Is It Possible to Raise a Well-Adjusted Adoptee? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
10/26/24
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Question: My husband and I are nearing finalization of our five-month-old adopted son. We don't currently have any other children. Throughout our time in the adoption process, I have spent time learning about adoption trauma and the complexities of adoption. I want to be well-informed as our son grows up and aware of the difficulties he may face. However, my question is, are there stories of adoptees, especially males, who have experienced emotional health and emotional success in life? I have heard many stories, both about and from, adoptees who have challenges with identity, maladaptive behavior, and experiences with other trauma, which make them at risk for suicide, addiction and depression. Are there any adoptive parents out there who are doing it right, whose adopted kids grow up to be well-adjusted adoptees, emotionally healthy adults who can form good relationships? Is our child doomed for a future of emotional trauma and struggle? I would love to hear their stories and learn from them as well.
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Late, Lost, & Unprepared: Executive Function Struggles
October 23, 2024
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Does your child struggle with planning/organizing, time management, and impulse control? Join us for our interview with Dr. Joyce Cooper-Kahn, a clinical child psychologist who specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD, executive functioning challenges, and other learning disabilities. She is the author of Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning.
In this episode, we cover:
- What is executive functioning?
- Example of executive functioning skills?
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- What is the experience of families with a child/youth with executive functioning difficulties?
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- At what age do we usually expect executive functioning skills to start developing?
- Who can diagnose an executive functioning disability, and why is it important to get a diagnosis?
- What can parents do to help kids improve their executive functioning skills or learn to live without them?
- Use real life to teach
- Teach rather than punish
- Collaborate with the child or youth
- Behavior modification
- Adjust expectations
- When should you allow your child to experience natural consequences for behavior?
- Practical tools for helping kids plan and organize.
- Practical tools for helping kids shift gears or handle transitions.
- Practical tools for helping kids with working memory challenges.
- Practical tools for helping kids control impulses.
Additional resources:
Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning
Boosting Executive Skills in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Educators
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
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- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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Should You Consider Adopting a Child of Another Race or Ethnicity?
October 30, 2024
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Should you adopt a child of a different race? What things should you consider? Join our conversation with Dr. Gina Samuels, an adult transracial adoptee and a Professor at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago. She is also the Faculty Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. Her scholarly interests include transracial adoption and mixed-race and multiethnic identity formation. We are honored to have Dr. Samuels as the Chair of the Creating a Family Board.
In this episode, we cover:
- If you are a White parent, are there different issues you need to consider depending on the race of the child you adopt?
- Some families prefer to adopt a bi-racial child rather than a child who is all Black or all Latinx. What are the issues to consider?
- Is there a difference between transracial and transcultural adoption?
- What does it take to raise a child to have a healthy self and racial identity? How do they differ?
- Unconscious overlap between self and racial identity for White people.
- What are some of the issues parents should think about to determine if they are a family that should adopt across racial or ethnic lines?
- What should parents be prepared to do in order to help their children develop a healthy sense of self?
- Adoption is a family affair, so how should prospective adoptive parents prepare their extended family members for the adoption of a child of a different race or culture?
- How do you protect your child from family members who may not approve or are racist?
- What to do if you have someone in your family that you fear will not be accepting or will not treat your child fairly or is a racist?
- How do you find role models that racially mirror your child?
- Politic of transracial adoption in minority communities.
- What does the research show on how transracially adopted children are doing?
- What issues may come up with open adoption when adopting across racial lines?
- Preparation for transracial adoption goes beyond hair care; hair and skin care are important. What should parents know?
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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