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My latest book is now available. It is a therapeutic workbook for children adopted from foster care, co-written with Regina M. Kupecky, LSW. The title is A Foster-Adoption Story: Michael and Angela's Journey and it is available at http://www.amazon.com/Foster-Adoption-Story-Michaels-Therapeutic-Traumatized/dp/1448643678/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254851087&sr=8-4.

Here are some reviews:

A workbook that children will enjoy while they color an… Continue

A lot of kids are excited about seeing the new movie Hotel For Dogs. However, foster and adoptive parents should be aware that there are major foster care and adoption themes that might upset some children - particularly those who have experienced abuse and neglect, a lack of food, multiple moves and/or sibling separation.

My friend took her daughter and mine to this movie, not having any clue about these themes. I usually look up the plots of movies beforehand, because in the past some themes… Continue

FYI - There is a special coming up on 12/23/08 on CBS about Foster Adoption. Here is the info:
A Home for the Holidays, THE 10TH ANNUAL A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH FAITH HILL, a new entertainment special to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 23 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, will include moving performances by Faith Hill, Melissa Etheridge, Tim McGraw Gavin Rossdale and Jamie Foxx, among others. Kristin Chenoweth, Patricia Heaton, Rene Russo, Martin Short are among t… Continue

Just wanted to pass along this information:

National Adoption Day will be Saturday, November 15, 2008.

ABOUT NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY

National Adoption Day is designed to raise awareness of the 129,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. On National Adoption Day courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies and advocates work together to finalize adoptions and find permanent, loving homes for children in foster care. More… Continue

Adopting older children brings both challenges and amazing rewards. One difficulty faced by many families, those who adopt internationally and from foster care, is the lack of photos of their child as a baby and young child. Children adopted at older ages have already lost so much, and this is another painful reminder of what they have lost.

I knew it was coming, and finally it did the other night. My younger daughter (adopted at age four) flipped through an album that had baby photos of my old… Continue