Adoption is a Family Affair!

What Relatives and Friends Must Know

Patricia Irwin Johnston

Paperback: £10.99 / $17.95

2012, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 152pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-895-7, BIC 2: VFVK JKSF JKSN2

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1. The Announcement. 2. Your Personal, Private Fears. 3. Turning Loss into Gain. 4. How Adoption Works: The Facts vs. Myths. 5. Getting Ready. 6. Home at Last! 7. Parenting in Adoption. 8. Adoption Issues through a Lifetime. 9. Expanding the Family Culture. 10. Special Issues. 11. Adoption and the Rest of the World. 12. How You Can Learn More.

Author information

• Patricia Irwin Johnston

Subject areas

• Parenting
• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Collections

• Adoption and fostering books for parents

Keywords

• adoption,
• advocacy,
• children,
• counselling,
• emotions,
• families,
• looked after children,
• parenting,
• relationships,
• social work