title: A model for caregiving of adopted children after institutionalization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Optimizing caregiving for newly adopted postinstitutionalized children.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To consider a template of care for postinstitutionalized children based on experiences that physiological measures suggest are expected by infants postbirth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published literature and clinical experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on an understanding of physiologically expected care postbirth, special care for postinstitutionalized adopted children might include: close physical contact via use of a sling and cosleeping; breastfeeding or nurturing through food; and responsive caregiving. In replicating earlier missed experiences, parents may assist emotional development in their child and promote attachment development.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. karleeng@uws.edu.au
authors.forename: Karleen D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Gribble
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002674:Child, Institutionalized / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D007326:Institutionalization; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D009769:Object Attachment; D019372:Orphanages; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D013391:Sucking Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology