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Preparing the School for Your Child with Special Needs
From the About Guide to Parenting Special Needs Children, Terri Mauro, has provided a new resource to help prepare a school for your adopted/foster child with special needs.

Parenting Special Needs
A whole site devoted to parenting our special children.

Church and the Child with Special Needs
From our About Special Needs Guide, Terri Mauro. "Making it through a church service with a child with special needs can be a spiritually trying experience, but setting appropriate expecations and incentives can give you a prayer of success."

Harried Parent's Book Club
From our Guide to Special Needs Parenting, Terri Mauro, a list of special needs books accompanied with a reveiw. Terri makes it easy for you to decide what to read to help your child and family.

Top 5 Books on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
From our About Special Needs Parenting Guide, Terri Mauro. "Five recommended books on living and working with children with fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects."

Attachment Parenting of Older Children
How to carry the principles of attachment parenting into the school-age years.

Adoption and Foster Care Medical Terminology
Diagnosis, Diseases, and Conditions - part of parenting children - whether foster children or adoptive children - is taking care of sickness. Here is a handy glossary of often dealt with conditions. Conditions typical for international adoption have been included.

Special Needs Adoptions
Wonderful definition of the term "special needs". A great list of articles and information.

Adopting.Com
A list of special needs with accompaning links for more information.