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title: "MHP: Family Life is Paramount in Healing: Engaging and Working with Adoption and Guardianship Families"
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# MHP: Family Life is Paramount in Healing: Engaging and Working with Adoption and Guardianship Families

**Module 2, Lesson 4**

[Reframing Behavior Problems as Survival Behaviors](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Reframing-Behavior-Problems-as-Survival-Behaviors.pdf)

[Family Life is Paramount in Healing transcript](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Family-Life-is-Paramount-in-Healing-transcript.pdf)

[Assessing_Attachment_Readiness_and_Capabilities_in_Prospective_Adoptive_Parents](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Assessing_Attachment_Readiness_and_Capabilities_in_Prospective_Adoptive_Parents-2.pdf)

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