When a child is adopted from foster care at an older age, he needs to understand his story up to placement and the significance of his joining a new family forever. Here are hands-on activities you can use to start this conversation.
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“Finding Tess”
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Forming a Healthy Attachment
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Building “Nontraditional” Families
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“What Being Asian Means to Her”
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