Following all by Arleta M. James, LPCC
Why Love Isn't Enough: Part Two - Neglect |
Why Love Isn't Enough: Part Three - Sexual Abuse |
Why Love Isn't Enough: Part Four -
Physical Abuse/Domestic Violence
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Why Love Isn't Enough: Part Five -
The Impact of Trauma on Brain Development |
Why Love Isn't Enough: Part Six -
Abandonment and Multiple Moves |
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Why Love Isn't Enough: Part Seven - Attachment |
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Why Love Isn't Enough: Part Eight - Genetics |
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The Entire Series |
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Facilitating Attachment
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50 Wonderful Songs About Love, Family and Adoption |
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Ensuring the Attachment of Newly Arrived Infants |
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Insecure Attachment Styles: “Blueprints” that
Need to Change so, Children can Heal and Grow! |
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Nurture: The Ring that Holds the Keys |
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Nurture and the Sexually Abused or Aggressive Adoptee |
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Psychological “Fit”: A Place Where Parents, Brothers,
Sisters and the Adoptee Must Come Together |
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The Eyes Have It: Learning to Look at Others Enhances Self-Esteem |
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Theraplay: Enhancing Attachment, Building Trust, Having Fun |
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What is Attachment? A Secure Attachment:
The “Blueprint” for All Subsequent Relationships |
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We are Family: The Importance of Claiming to
Enhance Attachment in Adoptive Families |
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“You are the Mom”: Helping Your Child Join Your Family |
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Adjusting Expectations Pre- and Post-Adoption
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I Don't Want to Deal with Birth Parent:
A Preadoptive Expectation |
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Maybe When I'm 25, I'll be Grateful |
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My Spouse or Partner Wants to Adopt:
The Dragee vs. Dragger Syndrome |
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The Development of Realistic Expectations
Pre-Adoption: Myth or Actuality? |
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Adolescent Adoptees
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Teen Sexuality Within a History of Sexual Abuse |
Your Teen’s Brain: Fabulous Resources
to Understand What’s Going On in the Adolescent Head! |
Adoption - Competent Mental Health Services
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What is All this Alphabet Soup:
Understanding Children’s Mental Health Diagnoses |
Adoption Resources
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A Safe Place for Caleb:
A Wonderful Resource for Healing Traumatized Adoptees |
Caring for Your Adoptee:
A Baker’s Dozen of Articles |
Caring for the Typical Kids: A Baker's Dozen + Resources |
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An Explosion of Information! |
Summer Reading for the Adoptee: Two A+ Resources |
Adoption and School Issues
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Homework or Monopoly?: Time, Energy and Priorities |
Public School, Homeschool…
How Should My Adopted Child Be Educated? |
A Bit About the Brain
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The Brain on Trauma |
Consequences vs. Reactions: Parent “Deerly” |
Implicit Memories: The Roots of
Today’s Behavioral Challenges |
Neurofeedback |
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:
Thinking about the Adoptee’s Trauma |
Neurofeedback: Balancing Brains
Children — Impacted by Early Traumatic Experiences |
Disruption and Dissolution of Adoptions
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A Summary of a Study of
Eastern European Adoption Dissolutions |
Rosie is Blooming:
Adoptees Thriving after Adoption Dissolution |
Enhancing Fun and Play in Adoptive Families
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5Tips to Help Adoptive Families Have Fun This Summer |
Does Your Child Really Play?
Finding Your Traumatized Adoptees Playful Side!
