February/March 08

December 07/January 08

Articles from past issues of Family Matters:

Adoption Assistance

Adoption and Safe Family Act

Adoption is a Great Thing: An Interview with Dr. Grotevant

Attachment Disorder

Camp To Belong

Chafee Education and Training Voucher Program

Children Who Wet the Bed

Choosing a Therapist

Dealing Effectively with Child Sexual Behaviors

Disciplining & Consequencing: Helpful Alternatives

Encopresis: Soiling Problems in Schools Aged Children Part I

Encopresis: Soiling Problems in Schools Aged Children Part II

FASD and Standard Interventions: Poor Fits?

Handling a Psychiatric Crisis or Emergency

Honey, Are You Still There?

Kids and the Holidays

Introducing ORPAC (Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center)

It Won't Hurt Forever - Guiding Your Child Through Trauma - Part I

It Won't Hurt Forever - Part II

Lying and Stealing

Mediation & Open Adoption: What's the Point?

Normative Crisis in the Development of the Adoptive Family

November 2006 - Celebrate National Adoption Month

One Family's Story: Adopting Lexi

Oregon Set to Train Mental Health Professionals in Adoption Therapy

Overview of IDEA & 504

Parenting to Promote Attachment

Pica

Preparing a Safe, Secure Home

So You Have a Challenging Child in Your Home

Special Education: What You Can Know and Do

Special Education Law:  Something Old, Something New

Success in Adoption ~ Wendy's Wonderful Kids!

The Shielded Heart

Transitions: A Multilateral Perspective

Transitions Take Teamwork

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wished Their Adoptive Parents Knew

Understanding Autism

Understanding and Helping Children Who've Been Traumatized

Wendy's Wonderful Kids and Boys & Girls Aid