Child Development Mediated by Trauma The Dark Side of International Adoption

Introduction

Chapter One: Contemporary International Adoption - a Unique Social/Cultural Phenomenon

Chapter Two: Developmental Trauma Disorder and Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Three: Development Interceded by Trauma in Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Four: "Language Lost – Language Found" experience: Distinct Pattern of Language Development in Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Five: Cognitive Functioning of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Six: Social/Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Chapter Seven: Academic performance and educational remediation of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Developmental Trauma Disorder Questionnaire for the Parents of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children.

Appendix 2: Sample of referral questions and psychological tools used in bilingual screening of newly arrived Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children

Appendix 3: Sample of referral questions and psychoeducational tests/clinical procedures used for a comprehensive combined neuropsychological, developmental, and educational assessment of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children.

Biography

Boris Gindis, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, USA.

"Dr. Boris Gindis has written a remarkably readable book on a highly complex subject. If you work with traumatized youngsters, you need to read Child Development Mediated by Trauma: The Dark Side of International Adoption.[…] For those working with internationally adopted children, Dr. Gindis brings together a set of new ideas as well as fresh perspectives on old concepts. Although familiar with the subject, I learned a great deal. […] The book seamlessly weaves together developmental brain-science, trauma research and pertinent clinical examples to create an articulate and compelling narrative. Dr. Gindis takes the reader on a "tour" of the proposed medical diagnosis, Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) suggested by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and his associates. Dr. Gindis offers succinct examples from his own practice (all carefully disguised) to explain this new, integrative clinical framework. […] Dr. Gindis discussion of DTD as the root of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is powerful. Every mental health training program—from psychiatry to occupational therapy— should have Child Development Mediated by Trauma as part of their core curriculum. I keep it close at hand on my "go to" shelf"."

Dr. Patty Cogen, is the author of the international best-selling adoption book, Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child. She currently works as a Child Development Specialist and Family Therapist with expertise in international adoptions, USA.

 

"As a parent and an adoption lawyer who is well familiar with the ‘classical’ editions on the attachment disorder and other psychological issues of the adoptive children, I can very much appreciate the quality of the research provided in the Dr. Gindis’ book. Both the depth of the research and the literary style of this book are of equally high quality. The narrative is very logical and well-structured, meaning that the highly academic work is easy to follow even f