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How social networking is transforming the face of C21 adoption

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This book explains the whats, whys, hows and what ifs of the search and reunion happening on Facebook which allows adopted teenagers to reconnect to the toxic birth families they were removed from. This problem did not exist in 2009, but now children are being retraumatised through unexpected, unsupervised, intrusive contact and it's unstoppable.      

Prepublication material can be downloaded from here

The Introduction
Chapter Zero
Chapter One
Chapter Twenty
Recommendations 
iconClick here to download BWC Intro, Chapter 0,1,20, Recs Jan 2012 (1006.15 kB)


It will be useful for:
Δ adoptive and foster parents
Δ social workers, teachers, therapists, child health professionals
Δ the decision makers and influencers who make decisions about childrens futures including politicians, journalists, lawyers and judges
Δ propective adopters for whom future direct contact with birth parents is inevitable

Bubble Wrapped Children is different because it contains diagrams, models, simple language, metaphors and material from many diverse places, including many real case studies. It particularly focuses on the issues, motivations, perspectives of birth parents and adopted children by digging deep into the real issues that exist for children and the families who maltreated them.

Content includes current knowledge on infant and adolescent brains, complex developmental trauma, contact management, childrens developmental needs, attachment issues all wrapped in the authors perspectives as an experienced knowledgable adoptive parent and NLP Coach whose childens' world was rocked by uninvited Facebook contact. Case studies illuminate the complexity and pervasive effect of contact via Facebook.

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