This film will inform and encourage prospective adopting parents and be helpful to professionals in the child-welfare field. In interviews, three couples relate their experiences of adopting older or handicapped children. A fourth couple explains how they, as foster parents, try to prepare children emotionally for adoption.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313759
Language
English
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Child welfare
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adoption
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Attachment behavior in children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child welfare
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Emotions in children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Parenting
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)