Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
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Upbeat and practical, here is a book designed to help parents whose children will arrive home between ages one and three, with the unique issues of that age--memory is there, but neither cognitive skill or language is well enoughed developed to talk about it life (and loss) before adoption. Considered by many agencies a must read. Library Journal When a child is adopted as a toddler, his needs and those of his adoptive family are different from the needs seen in infant or school-age adoptions. Yet few resources are available to deal with these special issues. In this work, Hopkins-Best, a child development expert and mother of a child adopted as a toddler, provides a guidebook for those considering toddler adoption or those already struggling with its special challenges. She discusses at length strategies for dealing with issues such as a grieving toddler or attachment disorder. She also explains normal toddler development and possible variances in the adopted toddler. The appendix provides a wonderful list of resources. Perhaps most valuable are the anecdotes of both successes and failures from other toddler adoptive families. An important addition to all adoption collections.KellyJo Houtz Griffin, Auburn, Wash.
