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In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You to Know About Adoption: A Guide for Relatives and Friends by Elisabeth O'toole

Elisabeth O'toole . Unknown Year . English

One adoption social worker called In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption: “the adoption book for everyone else.” In On It is the book for the grandparents and best friends, colleagues and neighbors, aunts and uncles, teachers and caregivers of contemporary adoptive families. It offers advice, information and insights into contemporary adoption -- especially for readers who are not themselves adoptive parents. In On It explains the decision-making processes that lead parents to adopt, the adoption process itself, and the important roles of loss and grief in adoption. It offers suggestions for appropriate adoption language and talking about adoption; overviews of transracial, open and older child adoption; guidance for readers who will find themselves representing and speaking on behalf of adoptive families; as well as illustrative anecdotes, suggestions from adoptive parents, and lists of “Ways You Can Help.” In On It extends an invitation into adoption – it is a friendly, welcoming and highly useful adoption resource.

Categories: Contemporary Fiction

About the Author

Elisabeth O'Toole says about In On It, "I wrote the book I would have liked to give my own parents, siblings, friends and colleagues when my husband and I adopted our first child. These important people deserved information and preparation. And I wanted them to have a resource that saw adoption from their particular perspective. And as my children entered school and our world enlarged, I realized others, too -- teachers, caregivers, pediatricians -- want and appreciate information about adoption and adoptive families, too." Elisabeth has degrees from Northwestern University and Colorado State University. She lives with her family on the continuum of calm and chaos and continues to write and speak on this topic. More information about Elisabeth and In On It is available at the book's web site, www.InOnAdoption.com.

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