Adoption experts Purvis and Cross offer for the first time a book that addresses the special issues of children who have emotional, medical, or behavioral needs. Their methods will help adoptive parents and families recognize, understand, and effectively treat their adopted child's unique challenges.

The Connected Child is the literary equivalent of an airline oxygen mask and instructions: place the mask over your own face first, then over the nose of your child. This book first assists the parent, saying, in effect, 'Calm down, you're not the first mom or dad in the world to face this hurdle, breathe deeply, then follow these simple steps.' The sense of not facing these issues alone - the relief that your child's behavior is not off the charts - is hugely comforting. Other children have behaved this way; other parents have responded thusly; welcome to the community of therapeutic and joyful adoptive families.