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Tables of Contents for Insight into Adoption
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Prologue
vii
Purpose and Intent
ix
PART 1: ADOPTION BASICS
Advice from an Adoptee's Parent
5
3
Insight
8
2
Common Feelings of Adopted Children
10
3
Common Feelings of Adoptive Parents
13
5
Logic
18
1
Factual Differences Between Adopted and Biological Children
19
7
Why is my Job So Different?
26
4
Task of Developing a Sense of Self
30
4
The Impact of Loss
34
5
Troubled Behavior Patterns
39
8
PART 2: WORKABLE SOLUTIONS
Lack of Adoption Conversation?
47
2
Inclusive/Exclusive
49
3
Not One and the Same
52
2
Positive Terms and Descriptions
54
3
Parents are Mirrors
57
2
Hopes and Dreams---Real or Fanciful
59
3
The Cruelest Words of All
62
3
``I'll Prove to You I'm Bad''
65
3
What and Where Am I?
68
3
What Would Your Child Say?
71
2
Breaking Away
73
3
The Search
76
3
Perfect Parent???
79
3
The Trust Factor
82
3
Great---or Not So Great---Expectations
85
2
Solid Advice from an Adoptee to Parents
87
2
Conclusion
89
32
PART 3: COUNSELING HANDOUTS
Basics of Discussion
95
3
Factual Differences
98
3
Essential Keys to Problem Solving
101
1
Handling Your Angry Child
102
2
Parenting Tools
104
2
Parenting Goals
106
1
Key Points in Adoptive Parenting
107
4
Do's, Don'ts, Why's, and Why Not's
111
10
Index
121