UBC Press Attaching in Adoption book Paperback 400 pages

Attaching in Adoption is a comprehensive guide forprospective and actual adoptive parents on how to understand and care for their adopted child and promote healthy attachment.This classic text provides practical parenting strategies designedto enhance children's happiness and emotional health. It explainswhat attachment is, how grief and trauma can affect children'semotional development, and how to improve attachment, respect,cooperation and trust. Parenting techniques are matched tochildren's emotional needs and stages, and checklists are includedto help parents assess how their child is doing at each developmentalstage. The book covers a wide range of issues including internationaladoption, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and learning disabilities,and combines sound theory and direct advice with case examplesthroughout.This book is a must read for anyone interested in adoption and forall adoptive families. It will also be a valuable resource for adoptionprofessionals.

Deborah D. Gray is a clinical social workerspecialising in attachment, grief and trauma based in Kirkland,Washington, USA. She grew up in an extended family with many adoptedmembers. Her website can be found at www.deborahdgray.com.