Publications

The Family Focus, FRUA's print journal, is a member benefit issued three times per year and sent to FRUA members via US Mail.  The Journal is meant to be visited and revisited by parents and children alike. Its 28 pages address a range of content relevant to what our families are currently asking for.

Articles are authored by adoption and medical/behavioral experts, FRUA Advisory Board members, FRUA Directors, FRUA parents and children, and Friends of FRUA.

​Each issue has consistent sections including a Cover Story, Focus Articles on Education; Adoption/Advocacy; Health; Families; Children/Teens; Young Adults; Culture and Heritage; Current FRUA Activities; FRUA Regional News; and Special Life Moments Submitted by FRUA Families;

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Winter 2020

Highlights:
"FRUA Member Silver Anniversary Tributes and Celebrations"
"What is It? Oppositional Defiant Disorder"
"The Learning Disabled Child and the Home"
"Alternatives to College"
"A Fairy Tale, Then and Now"
"Adoptive Dads, Out of the Shadow of Motherhood"
"Moldova: Small and Beautiful"

Fall 2020

Highlights:
"When Things Aren't Perfect: Caring for Yourself and Your Children";
​"Being An Effective Advocate for Your Children"
"What Is It? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"
"Sometimes Emotional Well-Being Tied to Learning Disorder"
"Talking With Children About Adoption - The Teen Years"
"Therapeutic Wilderness Helped Our Whole Family"

Spring 2020

Highlights:
"Giftedness and Learning Disabilities - How to Identify?"
"Five Food Sensitivities and Symptoms You Might Encounter" 
"Celebrate 25 Years of FRUA Inc!"
"Pets And The Adopted Child"
"Family Problem Solving" 
"Getting Along With People On The Job For Teens;"
"Book Review: Anya And The Dragon, and "What Really Happens In School" 
"Did You Know...Russia"