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As an adoptee from foster care I can tell you what my social worker did with me and my brother. We went in once a week to work on our lifebooks. It has been 17 years and I still look at it. Actually, I have recently reunited with my paternal aunts and uncles. I took the lifebook with me since many of them had not seen me since I was a toddler. One aunt was particularly upset with the amount of information that my social worker wrote about my case. She gave some pretty specific details of the abuse that took place and my aunt is the type of person who wants to forget anything bad. (So much that she never told her children about me until 2 months ago.) There were pictures that I didn't have a real memory of and my uncles were able to tell me about them. I think making a lifebook for your child is a wonderful thing to do. In my case, I was able to write a caption under each picture. It was a wonderful project for a 10 year old.
Gloria
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