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A Guide to Russian Adoption Professional Counseling and Personal Insights
Alisa White Karwowski
Book Code: C35052
ISBN: 0-313-35052-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35052-8
208 pages, photos, figures
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2008
List Price: $39.95 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)
Availability: Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 12/30/2008)
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This practical book explains the process of adopting a child from Russia, from first contact with a Russian agency through bonding with the adopted child back at home. Karwowski provides a resource that parents can carry along as they navigate the paperwork, the home assessment, court hearings, medical exams, and financial components of what can otherwise seem like an overwhelming process. Herself the adoptive parent of two sons from Russia, the author also details common issues families face as they acclimate their new child to their home, family, and American culture. Aiming to break the process into manageable steps, Karwowski incorporates her own experience as a backdrop. Degreed in both psychology and sociology, she discusses sensitive issues regarding the child, which can include issues of abandonment, trust, and attachment. She presents methods adoptive parents can use to see the signs and cope with these issues and more. She also addresses misconceptions commonly held about adoptions from Russia, the country to which she traveled four times across two years, to adopt her sons. In addition to adoptive parents seeking children from any foreign country, this work will also appeal to students of counseling, family studies, social work, and family or child psychology.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch.1 Making the decision to adopt
  • Ch.2 An Overview of the process of a Russian adoption
  • Ch.3 The Meeting
  • Ch.4 Seven Weeks of waiting
  • Ch.5 Adoption Day
  • Ch.6 The First Year as a family
  • Ch.7 Toddler Adoption
  • Ch.8 Personal Challenges and Joys
LC Card Number: 2008034414
LCC Class: HV875
Dewey Class: 362
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