Siblings in Adoption and Foster Care : Traumatic Separations and Honoured Connections

by Silverstein, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780313351433
• ISBN10: 0313351430
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

This volume covers the emotional fallout when children who have been separated from their parents by foster care or adoption are also torn away from their siblings in the process and shows what we can do to keep children together.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
Full, Half, Step, Foster, Adoptive, and Other: The Complex Nature of Sibling Relationships	p. 1
Siblings in Foster Care and Adoption: What We Know from Research	p. 13
Sibling Connections: The Importance of Nurturing Sibling Bonds in the Foster Care System	p. 27
The Experience of Sibling Loss in the Adjustment of Foster and Adopted Children	p. 43
The Rights of Siblings in Foster Care and Adoption: A Legal Perspective	p. 57
Sibling Issues in Open Adoption Arrangements: Non-biologically Related Adopted Siblings' Experiences with Birth-Family Contact	p. 69
Keeping Sibling Connection Alive	p. 83
The Creation of a False Self: A Survival Strategy for Siblings of Wounded Adopted or Foster Children	p. 95
"Suddenly, Sisters!": Sibling Adjustment in Reunion	p. 109
Practice Strategies to Preserve Sibling Relationships	p. 123
Mental Health Strategies to Support Sibling Relationships: Nonverbal Interventions to Process Trauma and Maintain the Sibling Bond	p. 139
Permanency for Siblings in Kinship Families	p. 153
Conclusion: What Have We Learned? Where Do We Need to Go?	p. 165
References	p. 167
Index	p. 183
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 191
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