Adoption medicine
Subtitle: caring for children and families
By: Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care, American Academy of Pediatrics ; editors, Patrick W. Mason, Dana E. Johnson, Lisa Albers Prock
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Elk Grove Village, IL]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9781581103229
Subjects: Child mental health services; Foster home care; Psychological aspects; Adoption; Psychology; Child Health Services; Child Welfare
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of adoption; title: The process of adoption in the United States; title: Legal considerations in adoption; title: Pre-adoption considerations for pediatricians; title: Prenatal substance exposure: alcohol and other substances-implications for adoption; title: Relating genetics to psychiatric issues for children with a history of adoption; title: The neurobiology of risk and resilience in adopted children; title: Post-adoptive evaluation for the health care professional; title: Immediate developmental and behavioral challenges post-adoption; title: The long-term consequences of child maltreatmen in adopted children; title: Long-term developmental and behavioral issues following adoption; title: Long-term growth and puberty concerns for adopted children; title: Attachment and the adopted child; title: Speech and language outcomes after international adoption; title: Identifying and accessing supports: strategies for addressing long-term issues in adopted children; title: Working with schools: considerations for adopted children and their families; title: Adoptive identity and children's understanding of adoption: implications for pediatric practice; title: Working with adoptive families: what every professional should know.