How do you give your adopted or fostered child the best opportunities to grow up to be happy, healthy and successful? In this accessible book, psychologist and trauma expert Dr. Sue offers simple advice to those supporting children aged 7+. She explains why adopted or fostered children can often experience self-esteem issues, the impact it can have on their lives, and offers everyday strategies to help the child to move beyond their trauma and develop healthy self-esteem. Ideal for foster and adoptive parents as well as professionals supporting children and families, this book reveals the powerful role you can play in your child's well-being. Reviews: 'This book offers important insight into why adopted and foster teens struggle with self-esteem and offers valuable strategies when helping these teens. Cornbluth's book is required reading for anyone who is working with these children, and is a great resource.' -John DeGarmo, Speaker, Trainer, Foster Parent and Author of bestselling book The Foster Parenting Manual and children's book A Different Home 'When I met Dr. Sue, she helped me change and turn my whole thought process around on the fact that I could not only have goals but actually accomplish them. I thought I could never accomplish a goal because I was a foster child and we had stereotypes placed on us that we would just be a statistic of the system. No one before Dr. Sue ever validated my feelings before that.' - From the foreword of Nyleen Shaw, Foster Care Survivor and advocate "[Sue Cornbluth's] keen insights will empower parents as they attempt to love, nurture, and correct their children's hurt lives. Anyone parenting or considering parenting a foster child or adopting a traumatized child should read this work." -Gregory C. Keck, Ph. D., Founder/Director of the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio, co-author of Adopting the Hurt Child, Parenting the Hurt Child, and author of Parenting Adopted Adolescents Contents: Foreword Nyleen Shaw, introduction, Chapter 1:Foster and Adopted Teens Struggle with Self-Esteem, Chapter 2: The Challenges of Parenting a Foster/Adopted Child or Teen, Chapter 3: Attachment & Self-Esteem, Chapter 4: Providing A Corrective Emotional Experience, Chapter 5: Strategies for working with Traumatized Foster/Adopted Children and Teens, Chapter 6:Assessing Your Parent and Professional Skills, Chapter 7:Strategies for Increasing Foster/Adopted Children and Teens Self Esteem, Chapter 8:Parenting a Foster/Adopted Child or Teen, Chapter 9:Triple Empowerment Self Esteem System : Educate, Embrace Empower, Parting Words Resources, References
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