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of this process (Brown, 2008; Brown, Moraes, & Mayhew, 2005; see
also foster parent resources in Appendix I).
7.
These services must continue beyond permanency (e.g., Testa,
2004).
This need is most obvious in the immediate postreunification
(or postadoption or postguardianship) period, when the “honeymoon”
ends and emotional and behavior problems begin to emerge. But post-
permanency services continue to serve a critical (and cost-effective)
need when a family crisis erupts, as when the antecedents of a prior
separation trigger a child’s fears of renewed loss, and at predictable
developmental shifts. Adopted teens, for example, often face an identity
crisis associated with an intense wish to reconnect
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