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Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids : A Guide for Parents and Professionals

by Gregory C. Keck, Regina M. Kupecky, Jerusha Clark · 1995

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Written in a nontechnical style, this book brings to light grim truths but also real hope that children who have been hurt can be healed and brought back into life by adoptive and foster parents, therapists, teachers, social workers, and others whose lives interact with theirs.

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- Includes information on foreign adoptions

- Also available: Parenting the Hurt Child

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adult
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medium · 255 pages

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