The purpose of this paper is to present a review of literature on internationally adopted children in the U.S. that provides context, references for normal development, and describes traumatic stress with children. This gives counselors and other professionals who work with young children and families of international adoption a conceptual…

Schools work hard to create a caring environment for students, but they may be missing an important issue. Some students are having their home life misrepresented in classroom discourse. Teachers and schools are constantly using the word parent, mother, or father to describe children's caregivers when in fact many students live, permanently or…