Book Description: Proper attachment is the most fundamental issue in a successful adoption, but what exactly does the term mean? Attaching in Adoption answers that question thoroughly, and it provides solutions to a variety of specific attachment problems.
Review: When a child is adopted as a toddler, his needs and those of his adoptive family are different from the needs seen in infant or school-age adoptions. Yet few resources are available to deal with these special issues. In this work, Hopkins-Best, a child development expert and mother of a child adopted as a toddler, provides a guidebook for those considering toddler adoption or those already struggling with its special challenges
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Description: This is a good book to give to family & friends before they have an opportunity to stick their feet in their mouths. Another plus is that the author addresses families who adopt after infertility, gay & lesbian headed families, single-parent families, and interracial families.
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Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
