adoption & fostering books for parents and professionals

Adoption & Fostering Books for Parents & Professionals

SUMMER 2013

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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WHY CAN’T MY CHILD BEHAVE?Empathic Parenting Strategies that Work for Adoptive and Foster Families

DR. AMBER ELLIOT

“Dr. Elliot presents effective strategies on how to develop empathy for children struggling to fit into a world that can appear very confusing. The book will help reduce stress and is a must buy!”

—Dr. Sue Cornbluth, National Expert in Foster Care/Adoption and Trauma

Why Can’t My Child Behave? provides friendly expert advice on how to respond to difficult behaviors and emotions for parents of children with developmental trauma. Each chapter fo-cuses on the common difficulties faced by caregivers or parents and features quick, applicable ideas with exercises and illustrations. How do you react to a child’s difficult behavior? How do you deal with your own negative emotions? How do you know when to be empathic? The book looks beyond the traditional punishment/reward strategies and aims to provide an explanation for such questions while helping the child in the process.

This book will prove to be an invaluable resource for parents, foster carers, social work-ers and professionals working with children who are adopted or fostered.

DR. AMBER ELLIOT has over ten years’ experience in the NHS and Local Authorities and is the Direc-tor and Lead Clinician at The Child Psychology Service. She works with children and young people expe-riencing a variety of emotional, behavioral, social and mental health difficulties and specializes in work with children in care and adopted children.

HOW TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION PORTFOLIOEasy Steps to Help You Produce the Best Adoption Profile and Prospective Birthparent Letter

MADELINE MELCHER

“This book will make the process of adopting less intimidating and the end result, parent-hood, more accessible to those who want to adopt—a win-win situation for both prospec-tive parents and children who need homes. It’s a beautiful thing, a true gem.”

—Beth Vollmer, adoptive parent

How do you create an adoption portfolio that will show prospective birth families why you are the perfect adoptive parent for their child?

Do you know which pictures to include and which to leave out?Do you really understand what prospective birth parents care about?Do you know how to make your portfolio unique, and set it apart from the others?This is a step-by-step guide to creating a portfolio which will reflect your personality,

make a strong positive impact and encourage the right birth family to choose you. Madeleine Melcher shares the secrets she has discovered over years of creating successful portfolios, profiles and prospective birth parent letters. She combines simple and effective design ideas and tips for writing and layout with a deep understanding of how portfolios work. Importantly, this book also draws extensively on the experiences of birth mothers and the professionals who support them to examine what they are really looking for, featuring questions which prospective birth mothers will want to see answered in your portfolio.

From text to design, this guide will give you the confidence to create a portfolio that sets you apart. It is essential reading for prospective adoptive parents, as well as adoption attorneys and adoption agencies advising those hoping to adopt.

MADELINE MELCHER is an adoptee, mother of three blessings of adoption, as well as the owner of Our Journey to You, a company dedicated to designing adoption portfolios and adoption profiles. She has helped countless prospective adoptive parents create their adoption portfolios, her designs have led some of her clients to be chosen within mere days of their portfolio submission. She lives with her husband and children in the Midwest.

Adoption

160 pages • paperback 107 figures / boxes

ISBN: 978 1 84905 339 6 $19.95

DECEMBER 160 pages • paperback

ISBN: 978 1 84905 946 6 $24.95

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THE INTERRACIAL ADOPTION OPTIONCreating a Family Across Race

MARLENE G. FINE AND FERN L. JOHNSONThe perfect introduction for prospective adoptersThe Interracial Adoption Option is an excellent starting point for parents of transracially

adopted children and those who are considering adopting transracially. The Interracial Adoption Option is a personal guide to interracial adoption which draws on

the lives and experiences of the authors, a white US couple, who adopt two African-American children. Starting from their decision to adopt their first child interracially, it describes the situations and decisions that followed as a result of their child’s racial background. The authors’ combine their personal experiences with practical advice. They address common issues like where to live, how to choose a doctor and how to take care of your child’s hair and skin. They also tackle difficult questions such as, ‘Does race matter?’, ‘Why is a healthy racial identity important?’ and ‘What do I do if I suspect my child is being treated unfairly because of his/her race?’

MARLENE G. FINE is a Professor of Communications at Simmons College in Boston. She is also a facili-tator for the YW Boston City-Wide Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity. FERN L. JOHNSON is a Professor of English and a member of the Communication and Culture faculty at Clark University in Worcester. The authors are parents of two adopted African American sons and live in Massachusetts.

