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6 Concepts For Integrating Your Child When They Don’t Speak English

Older Child Adoption, Language Issues, Post-Adoption, Transitions

Adopting a child whose primary language is not English can be a challenge, but a rewarding challenge. Integrating them not only into your life, ...

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Making Speech Therapy Fun!

Cleft lip or palate   Special Needs Adoption, Language Issues

Therapy can be such hard work. A good therapist, though, turns the time spent learning and practicing into a game. I should know, as I have ...

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Communicating Through the Language Barrier

Bonding & Attachment, Language Issues

When adopting a child internationally parents often struggle in the beginning with how to communicate with their children when they don’t speak ...

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Understanding Language Issues

Russia   Adoption Process, Language Issues

Over 88% of  internationally adopted children are raised in orphanages.  Some countries provide foster care for a number of orphans prior to...

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A Look Inside: Older Adoptees Learning English & More

Older Child Adoption, Special Needs Adoption, Bonding & Attachment, Language Issues

While children adopted from abroad typically are grouped together in the category of "international adoptees," they exhibit many differences. With old...

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Trail of Clues

Older Child Adoption, Family Adoption Stories, Language Issues

NOTE: In writing this article, the author decided to italicize aspects of her family's story that highlight specific clues they discovered about the d...

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