Intercountry Adoption: Helping a Young Child Deal with Loss.

French, Glenda

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ERIC Number: EJ337969

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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Intercountry Adoption: Helping a Young Child Deal with Loss.

French, Glenda

Child Welfare, v65 n3 p272-79 May-Jun 1986

Details the author's experiences in helping her adopted four-year-old daughter from Bangladesh cope with the loss of her biological family and her adjustment to a new culture, and offers suggestions for professionals and parents helping young children make similar adjustments. (HOD)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adopted Children, Attachment Behavior, Child Caregivers, Coping, Death, Emotional Adjustment, Grief, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Narratives, Separation Anxiety

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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