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Boris Gindis
Ph.D.
Educational issues in children adopted
from overseas orphanages
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Introduction: how do the pre-adoption experiences
of children relate to their school performance?
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What in pre-adoption documentation is significant
for school progress?
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How to prepare for schooling before actual adoption:
pre-adoption school visit, questions to ask, and arrangements
to make.
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How to determine the "school readiness"
of a newly adopted child?
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The best practices in evaluation of internationally
adopted children: what parents should know about the types of
school-related assessments, tests, and clinical procedures.
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School-based remediation: appropriate placement,
supportive services, teaching methodologies.
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Home-based remediation: methods and organization.
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Community based remediation: a review of existing
major approaches to remediation of internationally adopted children.
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Conclusion: guidelines for creating a remediation
plan for your child.
More
Info:
Spence-Chapin Services
to Children & Families
Rita Taddonio, LCSW,
Director
of Adoption Resource Center & SPARK Post Adoption Services
rtaddonio@spence-chapin.org
tel: 212 360-0214
http://www.spence-chapin.org/workshops.html
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