Parenting Adopted Children with Challenging Behavior

Sometimes adopted children will have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or prenatal exposure to alcohol or drugs, all of which can influence how a child behaves. Adoptive parents are faced with understanding what causes their child to behave the way she does and what they can do to help her cope.

Creating a Family has many resources on Parenting Adopted Children with Challenging Behavior.  Here are a few of our most recent we think you will find particularly helpful:

• Practical Guide to Parenting a Child Exposed to Trauma (blog post)
• Tips for Keeping Easily Distracted Kids on Task (blog post)
• Trauma-Informed Parenting: Practical Applications of TBRI (1 hr. downloadable AdoptEd course)
• Helping Children Heal from Past Trauma and Loss (1 hr. radio show w/ guest expert)
• De-Escalation Techniques For Parents of Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma (1 hr. radio show w/ guest experts)
• Suggested Books on Parenting & Child Development and ADD & Learning Differences for Adoptive Parents

Many more Creating a Family radio interviews with experts, videos, blogs, fact sheets, and Q and A’s with Experts on parenting challenging kids can be found at the icons below.

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Additional Resources

Creating a Family Radio Shows on Challenging Behavior

Creating a Family Blogs on Challenging Behavior

Creating a Family Factsheets, Tips on Challenging Behavior

Creating a Family Videos on Challenging Behavior

Q and A's with Experts on Challenging Behavior