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Pavao, Joyce Maguire – 1998
This book aims to provide a broad framework within which to think about adoption as a whole system, so that everyone involved will learn to feel some empathy for the other members of the adoption process. The book, written by a family and adoption therapist who was adopted as an infant, describes predictable developmental stages and challenges for…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Adopted Children, Adoption
Download full textFriesen, Barbara J. – 1989
This paper presents findings of a 1987-1988 survey of 966 parents of children with serious emotional disturbances. The questionnaire addressed issues concerned with seeking and receiving information and services, sources of formal and informal support, and perceptions of the effect of their child's disability on family life. Among specific issues…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Disturbances, Family Environment
