Abstract

Just because children have been fostered or adopted, it doesn't mean they can't grow up to be happy, healthy and successful.

In Building Self-Esteem in Children Who Are Adopted or Fostered, Dr. Sue offers simple and practical advice to those supporting children aged 7+ to help them move beyond their trauma and build healthy self-esteem. The book explains how self-esteem develops, why adopted and fostered children often have low self-esteem and how this can affect them. Dr Sue describes proven techniques to help traumatized children gain confidence, showing how you can play a powerful role in your child's happiness.

Full of useful advice and effective techniques, this book is ideal for foster and adoptive parents, social workers, counsellors and therapists, as well as other professionals working with children who are fostered or adopted.

Dr. Sue Cornbluth is a nationally recognized expert in parenting and childhood trauma and an adjunct professor of psychology at Temple University. She began her career in the field of foster care. It was there that Dr. Sue learned how to connect with abused children through building a safe, trusting relationship with each child she counseled. Dr. Sue is also the author of the training manual The Ambiguous Foster Child: Attachment, Separation, Loss and Loyalty. She is a parenting coach and a television contributor. Her passion is to make a difference in the lives of all children by educating parents and professionals in how to help children succeed in life despite their traumatic experiences. Dr. Sue lives outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband, son and daughter. To learn more about Dr. Sue, please visit www.drsueandyou.com.
This book offers important insight into why adopted and foster teens struggle with self-esteem and offers valuable strategies when helping these teens. Cornbluth's book is required reading for anyone who is working with these children, and is a great resource.
John DeGarmo, Speaker, Trainer, Foster Parent and Author of bestselling book The Foster Parenting Manual and children's book A Different Home
When I met Dr. Sue, she helped me change and turn my whole thought process around on the fact that I could not only have goals but actually accomplish them. I thought I could never accomplish a goal because I was a foster child and we had stereotypes placed on us that we would just be a statistic of the system. No one before Dr. Sue ever validated my feelings before that.
From the foreword of Nyleen Shaw, Foster Care Survivor and advocate
[Sue Cornbluth's] keen insights will empower parents as they attempt to love, nurture, and correct their children's hurt lives. Anyone parenting or considering parenting a foster child or adopting a traumatized child should read this work.
Gregory C. Keck, Ph. D., Founder/Director of the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio, co-author of Adopting the Hurt Child, Parenting the Hurt Child, and author of Parenting Adopted Adolescents