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# MHP: The Big Picture: Understanding the Factors that Shape Children’s Adjustment in Adoptive and Guardianship Families

**Module 2, Lesson 1**

[Promoting Protective Factors](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Promoting-Protective-Factors.pdf)

[Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Adjustment in Adopted Children](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Risk-and-Protective-Factors-Influencing-Adjustment-in-Adopted-Children.pdf)

[The Big Picture Understanding the Factors that Shape Adjustment transcript](https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Big-Picture-Understanding-the-Factors-that-Shape-Adjustment-transcript.pdf)

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