A positive link with teachers important for dealing with adoption

A NEW school year is starting and in practically every classroom countrywide, there will be children from non-traditionally formed families — single parent families, blended/step families, foster families, children raised by grandparents.

The list goes on.

Adoptive mother Mary D Healy is author of Prepare for School, with Adoption Matters it’s Time to Talk, a newly revised book that helps parents prepare children and teachers for adoption-related challenges kids may face at school.