INSIDE TRANSRACIAL ADOPTIONStrength-based, Culture-sensitizing Parenting Strategies for Inter-country or Domestic Adoptive Families That Don’t “Match”

Second Edition

BETH HALL AND GAIL STEINBERG

“As experienced parents who adopted transracially, Beth and Gail have once again provided adoptive parents with information, examples and approaches that are both practical and useful. As respected professionals, they have created a resource and overview of topics that can be used by agencies in preparing parents for transracial/cultural adoptions.”

—Joseph Crumbley, LCSW

Fully updated edition of this comprehensive, classic textInside Transracial Adoption is an authoritative guide to navigating the challenges and issues

that parents face when they adopt a child of a different race and/or from a different culture. Filled with real-life examples and strategies for success, this book explores in depth the realities of raising a child transracially, whether in a multicultural or a predominantly white community. Readers will learn how to help children adopted transracially or transnationally build a strong sense of identity, so that they will feel at home both in their new family and in their racial group or culture of origin. This second edition incorporates the latest research on positive racial identity and multicultural families, and reflects recent developments and trends in adoption.

Drawing on research, decades of experience as adoption professionals, and their own per-sonal experience of adopting transracially, Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg offer insights for all tran-sracial adoptive parents—from prospective first-time adopters to experienced veterans—and those who support them.

BETH HALL is the Caucasian adoptive mother of a Latina daughter and an African American son. Beth is currently the Director of Pact, An Adoption Alliance. She is a nationally known advocate for adopted children of color who regularly lectures and leads workshops on ethical, non-racist adoption practices. In 2010 she received the Outstanding Practitioner in Adoption Award from the Adoption Initiative at St. John’s University. GAIL STEINBERG is the adoptive mother of four grown daughters and sons. Her multiracial family has Korean/Native American, African American and white members. Beth and Gail co-founded Pact, An Adoption Alliance, in 1991 to combat the discrimination they witnessed against adopted children of color and their birth families.

304 pages • paperback ISBN: 978 1 84905 905 3

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ADOPTED LIkE MEMy Book of Adopted Heroes

ANN ANGEL ILLUSTRATED BY MARC THOMAS

“Ann Angel has both deepened our understanding of adoption and shown what a diverse mix of people have shaped our world. This is not only a family lesson—it is also a great history lesson of the good that happens when people are loved.”

—Colleen Ellingson, CEO, Coalition for Children, Youth & Families

“Hi—I’m Max, and I’m adopted.”You may not know this but many famous and inspirational people were adopted too.

Adopted Like Me introduces you to great musicians like Bo Diddley, politicians like Nelson Mandela, and stars like Marilyn Monroe. Meet these along with inventors, athletes, and a princess skilled in judo and fencing—all of them adopted like me. Read about these adoptees and you’ll see that you can grow up to be just about anything you want to be!

Fully illustrated in color, this book is for children aged 8+ who have been adopted, their parents, teachers and siblings.

ANN ANGEL is an adoptive mother of four culturally mixed grown children. She is an Associ-ate Professor of English at Mount Mary College, Wisconsin and has authored and edited several children’s books in the past including Silent Embrace (Catalyst Book Press). She lives in Wisconsin. MARC THOMAS is an illustrator and painter based in Oregon. Together with Jennifer Elder he illustrated Different Like Me and Autistic Planet, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT ADOPTION?A guide for friends, family and professionals

ANNE BRAFF BRODzINSKY ILLUSTRATED BY ROSY SALAMAN

Meet Chelsea—a young girl who is adopted. Chelsea invites you to learn about adoption from her perspective and introduces us to two friends of hers who have been transracially adopted. Chelsea and her friends help children understand what it means to be adopted, the experiences and challenges that follow the adoption process, and how they can help.

Accessible and informative, this illustrated book is an ideal introduction to adoption for children aged 7+ and is a great tool for encouraging discussions for families, teachers and professionals working with adopted children.

ANNE BRAFF BRODZINSkY is a parent to adoptive, step and biological children. She currently works as a clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area.

