Full, half, step, foster, adoptive, and other : the complex nature of sibling relationships / Diane F. Halpern -- Siblings in foster care and adoption : what we know from research / Smith -- Sibling connections : the importance of nurturing sibling bonds in the foster care system / Herrick & Piccus -- The experience of sibling loss in the adjustment of foster and adopted children / Brodzinsky -- The rights of siblings in foster care and adoption : a legal perspective / Freundlich --Sibling issues in open adoption arrangements : non-biologically related adopted siblings' experiences with birthfamily contact / Berge, Green, Grotevant, & McRoy -- Keeping sibling connection alive / Roszia and Roe -- The creation of a false self : a survival strategy for siblings of wounded adopted or foster children / Trout -- Suddenly sisters! sibling adjustment in reunion / Thompson Underdahl -- Practice strategies to preserve sibling relationships / by Deborah Silverstein & Susan Livingston Smith -- Mental health strategies to support sibling relationships : nonverbal interventions to process trauma and maintain the sibling bond / Creek -- Permanency for siblings in kinship families / Biddle & Bishop -- Conclusion : what have we learned? where do we need to go?