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PARENT’S GUIDE

For parents of school-age adopted children—
what you need to know before your child walks into the classroom.

Challenges

The challenge of school for the adoptee

School issues your child will face

Help your child deal with racism

When birds don't flock together

Should you tell the teacher?

You can give an adoption talk

Language development is key

Learning disabilities

What are learning disabilities?

Detect learning disabilities early

Cope with your child's LD

Brodzinsky on learning disabilities

Do adoptees need special ed classes?

Are LDs inherited?

Special needs

Accept your child's special needs

FAS: Friendly school environments

Helping students with FAS

ADHD and the school system

Manage your ADHD child in school

Strategy for the parent advocate

RESOURCES
Doctors for post-adoption assessments: international     adoption medical clinics in Canada, U.S., overseas.
All adoption web sites
Why you should join an adoption support group
Web sites of Canadian support groups
Events list of support groups

TEACHER’S GUIDE

For the teacher—the classroom needs to include everyone. Are you ready for the students' questions?

ONE—Many ways to make a family

TWO—Many ways to create a child

THREE—Biased class assignments ... and how to fix them

FOUR—Teaching the language of adoption

FIVE—How to introduce adoption in elementary school

SIX—Answers for the pregnant student

SEVEN—A suggested classroom presentation

EIGHT—Research points the way

NINE—Adoption resources for teachers and students

TEN—Glossary: the ABCs of adoption

Teacher’s
Guide to
Adoption

Are your classes biased against adoption?

OTHER LANGUAGES

Teacher's Guide to Adoption:

      In French: Guide sur l'adoption

      In Italian: Guida per l'insegnante

      In Spanish: Guía sobre la Adopción

Heart of Adoption www.familyhelper.net/heart Articles to inform and inspire

Did We Want an Open Adoption?
     Share parenting with the birth parents.
Meet the Birth Family Abroad.
     Birth country adventures.
"Post-adoption Depression"
     From the heart of an adoptive mother.

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