About this Book

"Welcome Home" provides parents of foster and adopted children with practical skills for raising children of all ages. This book will help you answer questions such as: How do I prepare myself and my family for raising this child? Do the effects of childhood trauma and abuse last forever? How do I talk with my child about his past? What does my child really think about himself? How do I facilitate the bond between me and my child? How do I help my child make good choices? What kind of therapist should my child see? How do I make sense out of confusing behaviors? How can I tell if my child requires psychiatric medication? What do I need to know about my child's attachment style? What do all those diagnostic terms, like ADHD, mean? In other words, this book will provide you with step-by-step solutions you need to care for a child who is adopted or in foster care. -- From publisher's description.