SEPTEMBER 48 pages • hardback

fully illustrated ISBN: 978 1 84905 935 0

$16.95

Adoption

SEPTEMBER 64 pages • paperback

ISBN: 978 1 84905 942 8 $13.95

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THE MULBERRY BIRDAn Adoption Story

ANNE BRAFF BRODzINSKY ILLUSTRATED BY ANGELA MARCHETTI

“This gentle story shows the struggle of first parents with the decision to place their child for adoption and offers a reassuring answer to every adopted child’s question, ‘Why is there adoption and why was I adopted?’ This book should be on every adopted child’s shelf. It is deep and real—a true classic.”

—Beth Hall, Director, PACT—An Adoption Alliance

Mother Bird is looking after her baby bird in the forest, when a huge storm scatters her nest. Try as she might, she just can’t give him the protection he needs. She faces a choice: con-tinue to struggle on her own, or give her precious baby bird to another family who can care for him in their strong, secure nest.

In this classic adoption picture book for children, common issues in adoption are ad-dressed—from the enduring force of a birth parent’s love and contact post-adoption to the importance of nurturing an adopted child in his or her new environment. It is a timeless and enduring tale of sacrifice, wisdom and love.

48 pages • hardback fully illustrated

ISBN: 978 1 84905 933 6 $14.95

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NO MATTER WHATAn Adoptive Family’s Story of Hope, Love and Healing

SALLY DONOvAN

“Everyone should read this funny and deeply moving account of modern adoption: the highs, the lows, the risks and the rewards. Sally’s writing is honest, insightful and beautiful to read.”

—Camilla Pemberton, Children and Families Editor, Community Care

This book tells the uplifting true story of an ordinary couple who build an extraordinary family—describing Sally and Rob Donovan’s journey from a diagnosis of infertility to their decision to adopt two children who suffered abuse in their early life.

Sally Donovan movingly describes the difficulties of living with infertility when friends and family have no idea, and the emotional process of arriving at a decision to adopt. She recounts the bewildering logistics of adoption and, after finally Sally and Rob are joyfully matched with siblings Jaymee and Harlee, how their joy is followed by shock as they discover disturbing details of their children’s past. Determined to heal their children, Sally and Rob realize they will need to go ‘beyond parenting’ to give them with the help they need.


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GREAT ANSWERS TO DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ABOUT ADOPTIONWhat Children Need to Know

FANNY COHEN HERLEM

BIG STEPS FOR LITTLE PEOPLEParenting Your Adopted Child

CELIA FOSTER216 pages • paperback • ISBN: 978 1 84310 620 3 • $21.95

112 pages • paperback • ISBN: 978 1 84310 671 5 • $15.95

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FIRST STEPS IN PARENTING THE CHILD WHO HURTSTiddlers and Toddlers

CAROLINE ARCHER

NExT STEPS IN PARENTING THE CHILD WHO HURTSTykes and Teens

CAROLINE ARCHER

TRAUMA, ATTACHMENT AND FAMILY PERMANENCEFear Can Stop You Loving

EDITED BY CAROLINE ARCHER

NEW FAMILIES, OLD SCRIPTSA Guide to the Language of Trauma and Attachment in Adoptive Families

CAROLINE ARCHER AND CHRISTINE GORDON

REPARENTING THE CHILD WHO HURTSA Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments

CAROLINE ARCHER AND CHRISTINE GORDON

“Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon have clearly researched the most recent liter-ature in neuroscience, trauma, human development, and developmental parenting...It also provides explicit details of how parents may respond to difficult situations—complete with examples of verbal responses that may be helpful in ameliorating ex-tremely intense situations.”

—Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D., Director of the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio

Finally, a parenting book which demystifies the latest thinking on neurobiology, physiology and trauma and explains what the research means for the everyday life of parents of children who hurt.

As experts on adoption and fostering who are adoptive parents themselves, Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon explain how this knowledge can help parents to better under-stand and care for their child. They explain why conventional parenting techniques are often not helpful for the child who has experienced early trauma and explore why therapeutic re-parenting is the only way to help repair the unhealthy neurobiological and behavioral patterns which affect the child’s development. They do not shy away from how difficult reparenting is, acknowledging how hard it can be to recognize our own fallibility as parents and to change our own parenting patterns. The authors also offer hard-won advice on a range of common parent-ing flashpoints—from defusing arguments and aggression to negotiating bedtimes and breaks in routine, and making sure that special occasions are remembered for all the right reasons.

