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Did You Know?
The average age for the children in foster care was 9.7 years. Average length of stay in foster care was 27.2 months. The largest percentage of children (47 percent) were in a nonrelative foster family home. Forty-nine percent had a case goal of reunification. 123,000 were awaiting adoption, down from 132,000 in FY 2007. (Children's Bureau AFCARS report, Fiscal Year 2008)
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Discipline and the Adopted Child: Ain't Misbehavin'
Children will act up at times; Parents will get frustrated with their children's behavior. It's just part of being a kid and being a parent. As an adoptive family, how do you decide what role adoption and a child's early or prenatal history play in contributing to difficult behavior?
Ain't Misbehavin' helps parents better understand potential causes for challenging behaviors and develop effective adoption friendly discipline plans to address them. By encouraging children to make better behavioral choices, effective discipline results in happier, more connected families.
- Understand the impact of your child's history on his behavior
- Understand why discipline is preferable to punishment, especially for adopted children
- Assess the effectiveness of different discipline strategies
- Develop a specific plan for your family
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Prenatal Substance Exposure
Join Child Therapist Susan Stutzman, LCPC, RPT-S, as she helps adoptive parents and prospective adoptive parents understand the physical and developmental impacts of pre-natal substance exposure on children. She’ll offer practical intervention ideas and strategies that parents can use to help their children reach their maximum potential.
