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W.I.S.E. Up! Powerbook

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Children sometimes find themselves in awkward situations with their peers or even with insensitive adults, when issues of personal history arise. W.I.S.E. Up! provides the answer. This book teaches children (and their parents, too) how to manage intrusive questions about adoption and a child's background. Four types of responses, from walking away to educating the questioner, are presented for the child's consideration. Through role play and examples, it encourages the child to make his/her own decision about how to respond. It empowers them! A terrific book for children aged 6 to 16 !!

My eight year old loved this book. After reading this book this book with me, she asked me to please buy the whole series. I wish that there was a W.I.S.E UP series of books. I especially like the fact that the book is designed to be read with your child. The book encouraged my daughter to share her thoughts about adoption with me instead of hiding her feelings in her journal.

This is a great tool for parents and their children who are adopted. W.I.S.E. Up! is a book that helps children answer questions about adoption! I have worked in the adoption community for 3 years and haven't seen a more successful program. W.I.S.E. Up! empowers children that are adopted to handle any question about adoption.

Marketed like it was a full sized book, it is not. Good stuff but it's only 29 pages long which was disappointing. It was highly recommended.

This book is a wonderful tool to help children who are adopted deal with questions they might encounter from friends and school mates. It gives children permission to reveal only as much as they want, and also lets them know that they can reveal different amounts of information to different people. I like that the book did not concentrate on proper adoption language. During the elementary years, even my own kids are not sure what "real" parents mean, and getting bogged down in trying to be proper ends up being more confusing than helpful.

It's a very easy to use guide, and I consider it a must-have for any adoptive family with school-age children.

This workbook packs a punch for empowering kids to own and control the information that is their stories. I have worked through these with kids starting school (because that's when the first differences are noticed on the playground) but the most effective time is when your child is reading and writing. This is not a one time tool, but one that evolves as your child grows and understands their place in the world and how they want to communicate that to others. It is also a great way to get your child talking if you suspect bullying or teasing. Knowing that others have ways to deal with that kind of behavior is helpful to children.

I had heard good things about the book, but was a little disappointed with it...our daughter, being adopted, I thought would really enjoy this book, but it wasn't well used by her. It fell flat.

The concept of this workbook is great - but there is a card game referenced to help kids practice, and it's not included. I contacted C.A.S.E. and was told it was a publishing error - the cards have been discontinued (why?!!?!) and the reference to them should not have been included in the workbook. Kind of disappointing.

We are british and we adopted our little girl from China. She is now 6 years old. I think this book will be extremely useful to read with her as she grows up more and needs to be supported in being able to answer awkward questions from other children at school especially. At the moment I think it might be a little too early to show her this book because there are some areas which although we have talked through with her, some subjects she has not voluntarily questioned at this stage and I don't want to make her anxious or sad or worried until she is more ready for this. I think this book will be very useful in the future so will keep it aside until then.

Whenever I speak to adoptive and foster parents, and also professionals, I mention this wonderful book and the techniques taught in it. Basically, you can teach your child how to respond to insensitive remarks about adoption--and it's just as good for parents as the kids! It helps adopted/foster kids "take back their power" and not feel victimized by giving four sound, healthy choices. I couldn't recommend it any more than I do! Thank you, Marilyn, for writing this.