and resilience, Post-adoption essentials, Post-adoptive evaluation, Immediate developmental and behavioral challenges, Ongoing adoptee health and well-being, Long-term developmental and behavioral issues, Long-term consequences of child maltreatment, Growth and puberty concerns, Attachment issues, Speech and language outcomes after international adoption, Adoptive identity, Working with schools, Identifying and accessing support resources, For other pediatric resources, visit the AAP Bookstore at www.aap.org/bookstore. Book jacket., In Adoption Medicine: A Manual for Those Caring for Children and Families, leading experts provide data and guidance for health professionals on a wide variety of adoption medicine topics. The first part of the book covers the process of adoption, including historical perspectives and legal issues. Then, individual chapters focus in on common health concerns for adopted children, such as behavior, speech, and maltreatment issues. Additional chapters tackle long-term support for adopted children and their families, including school issues and search for identity., This all-new from the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care brings contributions from leading child health and welfare professionals nationwide. It's replete with adoption-specific insights you won't find anywhere else. Look here for practical guidance on helping adoptive parents prepare ; conducting pre- and post-operative health evaluations; optimizing adoptees' personal growth and development; addressing emotional and behavioral problems of puberty and adolescence; identifying and accessing educational and community resources , and much more. Real-life examples illustrate counseling and treatment approaches, techniques, and recommendations. The adoption process Historical perspectives Legal considerations Screening procedures Prenatal substance exposure Psychiatric issues Post-adoptive evaluation Developmental and behavioral challenges Consequences of maltreatment Attachment and identity issues Speech and language issues Working with schools Support resources