Adopting the Older Child Book

	Introduction	ix
1	Who Are the Children Who Wait?	1
2	Making the Decision to Adopt an Older Child	11
3	The Home Study	27
4	Pre-Adoption Preliminaries for Parents and Workers	51
5	Preparing Children for Placement	61
6	Matching Families and Children	88
7	Maggie	95
8	Gena and Tommy	160
9	Danny	200
10	Joey	244
11	How Does It Work Out?	285
	Directory of State Agencies	290
	Bibliography	298
	Index	302