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An important addition to school and classroom libraries.

Geared for ages 6-12, this book provides adopted children with the tools to handle comments and questions about adoption.  W.I.S.E. Up!^sm gives children (teens and parents, too!) the power to choose how to talk about adoption with others!  Children need W.I.S.E. Up!^sm when they begin to be asked questions about adoption and their adoption story.

This TOOL is important when the children begin to hear that others are noticing some differences about how their family was formed.  For children in transracial or transcultural families, that may begin as early as age 3 (“Why don’t you look like your mom?”) and for others, it may not begin until ages 6, 7, or 8, when their friends may begin to be curious about their adoptive family (“Why were you adopted?”). 

W.I.S.E. Up!^sm Kit – for parent groups and educators

In response to thousands of requests for the W.I.S.E. UP!^sm workshop, C.A.S.E. has developed the W.I.S.E. UP!^sm Kit!  Now, parent support groups, adoption agencies, teachers, and support organizations can present their own W.I.S.E. UP!^sm workshop!  All the tools you need to teach parents the program: the Powerpoint  presentation on CD or overheads, a facilitator’s training guide that walks you through each slide,10 Powerbooks with parent guides, a W.I.S.E. UP!^sm poster, and10 pocket guides for the kids.

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