Tools and Resources for Adoptive Families
and the Professionals Who Help Them

-My China Workbook
-A Lifebook Tool for Kids Adopted from China

by Beth O'Malley, M. Ed.


Children adopted from China have special concerns other children don’t. Oftentimes, school age, adopted children won't voice their questions without prompting from loved ones. Whether or not you've already completed a lifebook for your child, you'll find wonderful benefit in My China Workbook. With the help of this school- like format, your child is doing the writing and creating their own special adoption story. This creates an energy that leads to asking questions or sharing inner thoughts they might not otherwise reveal.

My China Workbook Makes Talking About Hard Topics Easier. This simple, creative tool offers your child an imaginative and fun outlet to voice their opinions, a way to ask hard questions without fear, and an opportunity to understand their life in China before they came to your home.

This is just one of the many tools that families have used to open the adoption talk and place concrete facts in the hands of their children about where they came from.

 

 

 

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Parent Resources that go with this book:

Using stories to help our children. This is a series of guides that uses narratives and lifebooks. There are five in total.

Parenting with Narratives:
the A, B, C’s of Adoption Stories
by Jean MacLeod with a forward by Daniel A. Hughes, Ph.D

PDF guide click here

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Adoption LifeBooks: Do’s and Don’ts
by Beth O’Malley

PDF guide click here

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My Experiences with Lifebooks
By Carrie Kitze

PDF guide click here

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Sample Lifebook for a 6 year old
with thanks to a 6 year old for sharing what she did with her mom. Please note: personal information has been removed

PDFsample lifebook click here

Baby lifebook
a photo only story to help parents practice the words and get children started on understanding their stories.

PDF sample lifebook click here