From Home to Homeland
What Adoptive Families Need to Know before Making a Return Trip to China
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Introduction by Amy Klatzkin |
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I. Getting Ready: Preparing Children and Families for the Trip
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| Facing Fears and Empowering Children - Before the Trip | Debra Jacobs |
| A Homeland Tour Preparation Primer: Practical Preparation Tips, Ideas and Projects | Iris Culp |
| Preparing Children for a Return Trip | Serena Fan |
| Before You Pack: Developmental Considerations in Planning a Heritage Trip | Ellen Pinderhughes, Ph.D. and Richard Pinderhughes, Psy.D. |
| The Art of Chinese Gift Giving | Iris Chin Ponte, Ph.D. |
| Travel Medicine: Preparing for Homeland Trips | Laurie Miller, M.D. |
| Back to Where it All Began: A Consultation and Therapeutic Model for Family and Country Connections Post-Adoption | Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., L.C.S.W., L.M.F.T. |
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II. Choosing Group or Independent Travel
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| The Group Travel Experience | Andrea Williams |
| On Our Own: Adventures in Independent Travel | Debra Jacobs |
| The Independent Travel Option: Unexpected Joys and Complexities of a Personalized Adoption Journey | David Youtz |
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III. Making Connections in China
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| Roots and Routes: A Narrative in Belonging | Sheena Macrae |
| Six Degrees of Separation: Nurturing Networks and Creating Connections in China | Robin Carton |
| Experiencing Life in Rural China | Susan Beth Morgan |
| Heritage Trips for Two Generations | J. Meimei Ma |
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IV. The Heart of the Matter: Visiting the Orphanage, Finding Site and Foster Family
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| Walking My Baby Back Home: Traveling Back to China with My Daughters | Bonnie Ward |
| A Rock and a Hard Place | Anonymous |
| History, Pride, Self-Confidence: What My Daughter Learned in China | Sandra E. Lundy |
| Through the Crucible: A Difficult Orphanage Visit Somehow Eases the Pain of Loss | Anonymous |
| Walking Down the Village Path | Jane Liedtke, Ph.D. |
| Out and About in China - Or Not: Making the Decision About How to Present Our Family at the Orphanage | Anonymous |
| There's No Place Like Home | Mitchell Klein, with contributions from Lee Klein |
| My Second Trip of a Lifetime | Rose A. Lewis |
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V. Traveling with Children Who Face Emotional Challenges
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| Good Intentions, Difficult Consequences | Jane Samuel |
| Traveling With a Traumatized Child | Anonymous |
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VI. Primary Sources: Adoptees' Own Experience of Returning to China
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| Three on the Road in South China | Lorena GuiFeng Lyon |
| Returning Home: Step by Step | Jenna Cook |
| Coming Full Circle | Stephanie W. |
| Good Night Moon, Goodnight Mom | Jennifer Bao Yu "Precious Jade" Jue-Steuck |
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VII. Extending the Trip: Living in China Temporarily
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| Making the Homeland "Home" | Dawn Faulkner Schmokel |
| Six Months in China: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly | Anne Donohue |
| Living Behind the Great Wall | Marion Radin |
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VIII. Home Again: Lasting Impact of the Trip
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| What the Children Have Taught Me | Jane A. Brown, M.S.W. |
| "Owning a Little Piece of China" | Phyllis Pincus |
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IX. Thoughts for Further Inquiry: What the Research Tells Us
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| Chinese Views on International Adoption | Tony Xing Tan, Ed.D. and Xiaohui Fan, Ph.D. |
| Searching for Origins: Parent and Child Perspectives on Return Trips to China | Iris Chin Ponte, Ph.D., Leslie Kim Wang, Ph.D. candidate and Serena Fan |