Waiting for the Fruit to Ripen: One Adoptive Family's Experience With Beginning to Heal the Invisible Wounds of RAD and PTSD - Couverture souple

Ray, Mary L

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ISBN 10 : 0692534970 ISBN 13 : 9780692534977

Editeur : Mary Ray, 2015

Synopsis

Two little boys are living with their grandfather. They are neglected. They are abused. Their mother and father? Incarcerated. The boys are adopted into a loving family. Everyone lives happily ever after... Not quite. Not yet, anyway. The boys' traumatic memories and attachment problems were not left behind when hey began life with their forever family. These problems, hidden at first, became overwhelming very quickly. Emotional turmoil spread to the adoptive mother too. Parenting these extremely troubled children would prove to be a nearly impossible task. The healing begins, but not before difficulties arise and mistakes are made. Join the boys' mother as she recounts the pain, confusion and constant struggle for hope during their first two years together. This book tells the story of the discovery of attachment and trauma problems from an adoptive mother's perspective. As the story unfolds, a greater understanding of Reactive Attachment Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder develops, but not as a result of textbook definitions or clinical terminology. The author details her experiences from legal battles, to the realization that her children were suffering from RAD and PTSD, to the challenges of daily life. The emotional toll is evident as she discloses her feelings of inadequacy and admits her regrettable actions. Her unrelenting determination, however, conveys a message of strength and hope.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mary Ray is a dedicated mother, and is passionate about teaching young children. She is raising her two sons in the same small Midwest town she grew up in, and continues to teach. She holds a B.S. in Family Studies and Human Services (Early Childhood Education degree), as well as a M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education and Administration, although she maintains that no amount of education could have prepared her for parenting children with RAD and PTSD. She likes to spend time with family, teaching her sons new things (when they let her), traveling, and would enjoy reading, photography, astronomy, baking, and being crafty if she had more time. If she’s not at work, she might be found cheering on the local high school football team, watching college basketball or baseball, or outside with her sons.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mary Ray
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0692534970
• ISBN 13: 9780692534977
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg