Zachary's New Home by Geraldine M Blomquist
One day Zachary's mom had a visitor named Sarah. Sarah talked to Zachary's mom. She also talked to Zachary. She told him he could not live with his mother anymore. Sarah was going to take him to another home to live. Children in foster care and adopted children have usually suffered painful separations from their families for reasons they may not understand. They are often very confused, angry, and sad. This appealing and comforting story explores their experiences, problems, and emotions. Foster and adoptive parents, counselors and therapists will find Zachary's New Home to be a useful tool for understanding these children and helping them to cope with their many losses and to feel happier about the present and optimistic about their future. From the Introduction for Foster and Adoptive Parents: This story may evoke strong emotions in foster and adoptive children. It is important that knowledgeable and concerned adults discuss these with the children, allowing them to explore their own feelings. After reading the book, it would also be helpful for the parents or counselors to provide nurturing activities, reassurance, and love, thus sustaining and encouraging the children's optimism about their future.Geraldine Molettiere Blomquist, MSW, LCSW, co-author of Zachary's New Home, is a therapist and social worker for an intensive treatment program for seriously disturbed children and adolescents, for child protection services, and for adoption services. She supervises and trains foster parents for the Adams County Department of Social Services in Colorado, and is in private practice.
Paul B. Blomquist, co-author of Zachary's New Home, is a science librarian and lives in Colorado.
Margo Lemieux, illustrator of Zachary's New Home, is an artist, designer, illustrator, and teacher who lives in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780945354277 |
| ISBN 10 | 0945354274 |
| Title | Zachary's New Home |
| Author | Geraldine M Blomquist |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Magination Press |
| Year published | 1990-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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