Book Description
"Healing Power of the Family" offers a non-technical, user-friendly approach to the understanding and treatment of disturbed foster and adopted children. Written in Dr. Delaney's usual straight-forward and sometimes humorous style, this book puts "front-line" strategies in the hands of lay readers. "Healing Power of the Family" addresses tell-tale "survival behaviors" displayed by troubled, formerly abused children; the predictable, devastating impact of the disturbed child on the foster or adoptive family; and the unique family-based strategies which focus on curing disruptive behaviors, while building bridges between child and family.

About the Author
Dr. Rick Delaney is a practicing psychologist who has treated and evaluated disturbed foster and adoptive children for the past sixteen years. He is a nationally-known consultant and trainer. He is a consultant to the Casey Family Program, Lutheran Family Services and to county departments of social service. He is the author of Fostering Changes: Treating Attachment-Disordered Foster Children; The Long Journey Home, a children's book illustrated by Terry McNerney; and Raising Cain: Caring for Troubled Youngsters/Repairing our Troubled System; and Troubled Transplants: Unconventional Strategies for Helping Disturbed Foster and Adopted Children.