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Having Fun in Adoptive Families: Not an Oxymoron! |
Fathers and Adoption
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AdoptiveDads.org –
a Resource Site for Fathers in Adoption and Foster Care |
Adoptive Dads, Timing and the Adoptee Affected by Trauma |
As Father's Day Approaches:
Strengthening the Role of Adoptive Dads |
Grief and Loss Issues
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Let's Make a Deal: Bargaining as an Expression of Grief |
Traumaversaries: Lessoning the Impact
of Adopted Children’s Annual Triggers |
Issues for Adoption Professionals
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Single Parent Adopters: Wonderful Families for Kids |
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Managing Challenging Behaviors
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Affection is Wonderful: Will the Behaviors Ever Stop |
Another Crazy Whopper: Understanding
and Dealing with Lying |
Anything We Can't Find, He Stole:The Why
and What to Do About Stealing in Adoptive Families |
Ask Not “Why?”, But “What? |
As Mother’s Day Approaches:
The Role of Triggers in Adoptive Families |
Becoming a Verbal Ensemble:
Coping with Mumbling, Questions, Chatter and More... |
Getting Full On Parents Instead Of Food |
Managing Your Adoptees Meltdowns in Public
and at Home: Just in Time for the Holidays |
Oh the Behaviors: Developing Value
Competency in Adoptive Families |
One to Five: A Continuum of Healing the Adoptee |
Parenting and Healing the Aggressive Adopted Child |
Parenting and Healing the Sexually Acting Out Adoptee |
Progress and Dieting: The Two Have Much in Common |
Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: What to Pick? |
Shhh! Quite Parenting Zone Ahead-A Less Talk,
More Action Approach to Reducing Unwelcome Behaviors |
Stinky Business: Pee and Poop
Issues in Adoptive Families |
Take a Time Out From Time Out:
Connecting with Your Adopted Son or Daughter |
The Art of Praising Your Adopted Son or Daughter |
Think,, Think,, Think!:
Teaching Kids to Think for Themselves |
Throw Away the Stickers!:
A Perspective on Reward Systems |
Moving Children with Sensitivity
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Moving: Through the Eyes of the Child |
Their Past”: Photos, Video, Audiotape and More… |
Parental Self-Care/Parent Issues
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Adopting a Child with a History of Trauma:
Impact on Parents’ Self-Image |
Am I the 'Right' Mom for this Child? |
Ending the Cycle of Blaming Adoptive Parents:
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study |
I Am a Terrible Parent!: Not! Absolutely,
Not! Parenting the Traumatized Adoptee
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Progress: Look Back Rather Than Ahead |
Sleep on It: Time, Energy and Priorities |
The Parallel Healing Process:
Preventing “Button Pushing”, Promoting Peace
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This Holiday Season, I Wish My Friends and
Family Would .....Notes From Adoptive Parents
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Why Won’t You Believe Me?: Splitting in the Adoptive Home |
You are a Good Parent!:
Areas of Mastery Must be Recognized and Enhanced |
Pre Adoption Issues
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Adolescents Need Adoptive Families Too! |
Adopting Sibling Groups: Is the Youngest of the Group the Least Traumatized??? |
Deliberate Toddler Adoption |
Finding a Pediatrician for Your Adopted Child |
Promoting Sexual Safety in Adoptive Families |
While Families Wait: Ongoing
Adoption Education for Prospective Adoptive Families |
Talking to Kids About Adoption
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I Think! I Act! Transforming the Thoughts
of the Traumatized Adoptee is Essential |
Talking with Children about Their Orphanage Background:
A Guide to Using “Borya and the Burps” |
Transcultural and Transracial Adoption Issues
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From Adult Adoptees to Transcultural Adoptive Families
– Listening to the Messages and Taking Action! |
Pact, An Adoption Alliance: An A+ Source of Information
about Transcultural and Transracial Adoption |
Transcultural Adoptees: The Development of Cultural Awareness |
Transcultural and Transracial Adoptees:
The Development of Racial and Cultural Identity |
White Siblings in Transracial Families
Inside Transracial Adoption |
Trauma and The Impact of Trauma on Child Development
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“Act Your Age”: The Vineland Adaptive Behavioral Scales |
“He or She is So Smart!”:
The Many Facets of Intellectual Development |
“How Full is Your Bucket?”:
Reciprocity and the Traumatized Adoptee |
I’d Like to Trust You, But Can I?:
Extending Trust to your Adopted Son or Daughter |
“I’m Not Lazy!”: The Development
of Initiative in Traumatized Adoptees |
Neglect: There is No Such Thing as “a Little” |
“Sorry:” Building Your Adoptee’s Moral Development |
Speech and Language Development in Adoptees |
What's for Dinner?: Time, Energy and Priorities |
Typically Developing Children: Helping Brothers and Sisters Cope
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A Sibling Thanksgiving: One Mom’s Tradition |
An In-Depth Conversation with
Younger Typical Kids: “I Don’t Have to Fix Her” and More… |
Brothers and Sisters Need Responses!:
School and Adoption—Answering Adoption - Related Questions |
Making Dates with the Kids in the Family at the
Time of the Adoption: One Habit You’ll Want to Keep! |
This is Not the Brother or Sister I Expected!:
The Need to Prepare the Typical Children |
Typical Children: Afloat on a Sea of Grief |
Where are the Support
Groups for Typically-Developing Children? |
“Yes” There are Positives for the Typical Kids! |