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IN THIS ISSUE:
Books related to the topic of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Book review of "More than Love: Adopting and Surviving Attachment Disorder Children", and "We Adopted a Dusty Miller: One Family's Journey with an Attachment Disorder Child"
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Books related to the topic of The Blended Family. Book Review of "Keys to Parenting an Adopted Child."
Leslie Barda, Project Supervisor of Scholarships, Foster and Adoptive Family Services, offers advice about possible private, public and FAFS scholarships that may be available to a teen who used to be in foster care.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Books related to the topic of Parenting/Foster Parenting. Book Review of "Finding the Right Spot."
Dana W. Fried, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to a family that was feeling stressed due to the recent economic times and was asking for suggestions to help protect the children from feeling the chaos in the home.
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Books related to the topic of Birth Mothers Who Have Placed Their Babies For Adoption. Book Review of The Third Choice: A Woman s Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption , Why Didn t She Keep Me? Answers to the Question Every Adopted Child Asks , and "A Birth Mother s Day Planner."
Nina Peckman, Staff Attorney, Advocates for Children of NJ (ACNJ), gives advice to a parent whose child is struggling in school about how to seek special services through the school district. Ms. Peckman also directs them to special education rights information.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Books related to Birth Mothers Who Have Placed Their Babies For Adoption. Book review of The Third Choice: A Woman s Guide to Placing a Child for Adoption , Why Didn t She Keep Me? Answers to the Question Every Adopted Child Asks , and "A Birth Mother s Day Planner."
Gloria Smith, LCSW, Children's Aid and Family Services, offers advice to a 40-year- old adopted adult who recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. She wanted advice about how to search for her birth family mainly to obtain medical information.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Books related to the topic of Bullying Behaviors . Book review of The Warning Signs of School Violence - Know how to Respond and Before Conflict: Preventing Aggressive Behavior."
Barbara A. Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to parents who adopted children from the Division. One of their children's birth parents began to inquire about private visitations with the child without the agreed upon communication through the Division. Ms. Rall gives advice to those parents about how to possibly deal with the situation.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Books Related to the Topic of School . Book Review of "Raising Brothers and Sisters without Raising the Roof."
Hollee McGinnis, MSW, offers advice to a family who adopted their child from Guatemala about possible ideas for a Homeland Tour.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Books related to the topic of Foster Care. Book Review of "The Women Who Raised Me."
Barbara A. Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to a grandmother who is raising her grandson and was given the option to either adopt him or to continue with Kinship Care. Ms. Rall offers advice on the differences between adoption and Kinship Legal Guardianship.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Books Related to the Topic of Feelings of Adoptees during the Adolescent Stage . Book Review of "Adopted Teens Only: A Survival Guide to Adolescence", and "The Secret of Me, A Novel in Verse."
Barbara A. Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offered advice to a 25-year- old who was adopted as a baby. She was recently told by her mother that her birthmother placed a letter in her Division file. This woman wanted to find out how she could obtain a copy of that letter. Ms. Rall offered advice as to how to proceed with the process.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Books related to the topic of Birthparents. Book Review of "The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade."
Barbara A. Rall, LCSW, Assistant Director, NJ ARCH, offers advice to parents who adopted a child from Russia at seven months old. The child was now four years old and showing signs of grasping the English language but not letters. The child was severely malnourished for the first two years of life and then placed in an orphanage for the next two years until he was adopted. The family was wondering if his history could have anything to do with his learning delay. Ms. Rall offers recommendations to this family.
