An attachment-informed resource and tool for therapists & adoption licensing professionals

supporting children navigating foster care and adoption

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Who This Is For

  • Play therapists (directive and non-directive)

  • Adoption-competent therapists

  • Licensing workers and adoption caseworkers

  • Agencies supporting permanency and post-adoption stabilization

Why Adoption-Specific Tools Matter

Children in foster care and adoption often carry complex questions about belonging, safety, and permanence. While many trauma-informed resources address PTSD, fewer tools directly support attachment, identity, and the emotional transition into adoption—especially in developmentally appropriate ways.

Using Are You a Forever Family? in Therapy Sessions

Therapists can use the book to:

  • Normalize questions children have about adoption
  • Support conversations about permanency without pressure
  • Introduce adoption language in a developmentally appropriate way
  • Explore feelings related to fear, hope, loyalty, and trust

In play therapy sessions, therapists may:

  • Read selected pages aloud and pause for reflection
  • Pair the story with drawing or coloring activities
  • Use the book as a springboard for non-directive play
  • Revisit sections over multiple sessions rather than all at once

When This Resource May Be Helpful

  • Children transitioning toward adoption

  • Children experiencing placement instability

  • Children asking questions about “forever family”

  • Children preparing for or recovering from disrupted matches

  • Children working through attachment-related concerns

Professional Use Considerations

Short, calm language:

  • Designed for psychoeducation and reflection

  • Not a diagnostic or therapeutic protocol

  • Therapists determine appropriateness, timing, and pacing

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