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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Catalog: Book Release date: 2007-04-22 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 288 Ean: 9780071475006 Book Isbn: 0071475001  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthors:
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"An extremely useful parenting handbook... . truly outstanding ... strongly recommended." "A tremendous resource for parents and professionals alike." The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family--and addressing their special needs--requires care, consideration, and compassion. . .Written by two research psychologists specializing in adoption and attachment, The Connected Child will help you: . .
"A must-read not only for adoptive parents, but for all families striving to correct and connect with their children." "Drs. Purvis and Cross have thrown a life preserver not only to those just entering uncharted waters, but also to those struggling to stay afloat." "Truly an exceptional, innovative work . . . compassionate, accessible, and founded on a breadth of scientific knowledge and clinical expertise." "The Connected Child is the literary equivalent of an airline oxygen mask and instructions:� place the mask over your own face first, then over the nose of your child.�This book first assists the parent, saying, in effect,� 'Calm down, you're not the first mom or dad in the world to face this hurdle, breathe deeply, then follow these simple steps.'� The sense of not facing these issues alone--the relief that your child's behavior is not off the charts--is hugely comforting. Other children have behaved this way; other parents have responded thusly; welcome to the community of therapeutic and joyful adoptive families." |
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 Written on December 19, 2007 Summary: A must read for parents of newly adopted children or adoptive families that are struggling What a wonderful resource for parents who are struggling to figure out how to move forward with a newly adopted child! Simple and clear, with good things to put into practice. Written on December 16, 2007 Summary: Connections Connections This book aims to provide parents of children from other countries and cultures, from troubled backgrounds or on the spectrum of special needs with a toolkit to connect the child to parents. Thus the book's aim is provide parents with safe strategies for parents to promote connection with their children. Specifically written for adopted and special needs kids, the book offers advice ALL parents can access. In terms of adoptive families, the book offers post-adopters tools and prospective parents some hard things to mull over pre-adoption in terms of helping children `connect' safely to parents. So, what is a connected child? Essentially the book`s thesis rests on the theory of behavior modification, with the key that parents can only change poor behaviours if the child trusts. Parent and child therefore must work to make the connection work. We learn that for a child to become connected, that child has to respect us as `family boss', fair in our dealing with them. Kids acting out do so because they haven't had a protective nurturing parent. Therefore, to connect and heal their behaviours our parenting must be grounded and strong. It's a book with well developed steps to connection and nurturing. Each topic covered is matched with modules suggesting how we parents can modify our children's `skewed' responses to every day occurrences. So we are staged through dealing with tantrums in the supermarket, hurting other kids, poor choices, dealing with not wanting mum to go away (or pushing for it that she very much does go away!). The tactics are simple and sure. Poor behaviour should be seen as an opportunity to help our kids connect AND achieve better ways of responding. The strategy of allowing`re-do' of a poor choice or behaviour is prioritised, where the child gets to retry a poor choice. Eye contact and gentle connecting touch are requisites when re-directing a child's behaviour. Offering defined choices, and consequences that happen if a child doesn't play fair and do as promised, are highlighted as strong parenting. Sensible social strategies are offered. Parenting style is also covered, with parents advised to understand and deal with our own responses to challenge and stress. A parent who isn't personally grounded is not going to be the rock a challenging child requires. There are other books that offer parents advice on re-directing poor behaviours using behavioural modification - a useful one being Transforming the Difficult Child The Connected Child adds to the literature both in offering up to date advice on the neurology of behaviour, plus is attractive in its pocket handbook size, its easy-read layout, and its helpful charts and bullet pointed strategies. A drawback is its assumption that behavioural modification will always work. It offers no alternative views, unlike another `toolkit book',Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections where the strength lies in many `voices' offering differing strategies to deal with issues. Nonetheless this new book is a welcome addition to an adoptive parent's bookshelf. Written on November 2, 2007 Summary: The connected child My husband and I are both finding this book helpful in understanding the needs of our adopted daughter. It has also been helpful in dealing with her older bio sister. You have to get past the first part where the authors "toot their own horn", but there are some concrete helpful parenting ideas once you get into the book. Written on August 5, 2007 Summary: THE Best adoption resource Brilliant!! The wisdom in this book has made our stressful house a home full of laughter and peace. We saw changes in our internationally adopted children within days. I especially appreciate that they write from a stand point of hope not despair. I have read 20+ books on adoption, attachment and behavior - this is the best resource available. Very practical advice for how to parent at-risk kids. Every adoptive parent should read this book. Written on June 10, 2007 Summary: Awesome! Some professionals who actually "get it" "The Connected Child" is a MUST for anyone considering adoption or foster care of children and is great for families with any child who has experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, abandonment, loss of parent, divorce, or other intensely emotional circumstances. It seems some people think because kids still "laugh and play" that they are o'kay after some of these events. This book explains that brain function and chemistry are effected by trauma. Behavior and learning are effected by neurochemisty, and the authors' research showed signifiant improvement in neurotransmitter activity with children who participated in their study. I consider the expertise of Dr. Purvis and Dr. Cross to be the best I've found in 16 years of searching for answers. Furthermore, their book gives practical strategies for dealing with sensory dysfunction, learning/language issues, and behavior problems. Once a parent better understands these approaches, many power struggles between the child and parent can be avoided, lessened, or altogether prevented. As a "horse whisperer" tames the wild stallion so Dr. Purvis calms the troubled child and has been affectionately nicknamed the "child whisperer." Our family will be forever grateful. Debbie Jones |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2007-04-22 | 2007-07-15 | 2002-05 | 2006-02-10 | 2006-07-15 | 1998-11 |
| Media | Paperback | Hardcover | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 288 | 510 | 391 | 144 | 520 | 272 |
| Ean | 9780071475006 | 9780944934333 | 9780944934296 | 9780977704002 | 9780972624459 | 9780944934210 |
| Book Isbn | 0071475001 | 0944934331 | 0944934293 | 0977704009 | 0972624457 | 0944934218 |
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