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Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Abuse and/or Neglect
Children who have experienced abuse and/or neglect may be traumatized, which is to have a fear for their physical or psychological safety. Find resources in this section to help families care for their children who have experienced abuse and neglect.
Parenting a Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused: A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 240KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2008 - 10 pages |
Many factors affect how children react to and recover from sexual abuse. Parents play an important role in their children?s recovery. This factsheet includes information to help foster and adoptive parents of children who have been sexually abused. It includes information about child sexual abuse, tips for establishing guidelines for safety and privacy in the family, and guidance on when and how to seek help, if needed. |
Selecting and Working With a Therapist Skilled in Adoption | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
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Year Published: | 2012 - 13 pages |
Provides members of adoptive families with information on the varieties of therapeutic approaches and professional therapists, recommendations for choosing and working with a therapist, and online resources for postadoption support and national organizations. |
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Keck & Kupecky (2009)
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Explains the types of trauma common among children who have been mistreated and describes how adoptive parents, counselors, and other professionals can help them heal.
Articles
Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio
Lists articles with topics related to parenting adopted children who have been abused and neglected.
Courses for Families Parenting Adopted Children
Adoption Learning Partners
Offers online training for parents of adopted children. Course topics include discipline and the adopted child, attachment, maintaining connections, and more. Most courses are available for a fee.
Foster Parent College: Online Training for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents and Caregivers
Provides online training on topics including grief and loss, helping children deal with anger, working with schools, and more. Most courses are available for a small fee.
Helping Abused Kids in Care Heal
Blustain (2002)
Discusses the impact of sexual abuse on children, presents one family's experiences, and provides steps for caregivers of children who have been abused.
Postadoption Services | |
Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
Availability: | View Download (PDF - 285KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
Year Published: | 2006 - 10 pages |
It is common for adoptive families to need support and services after adoption. Postadoption services can help families with a wide range of issues. They are available for everything from learning how to explain adoption to a preschooler, to helping a child who experienced early childhood abuse, to helping with an adopted teen?s search for identity. Experience with adoptive families has shown that all family members can benefit from some type of postadoption support. Families of children who have experienced trauma, neglect, or institutionalization may require more intensive services. |
Self-Care: Barriers and Basics for Foster/Adoptive Parents
McMahon
Adoptalk, Fall 2005
Discusses the importance of self-care for foster and adoptive parents of children with special needs. Suggestions for caregivers are provided.
Child abuse and neglect: Impact
Adoption: Parenting after adoption: Finding services for your adopted child - Choosing therapy for adopted children and youth
Systemwide: Mental health services: Common mental health issues for children, youth, and families involved in child welfare - Trauma: For children who have been abused, neglected, or separated from their families
Adoption: Parenting after adoption: After intercountry adoption - Impact of institutionalization
Adoption: Parenting after adoption - After intercountry adoption: From orphanage life to family life