Reparenting the Child Who Hurts is a humane, no-nonsense survival guide for any parent caring for a child with developmental trauma or attachment difficulties, and will also provide information and insights for social workers, teachers, counselors and other professionals.

CAROLINE ARCHER is an adoptive parent, an independent consultant in post-adoption support and a therapeutic parent mentor. CHRISTINE GORDON is an adoptive parent with many years’ experience of working with adoptive and foster families. She was a co-founder of Family Futures Consortium and is active in training and promoting the professional role of parent mentor as an integral part of the therapeutic team.


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NURTURING ADOPTIONSCreating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma

DEBORAH D. GRAY


“This book is a deft overview of neglect and trauma’s effects of children and families, a collection of practical pearls for adoptive parents, a best practices for child welfare professionals, and a lovely il-lustration for child therapists of Deborah Gray’s state-of-the-art therapeutic approach..it’s so nice to finally have this material collected in book form, especially one so infused with hope, wry wit, empa-thy for all involved, and hard-earned practical wisdom.”

—Julian Davies, M.D., Co-Director of The Center for Adoption Medicine

ATTACHING IN ADOPTIONPractical Tools for Today’s Parents

DEBORAH D. GRAY


“The book covers many issues, including cross-cultural and interracial adoption, religious concerns and other complications for attaching, such as ADHD and learning disabilities...Gray compassionately helps readers form realistic expectations, while offering a myriad of suggestions for families and chil-dren striving to form lasting, loving relationships.”

—Publishers Weekly

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WELCOMING A NEW BROTHER OR SISTER THROUGH ADOPTIONSecond Edition

ARLETA JAMES

“I believe that every adoptive family will be better able to deal with difficulties that their children and family may be experiencing. Adoption agencies should consider making this book mandatory reading as a component of their pre-placement training program, and any-one who works with adoptive families will appreciate the deep insight that Arleta James has shared with us.”

—from the foreword by Gregory C. Keck

Adoption is a big step which can change the whole dynamics of the family. It is crucial that parents understand the impact it has when new sibling relationships are forged and an adoptee becomes a part of the family.

Welcoming a New Brother or Sister through Adoption is a comprehensive yet accessible guide that describes the adoption process and the impact of adoption on every member of the family, including the adopted child. It prepares families to have realistic expectations and equips them with knowledge to deal with a host of situations that may arise, addressing difficult questions head-on: ‘Did we make the right choice by adopting?,’ ‘How is this affecting our ‘typical’ chil-dren?,’ ‘Will our adopted son or daughter heal?’ are explored and solutions discussed in detail. All this is accompanied with real life stories and direct quotes from children, which make it a realistic and insightful resource.

ARLETA JAMES, MS, PCC, is an adoption professional. She spent several years as a caseworker for the Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption Network placing foster children with adoptive families and then as the statewide Matching Specialist. She now works as a clinical therapist at the renowned Attachment and Bond-ing Center of Ohio, providing services for attachment difficulties, childhood trauma and issues related to adoption. She was the 1999 Pensylvania Adoption Professional of the Year.


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THE FOSTER PARENTING MANUALA Practical Guide to Creating a Loving, Safe and Stable Home

DR. JOHN DEGARMO

“The Foster Parenting Manual lays the foundation of understanding for potential and current foster parents. It answers all the questions up front, so people can easily determine if fostering will be the right path for them. DeGarmo covers all of the important topics, including allegations, grief and loss and so much more… The manual is a must-read for anyone considering foster parenting.”

—Kim Phagan-Hansel, Editor of Adoption Today

The Foster Parenting Manual is a comprehensive guide offering proven, friendly advice for novice and experienced parents alike.

Distilling many years’ experience into one book, John DeGarmo combines his own wis-dom with that of fellow foster parents. He describes what to expect from the process, how to access help and how to ensure the best care for your child. He tackles thorny issues such as children’s use of the Internet and social media, managing contact with birth parents and how to support your child at school. Most importantly, he provides advice designed to help your child feel safe, secure and loved.

The Foster Parenting Manual offers seasoned, sympathetic advice that will be valued by foster parents and the professionals who support them.

DR. JOHN DEGARMO is a proud foster and adoptive parent who has fostered over 30 children. He regularly speaks on his experiences and is dedicated to improving and promoting successful foster and adoptive care systems. He lives with his family in Georgia, and is also the author of a memoir, Fostering Love. He also writes for a number of magazines, newsletters, and publications, both in the United States and in Europe.You can find out more about John here: www.drejohndegarmo.com.

