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Recources for parents who seek therapeutic intervention to address the behavioral or emotional issues affecting their adopted adolescent or teen.

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• Therapeutic Boarding Schools

  This informative website offers help for parents considering boarding school for their child. It explains how to choose a boarding school, what questions to ask, and how to deal with feelings of guilt and homesickness.

• Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio

  The Attachment and Bonding Center (ABC) of Ohio places particular emphasis on fostering the connection between adopted children and their parents.

• Attachment Treatment and Training Institute

• BG Center

  BGCenter is an Internet-based company, composed of independent professionals, working from their own offices. BGCenter brings together a unique set of resources to match individual psychological needs of adopted children, specializing in psycho-educational issues of older (preschool and school age) internationally adopted children.

• Center for Family Development, NY

  The Center for Family Development is Western New York's only attachment center specializing in the treatment of adopted and foster families with trauma and attachment disorder.

• D'Arrigo Children's Clinic

  Kinship Center offers a specialty mental heath clinic in Salinas for children adopted from Monterey County DSS, and for children being raised by relatives. To be eligible, a child must have Monterey County Medi-Cal or be eligible as part of AAP. Eligible children may be living with relatives, or already have been adopted, or adoption is being considered as a permanent plan.

• How to Select an Adoption Therapist

  Adoption.com's article on selecting an Adoption Therapist offers practical advice for parents who are considering hiring a therapist to work with their adopted child, including the type of practice to look for and what questions to ask.

• Kinship Center

  Since 1984, Kinship Center has helped create and support families for thousands of children who could no longer remain safely with their birth parents. Kinship Center was founded by community leaders from both the private and public sector when they came together to create an agency dedicated to the belief that children need permanency to heal and grow to their potential.

• Proactive Parenting for Adoptive Families

  Proactive Parenting for Adoptive Families

• The Center for Adoption Support and Education, Inc

  C.A.S.E. is a private, non-profit adoptive family support center with programs that focus on helping children from a variety of foster care and adoptive backgrounds to receive understanding and support which will enable them to grow into successful, productive adults. C.A.S.E. defines post-adoption services as ongoing, comprehensive support services that include education, counseling, family forums, and advocacy which address clearly identified developmental issues and social-emotional challenges frequently shared by adoptees and their families.

• Understanding Adoption Therapy

  Understanding Adoption Therapy