Siblings in adoption or foster care
Subtitle: the trauma when they are separated and benefits when their connections are kept
By: edited by Deborah Silverstein and Susan Livingston Smith.
Contributors: Silverstein, Deborah, 1947-; Smith, Susan Livingston.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780313351433
Subjects: Adopted children -- Family relationships; Foster children -- Family relationships; Brothers and sisters
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Full, half, step, foster, adoptive, and other : the complex nature of sibling relationships / Diane F. Halpern; title: Siblings in foster care and adoption : what we know from research / Smith; title: Sibling connections : the importance of nurturing sibling bonds in the foster care system / Herrick & Piccus; title: The experience of sibling loss in the adjustment of foster and adopted children / Brodzinsky; title: The rights of siblings in foster care and adoption : a legal perspective / Freundlich; title: Sibling issues in open adoption arrangements : non-biologically related adopted siblings' experiences with birthfamily contact / Berge, Green, Grotevant, & McRoy; title: Keeping sibling connection alive / Roszia and Roe; title: The creation of a false self : a survival strategy for siblings of wounded adopted or foster children / Trout; title: Suddenly sisters! sibling adjustment in reunion / Thompson Underdahl; title: Practice strategies to preserve sibling relationships / by Deborah Silverstein & Susan Livingston Smith; title: Mental health strategies to support sibling relationships : nonverbal interventions to process trauma and maintain the sibling bond / Creek; title: Permanency for siblings in kinship families / Biddle & Bishop; title: Conclusion : what have we learned? where do we need to go?