Robbie's Trail through Open Adoption

This book -- "Robbie's Trail through Open Adoption" (ISBN: 978-1-935831-06-8) -- is an engaging story written specifically for children who will have some birthparent contact after the adoption. (A "closed adoption" storyline, ISBN: 978-1-935831-03-7, is also available.) The "Robbie's Trail through Open Adoption" story should be used with "Robbie's Trail through Adoption - Activity Book" (ISBN: 978-1-935831-04-4) and "Robbie's Trail through Adoption -Adult Guide" (ISBN: 978-1-935831-05-1). These three books, sold separately, are designed to work together to help adoption-eligible children communicate better with their adoptive parents and child welfare professionals. Although the "Robbie's Trail through Open Adoption" story can be read without the supplemental activity book and adult guide, adoption-eligible children are best served when you have all three books. The adult guide and activity book both relate back to the "Robbie's Trail through Open Adoption" story, and are used together to help children with issues such as control, grief and loss, feelings, communication and self-identity. The Robbie Rabbit stories and their supplemental materials are designed specifically for foster parents, adoptive parents and/or caseworkers who want to: (1) Help a foster child and/or an adoption-eligible child adjust better to tough changes in life; (2) Promote communication between the child and the important people in his life; and (3) Gain insight into a child's feelings and interpretation of the world around him.