Adopting the Older Child

by Claudia Jarrett

Overview

The practical classic on adopting an older child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558326255
Publisher:	Harvard Common Press
Publication date:	09/16/1978
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	365 KB

About the Author

Claudia Jewett Jarratt, a nationally known family therapist, has raised ten children, seven of them adopted. She lives in Harvard, Massachusetts.
Claudia Jewett Jarratt, a nationally known family therapist, has raised ten children, seven of them adopted. She lives in Harvard, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
1	Who Are the Children Who Wait?	1
2	Making the Decision to Adopt an Older Child	11
3	The Home Study	27
4	Pre-Adoption Preliminaries for Parents and Workers	51
5	Preparing Children for Placement	61
6	Matching Families and Children	88
7	Maggie	95
8	Gena and Tommy	160
9	Danny	200
10	Joey	244
11	How Does It Work Out?	285
	Directory of State Agencies	290
	Bibliography	298
	Index	302