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01-02-2009, 10:30 AM
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Beginning adoption process...
I'm in the very beginning stages of adopting an older child (from 8 to 11 years old). I've done a lot of research and found a lot of articles online, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice on books or journals or magazines to read? I know that it takes more than a lot of book knowledge to raise a child....but a little knowledge can never hurt.
Thanks :-) 
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01-02-2009, 10:50 AM
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My favorite adoption prep book is Greg Keck's Adopting the Hurt Child.
I'd also recommend researching as much as possible on attachment and bonding, attachment parenting, and attachment disorder. Good luck on your journey
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WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN RARELY MAKE HISTORY  charred witch 
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01-02-2009, 02:55 PM
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I was able to find it at Barnes & Noble and it looks like it has a lot of good information. Thanks for the tip :-)
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01-04-2009, 09:06 AM
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My absolute favorite is "Three Little Words" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter. I have bought 16 copies of it so far because I am pressuring our friends and family to read it. It is an autobiography written by a 25-year old woman who was taken into custody by social services when she was 5 and adopted when she was 11. This story shows how she felt being bounced through foster care and clarifies why she gave her adoptive parents a hard time. Other good resources are "Beyond Consequences" by Forbes and Post, and "Primal Wound", but I don't know that author. We also felt that "Adoption:Stories of Lives Transformed" by Dixie Davis, was definitely worth the time to balance out the negative stories you often hear in online posts and support groups.
Good luck!!!
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 Adopted daughter, 9, placed from foster care at birth Bio son, 11 Adopted daughter, 12, placed last November and finalized June 16th!! Woot woot! Bio son, 14 Adopted daughter, 19, placed from foster care at 14
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01-04-2009, 04:55 PM
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"Mile High" I just finished the book. I agree about "Three Little Words", it says, perfectly, what an older child feels during the adoption process and why we deal with the issues we do when attempting to bond with an older child. Thanks for recommending it. There's one more book I highly recommend that was written by a post-adoption resource group in our area. It's called "Wasn't Love Supposed to be Enough". I highly recommend it.
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Josie Mom to 8 EXTRAordinary little kids and big kids. 4 by birth, 4 by adoption -- how LUCKY am I???? "You must BE the change you want to see in the world." M.K. Gahndi
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01-05-2009, 10:15 AM
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Do you know who wrote "Mile High"?
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01-08-2009, 04:40 PM
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The greatest books have been:
Books on attachment/seperation/older child adoption by Claudia Jewett & a book called "The Limits of Hope".
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About Me: Jan 07- Woke up and needed to be a Mom  blah blah think think March 08- Ready to start trying w/ AI  April 08-Family Death- Momness on back burner  July 08- Trying again  Sept 08- Think "duh adpotion!"  Oct 14 08- TX DPFS Orientation/Sumbit Inital PW  Nov 8- PRIDE Class begins!  Dec 20- Last PRIDE Class Jan 6 09- Finger Prints  Jan 31- Drug Handling Class March 11- Home Eval Meeting Yay! April 1- CW admmits to having lost file, having then found file, and having turned it in today. Grr. April 1- Behavior intervention class April 2- Homestudy Call April 7, 5 p.m.- Final Homestudy Meeting May 1- Homestudy sumbitted to state of TX June 4- APPROVED! and waiting to be matched... Searching for 1 or 2 girls aged 4-8 all levels considered. 
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03-09-2009, 12:27 PM
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I just finished reading Our Own by Trish Maskew. It was excellent. I highly recommend it.
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Married on 02/22/02  DH is from  and I'm from  06/08 - First appointment with private adoption agency  10/08 - Completed foster parent/pre-adoption classes  02/09 - Switched agencies and submitted adoption application with DHS  05/09 - Home study approved and submitted for several waiting children  06/09 - Opened home to foster care placements  06/09 - Chosen to go to committee for a sibling group of four  Happy Daycare Provider to 5 children: E age 6, C age 5, A age 6, B age 1, and Baby E 6 mon Happy foster mom to 1 baby: Frank the Tank, age 4 mon (placed 6/17/09) Previous foster care placements: Twins! Curly and Bunny, age 2 (6/5/09-6/8/09) RU with biom  
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