Sherrie Eldridge ~ Adoption Books, Twenty Things Adoptive Parents Need To Succeed, Forever Fingerprints

TWENTY THINGS ADOPTIVE PARENTS NEED TO SUCCEED...Discover the secrets to understanding the unique needs to your adopted child - and becoming the best parent you can be (Random House Publishing Group, 2009)

In this all-new companion volume to Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge shifts her focus from the adoptee to parents, offering practical wisdom and advice on creating a loving, nurturing environment for your adopted child.

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TWENTY THINGS ADOPTED KIDS WISH THEIR ADOPTIVE PARENTS KNEW (Random House Publishing Group, 1999, 2003)

This ground-breaking first book gives voice to the very real concerns of adopted children and offers unique perspectives and unprecedented insight. Now in its eleventh printing, with more than 150,000 copies sold, this book is a classic in adoption literature. It is required reading by many adopt ... read more

QUESTIONS ADOPTEES ARE ASKING ... about beginnings, birth family, searching, and finding peace (NavPress, 2007)

This is the best post-adoption resource for people of faith! It is a "repackage" of the original Twenty Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make. In this new volume, Sherrie adds inspirational writing, Bible Study at the end of every chapter, along with Discussion Questions for S ... read more

FOREVER FINGERPRINTS ... An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children (EMK Press, 2007)

This children's adoption book is one that you and your child will want to return to over the years as new questions arise. It will help you better understand the heart of your child and what he/she is really wondering about adoption.

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FRENCH EDITION: TWENTY THINGS ADOPTED KIDS WISH THEIR ADOPTIVE PARENTS KNEW: PARENTS DE COEUR…Comprendre et aider l’enfant adoptee (Editions Albin Michel, 2003)

L'adoption est ambivalente: acte d'amour et d'esperance, elle est aussi une rupture, un arranchement parfois. Ce sont ces zones d'ombre que Sherrie Eldridge se propose d'analyser. Peur de l'abandon, colore, incomprehension, silences, quete de origins ... Les enfants adoptes, plus que les autres, ... read more

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Under His Wings

Creating a Safe Place for Adoptees to Talk about Adoption (1.3 MB PDF) This 130-page workbook is designed to initiate an imaginary search for the adoptee's lost birth mother. Creative exercises, such as left-handed drawings and letters TO and FROM the birth mother, help adoptees access hidden feelings about their relinquishment and adoption experiences.

Deba Jo De Sus Alas

Creando un lugar confortable para que los hijos adoptivos pueden hablar sobre adopcion.
Spanish Translation of Under His Wings - Creating a Safe Place for Adoptees to Talk about Adoption(21 MB PDF)
Es nacimiento, escribiendo cartas PARA y DE ella. Cuando esta busqueda imaginaria concluye, los hijos adoptivos aceptan su experiencia de adopcion, sea o no sea que culmine en una busqueda. Se incluyen instrucciones para el facilitador que son faciles de seguir, junto con recomendaciones de lecturas adicionales.

Beauty for Ashes - A Healing Journey for the Adoption Triad

This is a 75-page biblically-based workbook designed specifically for use by the adoption triad (adoptees, adoptive parents and birth parents), but can also be used by separate triad groups.

12 Steps for Adopted Teens

At last... Something for adopted teens. Twelve Steps For Adopted Teens is a unique workbook that provides exposure to the common thoughts and emotions of fellow adoptees. Writing letters "to" and "from" the birth mother will surface repressed emotions and pertinent Scriptures will empower teens to come to terms with their relinquishment and adoption experiences.

Twenty Things Study Guide

Many adoptive parents and mental health and adoption professionals who have read Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Parents Knew have expressed a desire for a study guide that will help them prepare prospective adoptive parents and new adoptive parents for the challenges of adoptive parenting. The chapters in the study guide are short. Take them at your own pace or divide them in blocks for specific assignments. May God richly bless you as you gain a new understanding of the adopted child!

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