Rehabilitation and Remediation of Internationally Adopted Children

This book provides specific methods for the physical rehabilitation, mental health restoration, and academic remediation of post-institutionalized international adoptees, focusing on the neurological, psychological, and educational consequences of complex childhood trauma. It critiques conventional approaches to the treatment of mental health issues and disabilities in international adoptees and offers an integrated and practical system of scaffolding and compensation for their successful rehabilitation and remediation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 21 October 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This comprehensive book offers invaluable insights into the physical rehabilitation, mental health restoration, and academic remediation of post-institutionalized international adoptees. Focusing on the neurological, psychological, and educational consequences of complex childhood trauma in the context of a significant shift in their social circumstances, the author delves into the realm of after-adoption traumatic experiences. A critical examination of conventional approaches to treating mental health issues and disabilities among international adoptees is presented, highlighting the need for alternative and innovative methods. Drawing from his extensive research and clinical expertise spanning three decades, the author meticulously describes and analyzes a diverse range of methodologies, aiming to establish an integrated and practical system of "scaffolding" and "compensation" for the successful rehabilitation and remediation of children with ongoing traumatic experiences. This text is a must-read for researchers and practicing clinicians engaged in the fields of childhood trauma, remedial education, and international adoption, as it provides a wealth of knowledge and practical strategies to address these complex challenges.

Weight: 476g
Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781316516294