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Adoptive Parenting Tips
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Below are some resources that I have personally found to be helpful in increasing my effectiveness as an adoptive parent.  I've also listed some of my favorite children's books to facilitate your child's adjustment.  If you have a favorite book, you would like to recommend, please email me at sharma@chinaadoptioncoach.com.

 

FOR PARENTS

Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections (A must-have book!  My top recommendation for all adoptive parents.)

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents

Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child

China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood

The Connected Child (Excellent resource, especially for understanding the needs of children who have been institutionalized)

I Love You Rituals

LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child

National Geographic - China's Lost Girls(DVD)

Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma

Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow

Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition)

The Red Thread (CD)

Science of Parenting (Great general parenting book)

Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder

Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving...or Missing Sleep? (Great advice about sleep that won't be damaging to your adoptive child)

The Lost Daughters of China

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition

Theraplay: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment-Based Play

Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
  
 
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