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Product Description: Adopted children whose early development has been altered by abuse or neglect may form negative beliefs about themselves and parents, and may resist connecting with others. This book outlines how therapeutic stories can help children to heal and develop healthy attachments...read more

Product Description: Thousands of children are adopted from outside the United States each year— and professionals must be ready to meet their complex needs and recognize when to refer them for assessments and services. This is the evidence-based resource professionals need to fully understand the development of children adopted from abroad, make appropriate recommendations and referrals, and choose interventions that ensure the best outcomes...read more

Product Description: For junior/senior-level courses in Introduction to Corrections, Institutional Corrections, Community Based Corrections, Social Control, Crime and Punishment, and Criminology. Contemporary in look and feel, this leading text in corrections for over the past quarter of a century continues to explore the cutting edge of the field...read more

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The parents of adopted children will appreciate this frank, insightful window into the often hidden emotional world of adoptees, focusing on the special fears, wishes, and motivations that separate adopted kids from birth children. Reissue.

With dry wit and disarming honesty, the host of Win Ben Stein's Money, Lays Potato Chips pitchman, and character actor recounts his slow conversion from self-interested, career-oriented Baby Boomer to loving and caring father. 35,000 first printing. (view table of contents)