TODDLER ADOPTIONThe Weaver’s Craft

MARY HOPKINS-BEST


“Hopkins-Best provides a guidebook for those considering toddler adoption or those already strug-gling with its special challenges. She discusses at length strategies for dealing with issues such as a grieving toddler or attachment disorder...Perhaps most valuable are the anecdotes of both successes and failures from other toddler adoptive families. An important addition to all Adoption collections.”

—Library Journal

ADOPTION IS A FAMILY AFFAIR!What Relatives and Friends Must KnowRevised Edition

PATRICIA IRWIN JOHNSTON


“Tired of foolish comments about adoption from your family and friends? If so, Adoption is a Fam-ily Affair by Pat Johnston was designed for you. This introduction to the pitfalls, misconceptions, and issues around adoption is intended to be a basic ‘Adoption 101’ for your parents or for anyone else new to the idea of adoption..Adoptive parents and prospective adoptive parents who are cop-ing with ‘adoptism’ (that is, the belief that adoption is a second best way to be a family) will find Adoption is a Family Affair a useful resource.”

—Adoption Book Review Newsletter

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FOSTER PARENTING STEP-BY-STEPHow to Nurture the Traumatized Child and Overcome Conflict

DR. KALYANI GOPAL

“Dr. Gopal writes as if she were sitting across the table from you and explaining the in-credibly many aspects of foster care and foster parenting. My recommendation is to read the book from cover to cover, taking time to mark those areas that you know you will want to refer to time and time again.”

—From the foreword by Irene Clements, President of the National Foster Parent Association

When you decide to foster, you are faced with many difficult decisions, dilemmas and questions: How do you navigate the daily struggles of foster parenting? How can you nurture bonds with your foster child who is angry, sad, and defiant? How can you prepare to step back when it’s time to let go?

Foster Parenting Step-by-Step is a concise how-to guide to fostering that summarizes what to expect as a foster parent, and gives immediate practical solutions. It outlines the different stages of a fostering relationship, raising common issues encountered at each age and how to tackle them. It also explains the impact of trauma on your child: how this can show itself through challenging behavior and how to respond to it.

This book will provide fostering parents with the skills and knowledge to support the needs of the children in foster care. It will be invaluable not just to foster parents but also to those professionals supporting foster placements.

DR. kALYANI GOPAL has over 25 years’ experience specializing in working with foster parents. She regularly contributes to Foster Focus magazine and is an international speaker on foster care and child abuse. She is President and Clinical Director of Mid-America Psychological and Counseling Services in Merrillville, Indiana and supervises five outpatient clinics in Indiana and Illinois. She is President, Clinical Psychology of Women, APA, Division 12, Section Iv.

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A CHILD’S JOURNEY THROUGH PLACEMENTvERA I. FAHLBERG, MD

“Parents who want to help children build healthy attachments and self-esteem to mini-mize the risks associated with complex placement experiences will find this an important addition to their resources.”

—Adoptive Families Magazine

Children who are cared for in an out of home placement are in need of support and stability. This classic text offers information and advice for professionals and caregivers on how to help these children, who will often have attachment difficulties.

vera I. Fahlberg, MD shares her experience and expertise, outlining the significance of at-tachment and separation, the developmental stages specific to adoptive children and providing guidance on minimizing the trauma of moves. The book also features practical advice on case planning, managing behavior and direct work with children, and throughout are case studies and exercises which provide opportunities for further learning.

A readable, compassionate and practical text, A Child’s Journey Through Placement provides the foundation, the resources, and the tools to help students, professionals, parents and others who care to support children on their journey through placement to adulthood.

VERA I. FAHLBERG, MD is a retired pediatrician and psychotherapist. A trainer and consultant with an international reputation, she has travelled around the world sharing her expertise in attach-ment therapy with families and mental health professionals. For many years she was medical director at Forest Heights Lodge in Evergreen, Colorado, a residential treatment facility for troubled young boys. She lives in Bremerton, Washington.

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HOW DOES FOSTER CARE WORk?International Evidence on Outcomes

EDITED BY ELIzABETH FERNANDEz AND RICHARD P. BARTH

320 pages • hardback • ISBN: 978 1 84905 812 4 • $85.00

This volume establishes a platform for comparison of international systems, trends and outcomes in foster care today. Each contributor provides a commentary on one other chapter to highlight the global significance of issues affecting children and young people in care.

