Recommended Resource: Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency

This month's recommendation is Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency by Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon. This framework for understanding adoption and permanency offers a unifying lens that is inclusive of all parties of the adoption triad - adoptee, birth family, and adoptive family - as well as the varied types of permanency our youth experience, including foster care and kinship care. Attachment and trauma research is integrated in each of the seven core issues: loss, rejection, shame/guilt, grief, identity, intimacy, and mastery/control to provide a fuller understanding of our children's needs. Each core issue is presented in full, including its impact on individuals and practical tips for growth and healing.

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