Successful Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Study of Special Needs AdoptionThis study, done over a four-year period, focuses on children who are older than infants when placed for adoption, children who are members of a sibling group, and children with physical, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. There are an estimated 35,000 such children each year who need assistance in placement. The book explores issues of separation from siblings, adoption experiences of children who had been physically or sexually abused, and social support. The purpose of this book is to provide empirically grounded knowledge and information that will help social workers practice more effectively with special needs placements. |
Contents
Chapter 2 | 17 |
The Families and Children at a Glance and over Time | 25 |
11237 | 40 |
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Successful Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Study of Special Needs Adoption Victor Groza No preview available - 1996 |
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Abuse and Neglect addition adopted at age adopted child adopted children adoption outcomes adoption services adoptive families adoptive home adoptive parents adoptive placement assessment attachment difficulties Attention Problems Barth behavior problems biological family Child Abuse child adopted child placed child welfare system child's behavior children placed children separated children with HIV Clinical Norms developmental emotional support families report family adaptability family functioning family members family system family therapy feel foster foster care genogram Groze increased infant intervention issues maltreatment MANOVA negative parent/child relations percent physical abuse history physical abuse suspected physically and sexually placed at age positive preadoptive history relationship respite care Romania Rosenthal sexual abuse history sexual abuse suspected sibling group sibling placement sibling relations siblings placed Sibs Sibling social network social support social support network special needs adoption statistically significant stress stressors subsidy suggest support groups