Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D.

Joyce Maguire Pavao is the founder and CEO of the Center for Family Connections in Cambridge, MA. She is also the author of The Family of Adoption.

URL: http://www.joycemaguirepavao.com/Dr._Joyce_Maguire_Pavao/Intro.html

Author Archives: Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D.

A boy stands alone and thinks about adoption issues in adolescence

The Wrong Crowd?

Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D. - October 17, 2017 - Ages & Stages, Parenting, Peers & Friendships, Teens

The Wrong Crowd?

Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D. - October 17, 2017 - Ages & Stages, Parenting, Peers & Friendships, Teens

An adolescent’s peers may tell you something about their inner life.

Ask AF: Differences in Openness

Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D. - November 28, 2015 - Expert Q&A, Living with Openness, Openness

Answers to your parenting questions.

One mother asks, Should I initiate contact with birth mother?

Should We Contact our Son’s Birth Parents?

Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., Leceta Chisholm Guibault, Susan Soon-Keum Cox and Deborah J. Fredericks - October 24, 2014 - Openness, Search & Reunion

Adoptive Families asks advice on a reader’s behalf. Should we contact our son’s birth parents?

Ask AF: Building a Relationship With Birth Siblings

Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D. - October 21, 2014 - Expert Q&A, Living with Openness, Openness

Answers to your parenting questions.

Ask AF: Ending the Comparison

Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D. - June 1, 2007 - Expert Q&A, Living with Openness, Openness

An adoptive parent asks about a birth mother continuously pointing out physical resemblances, and wonders how to smooth out an open adoption arrangement. Read Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D.’s response.

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