Developing A Foundation For Learning With Internationally Adopted Children: Family-Based Activities For Remedial Learning And Attachment (Routledge Research In Psychology)

This practice-focused guide introduces The SmartStart Toolbox as an effective remedial program to help adoptive parents and professionals support the educational and social development of internationally adopted children. Recognizing the specific cultural, emotional, and cognitive needs of late-adopted children, the program details a range of family-based remedial activities which provide scaffolded learning and attachment opportunities during children's early interactions with their adoptive families. Alongside explanation of the novel theoretical foundation which grounds the activities, chapters offer step-by-step guidance on conducting activities and adapting them to the individual child, simultaneously stimulating thinking and learning while creating and facilitating attachment between the adopted children and their adoptive parents. These structured interactions are suitable for use as diagnostic-prescriptive procedures, or as remedial sessions led by professionals or parents with children aged 4 - 8 years old. This text will benefit researchers, academics, clinicians, social workers, and educators with an interest in child development, cognitive and language development, and adoption and fostering more broadly. Adoptive parents will also benefit from this book and its focus on themes of attachment, parenting, and the development of social cognition. Boris Gindis is a Licensed Psychologist and a Nationally Certified Bilingual School Psychologist in the US. Carol S. Lidz is a Licensed Psychologist, Consultant and Trainer in Dynamic Assessment. She is author of Let's Think About It and is based in the US--

• | Author: Boris Gindis, Carol Schneider Lidz
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 31, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 118 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1032182512
• | ISBN-13: 9781032182513