I. Прочитайте и переведите статью.

Some Issues in Adopting From Russia

Unit 13

X. Ответьте на вопросы.

IX. Соотнесите термины из текста с соответствующими дефинициями.

VII. Закончите предложения, используя следующие слова и выражения.

VI. Найдите в тексте и новой лексике синонимы к следующим терминам.

children; latchkey children; thrown away children.

adultified child; control; clients; facilities; divorce.

1. Children run away because they want to remain independent of their parents’ ….

2. Special educational training … are designed to help «exceptional children» reach their potential.

3. … assumes roles and responsibilities normally reserved for older people.

4. Children are often stolen after a ….

5. Different groups of children become … of social workers.

VIII. Выберите те предложения, с утверждениями которых вы согласны и переведите их на русский язык.

1. All children need care and supervision of social workers.

2. A runaway child departs the home contrary to the wishes of his or her parents.

3. The term «exceptional children» is referred only to children with physical disabilities and deformities.

4. An adultified child often becomes emotional supporter for a single, working parent.

5. Latchkey child spends part of the day without his or her parents.

1. A runaway child is ….	a) … youngsters who are under the legal age of responsibility or emancipation, in most states this age is 18 years.
2. A latchkey child is ….	b) … require extraordinary forms of education, social experience, or treatment.
3. An adultified child ….	c) … youths who have been abducted from the legal custodial parent.
4. Stolen children are ….	d) … a youngster who comes home from school to spend part of the day unsupervised.
5. «Exceptional children» ….	e) … a minor who has departed the parents home contrary to the parents wishes.
6. Children are ….	f) … assumes roles and responsibilities normally reserved for older people.

1. Do social workers deal with children having different problems?

2. What groups of children which need care and supervision of specialists do you know?

3. What program does the federal government maintain to help runaway youngsters and reunite them with their parents?

4. What children does the term «exceptional children» include?

5. Why does a latchkey child spend part of the day unsupervised?

According to news reports, an estimated 1,600 children from Russia were adopted last year into the United States. Currently about 3,500 Russian children are awaiting adoption by 3,000 U.S. families. Research indicates the majority of children adopted from Russia fare well in their adoptive homes. Yet news reports of families struggling to contain their child’s disruptive behaviors and mental health issues are not uncommon.

For instance, this past April The New York Times reported on the McDaniels family who adopted a daughter from Russia at the age of 8. Before being adopted by the McDaniels, the child had lived in an orphanage for five years, then was adopted by two families who ended the relationship.

“We lived a life of hell,” said Ellen McDaniels. “I stayed up all night when my husband slept. We had alarms on the doors; she tore them off. The more I asked for help, the worse it got. I became the warden.”

The McDaniels ended the adoption after nine years, feeling “wracked with shame and guilt.” McDaniels said, “I don’t agree with what Tory-Ann Hansen did. But...[k]nowing what I know now, I would have given up sooner because a lot of people got hurt.”

The New York Times reported, “Scores of complaints have been made in recent years against adoption agencies by people claiming they were inadequately informed or ill-prepared for problems their children turned out to have.” With perhaps 700,000 Russian children awaiting adoption, there may be incentives for the sending agencies in Russia to be somewhat unassertive about obtaining information about a child. U.S. agency thoroughness and effectiveness when providing preadoption education for prospective parents can vary. In addition, adoptive families in the United States encounter difficulties finding essential postadoption support services. Crucial services may be nonexistent or cost-prohibitive. These factors can contribute to families adopting children they are unable to manage.

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