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Choosing Therapy for Adopted Children and Youth
Some adoptive families will seek additional support from a therapist or counselor to help with adoption concerns for their children, themselves, or the family. Find resources in this section to help determine when to seek therapy and how to choose a therapist experienced in adoption.
| Selecting and Working With an Adoption Therapist | |
| Series Title: | Factsheets for Families |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 251KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2005 - 10 pages |
| Adoption has a lifelong impact on those it touches, and members of adoptive families may want professional help as concerns arise. Timely intervention by a professional skilled in adoption issues often can prevent concerns from becoming more serious problems. Professionals with adoption knowledge and experience are best suited to help families identify connections between problems and adoption and to plan effective treatment strategies. Sometimes a difficulty that a child is experiencing can be directly linked to adoption, but sometimes the connection is not readily apparent. In other situations, issues that seem on the surface to be related to adoption turn ... | |
| Abuse-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Physical Abuse | |
| Series Title: | Issue Briefs |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 209KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2007 - 11 pages |
| Abuse-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (AF-CBT) has been found to improve functioning in school-aged children who have experienced physical abuse, as well as in their parents, caregivers, and families. This issue brief explores the characteristics and benefits of AF-CBT to help child welfare caseworkers, other professionals who work with at-risk families, and caregivers make more informed decisions about family participation in AF-CBT. It includes information about what makes AF-CBT unique, key components, target populations, effectiveness, and what to look for in an AF-CBT therapist. | |
Clinical Research Shows Corrective Attachment TherapyTM Works
Evergreen Psychotherapy Center
Provides results of a study that combined emotional, cognitive, and family systems therapy and discusses parenting-skills training.
| Parent-Child Interaction Therapy With At-Risk Families | |
| Series Title: | Issue Briefs |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 222KB) Order (Free) - Add to Cart |
| Year Published: | 2007 - 14 pages |
| Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) is a family-centered treatment approach demonstrated effective for abused and at-risk children ages 2½ to 12 and their parents or caregivers. This issue brief explores the characteristics and benefits of PCIT to help child welfare caseworkers, other professionals who work with at-risk families, and caregivers make more informed decisions about family participation in PCIT programs. It includes information about what makes PCIT unique, key components, effectiveness, and what to look for in a PCIT therapist. | |
Proactive Parenting for Adoptive Families: How to Recognize Issues and When to Seek Help
Paddock
Illustrates the benefits of therapy to strengthen family attachments.
Seeking Therapy for an Adopted Child: A Guide to Getting Help
MacLeod (2007)
Includes questions for adoptive parents, tips on finding a therapist, therapy options, and recommends further reading.
Supplemental Therapies for Adoptive Families
AdoptionIssues.org
Provides information on psychotherapeutic approaches such as occupational therapy, speech pathologists, neurofeedback, and more to supplement standard therapy.
| Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Addressing the Mental Health of Sexually Abused Children | |
| Series Title: | Issue Briefs |
| Author(s): | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Availability: | View Download (PDF - 217KB) |
| Year Published: | 2007 - 14 pages |
| Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) has been found to reduce children?s negative emotional and behavioral responses after sexual abuse and other traumatic events. It also helps nonoffending parents cope with their own distress and develop skills to support their children. This issue brief explores the characteristics and benefits of TF-CBT to help child welfare caseworkers and other professionals who work with at-risk families make more informed decisions about when to refer children and their caregivers to TF-CBT programs. It includes information about what makes TF-CBT unique, key components, target population, effectiveness, and what to look for in a TF-CBT therapist. | |
Systemwide: Mental health: Range of mental health services - Examples of mental health treatment interventions across service types
Systemwide: Mental health: Obtaining mental health services - Obtaining treatment for families
Systemwide: Mental health: Common mental health issues for children, youth, and families involved in child welfare - Trauma: For children who have been abused, neglected, or separated from their families