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Adoption Is Not an Event; It Is a Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2021

Boris Gindis
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive-Developmental Assessment and Remediation
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Internationally adopted (IA) children as a special category of mental health patients and school students are the subject of the book. Within the last decade, international adoption changed its qualitative and quantitative characteristics: the majority of international adoptees are now children older than 5 years, and the majority is in need of highly specialized rehabilitation and remediation.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Introduction
  • Boris Gindis
  • Book: Rehabilitation and Remediation of Internationally Adopted Children
  • Online publication: 08 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029629.001
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  • Introduction
  • Boris Gindis
  • Book: Rehabilitation and Remediation of Internationally Adopted Children
  • Online publication: 08 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029629.001
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  • Introduction
  • Boris Gindis
  • Book: Rehabilitation and Remediation of Internationally Adopted Children
  • Online publication: 08 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029629.001
Available formats
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