For the child who already understands the concept of adoption, this work provides a deeper understanding of how the adoption process works and the feelings that many children have about being adopted. Topics include why children are given up for adoption and why adoptive parents want to adopt. It also helps children understand feelings of sadness, anger, curiosity about the birth parents, fears about abandonment, worries about fitting in and being teased, and feelings about being different.

 

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by American Psychological Association .

Marc A. Nemiroff has a PhD in clinical psychology from the Catholic University of America. Dr. Nemiroff has 16 years of experience in the treatment of children at the Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health in Annandale, Virginia, where he is the Coordinator of Youth and Family Programs. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, a fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and an affiliate member of the Baltimore-Washington Society for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Nemiroff maintains a private practice in Potomac, Maryland. Jane Annunziata, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist with a private practice specializing in children and families in McLean, Virginia. Dr. Annunziata taught and supervised at multiple universities. As a writer, she has contributed parent guidance sections to many children's books on such varied topics as shyness, parental depression, ambivalence, and a new baby in the family. She is the author of of many books for children including Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs and Sometimes I'm Scared. Carol Koeller is the illustrator of Mom, Dad, Come Back S oon, as well as several educational books. Her expressive characters also appear in children's magazines and on greeting cards. She grew up on the East Coast, spent ten years in California, and then settled in Chicago, where she now lives with her husband, two daughters, and various pets. All About Adoption is her second picture book for Magination Press. Visit her at www. carolkoeller. com.