IN THIS ISSUE:
- Post-Adoption Support: Resources for Post-Adoption Support
- Post-Adoption Counseling Services in NJ
- Adoption and Foster Care in the Schools
- Adoptees' Access-To-Birth Certificates Bill Moves Forward In Trenton
Book Review
Books related to the topics of Friendship, Teasing, Bullies and Self-Esteem in School. Book review of "The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends", "Mom, They're Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems", "Cliques, Phonies & Other Baloney", and "Stick Up for Yourself! Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem."
Ask the Experts
Deborah Mandell, PH.D., a Licensed Psychologist who specializes in the treatment of Asperger's Syndrome, offers advice to a parent who adopted a child diagnosed with Asperger's. This child frequently acts out at home and states that he hates his parents and says that they are not his real parents. Dr. Mandell offers advice as to how to work with this child and shares available resources with the family.
