In this reprint first published in 2007, Gray, a former therapeutic foster parent who is a clinical social worker specializing in attachment, grief, and trauma, provides professionals, as well
as parents, with the knowledge and advice needed to help adoptive families build positive relationships and heal adopted children who suffered from neglect and trauma. She explains how neglect,
trauma, and prenatal exposure to drugs or alcohol can affect brain and emotional development at different stages, and how child welfare, social, and mental health workers can recognize these
effects and attachment issues in children and help them settle into new families, detailing therapeutic techniques and case examples of children who have early neglect issues. She also
addresses resources, caring for oneself, forming collaborative groups, and other professional support. There is also a companion volume for parents: Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for
Today's Parents. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
