Adoption Book Reviewed by Psychologist, Impressed
Un-Adoptable? Faith Beyond Foster Care has hit the shelves and is shining a light on the struggles many adoptive parents do and will face. Reviewer Dr. P. Leslie Herold signs off on the story as an accurate portrayal of how trauma impacts families.
A must-read for anyone contemplating
Dr. P. Leslie Herold.
fostering or adopting a child.In short, a
sobering heads up!
I wanted to make sure I didn’t write a book from one “crazy lady” to the masses. My story is unique, but not too far removed from what many parents experience when raising a child with special needs: PTSD, developmental trauma/delays, ADHD/ADD, ASD, RAD, Seizures, Processing Disorders, Learning Disabilities… and dare I say more.
The story highlights the effects on a family when caring for a child from foster care who suffered and continues to suffer from devastating experiences in his past. There is no “
Let’s see what Dr. P. Leslie Herold, psychologist, counselor, professor, and
Janelle Molony’s story is a candid and courageous account of a loving, deeply committed foster, and later adoptive, Mom who not only survived being put to the test, but triumphed.
– Dr. P. Leslie Herold
As a psychologist,
How utterly blessed he is and was to have Janelle and Ryan stick with him, with all the demands and crises. I’ll bet some
“If I’m honest with myself, am I made of the stuff that made it possible for Janelle and Ryan to persevere?”
Review date: 6/15/19
Wow! I’
What to read next?
Mindsets of a Forever Parent
Do You Love Him? Or Hate Him? Secondary Trauma in Parents.
#MeToo. Responding To A Child’s Sexual Abuse.
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