UNDERSTANDING AND WORkING WITH PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN LONG-TERM FOSTER CAREGILLIAN SCHOFIELD AND EMMA WARD


“This book is a valuable resource for expanding awareness of the key issues for parents of children in long-term foster care and the positive contributions parents can make to the welfare of their children.”

—Foster Care

CHILD-CENTRED FOSTER CAREA Rights-Based Model for Practice

ANNABEL GOODYER


This book sets out a child-centered approach to foster care which argues against think-ing about children purely from a psychological perspective and instead places children’s views, rights and needs at the center of care.

INSIDE kINSHIP CAREUnderstanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support

DAvID PITCHER

“The book made me think differently about relationships we sometimes take for granted. The bond that binds extended families together is beautifully illustrated in many of the well-structured and researched chapters. David Pitcher has assembled a valuable range of contributors, with a prominent international dimension, conveying the central role kin-ship care plays globally in children’s lives.”

—Anthony Douglas, British Association of Adoption and Fostering

Kinship care—the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends – is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than ‘stranger’ foster caregivers.

This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on ‘inside’ kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members that are involved in kinship care, includ-ing mothers, grandparents, siblings and the wider family. Chapters also discuss issues such as safeguarding, assessment, therapy, encouraging permanence, placement breakdown, support groups, and cultural issues. The final part of the book looks at kinship care from an internation-al perspective, with examples from New zealand, Australia, South Africa and the United States.

Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives and with contributions from different branches of kinship care, this book provides an invaluable overview of the issues involved and how to provide effective support. It will be essential reading for all those working in the kin-ship care field, including social workers, therapists, counselors, psychologists and family lawyers.

DAVID PITCHER is a Children’s Guardian and Family Court Advisor for Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service), UK. He is a qualified social worker, teacher and family mediator, Hon-orary Social Work Advisor to the Grandparents’ Association and a founding member of Grandparents Plus. In 1999 he set up Parents again, a support group for grandparent caregivers.

NOVEMBER 208 pages • paperback

ISBN: 978 1 84905 346 4 $39.95

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ATTACHMENT IN COMMON SENSE AND DOODLESA Practical Guide

MIRIAM SILvER

“With theory as her cloth and ideas as her cottons, the author creates a rich tapestry that clearly and beautifully evokes the dance between children and their caregivers that is the story of attachment...the content of this book offers hope and validation of caregiving that sets children up for a lifetime of success, happiness and insightful caregiving of their own children.”

—Colby Pearce, author of A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder

Attachment is a word used to describe a simple idea—the relationship with someone you love or whose opinions are important to you—so why is so much of the language relating to attachment so obscure, and why is it so challenging to help children who lack healthy attachment bonds?

Attachment in Common Sense and Doodles aims to bring some clarity and simplicity to the subject. Providing grounded information and advice accompanied by a series of simple ‘doodles’ throughout, it explains attachment in language that is easy to understand and de-scribes how to apply this information in everyday life. It describes how the attachment patterns in children who are adopted or fostered differ, summarizes the latest research in the field and provides advice on how to repair attachment difficulties and to build secure, loving relationships.

Covering all of the ‘need to know’ issues including how to spot attachment difficulties, build resilience and empathy and responding to problematic behavior, this book will be an invaluable resource for families and professionals caring for children who are fostered, adopted or who have experienced early trauma.

DR. MIRIAM SILVER is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who specializes in parenting, attachment issues and the impact of early trauma. She holds two academic posts and has conducted research in risk and resilience factors in adoptive matching and the development, mental health and wellbeing of children who no longer live with their biological family. For several years she was chair of the national network of Clinical Psychologists working with Looked After and Adopted Children within the British Psychological Society.

208 pages paperback

ISBN: 978 1 84905 314 3 $19.95

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NURTURING ATTACHMENTS TRAINING RESOURCERunning Parenting Groups for Adoptive Parents and Foster or Kinship Carers

KIM S. GOLDINGNurturing Attachments Training Resource is a group-work program designed to provide sup-

port and guidance to adoptive parents and foster or kinship caregivers. Based on attachment theory and an understanding of the impact of trauma on children’s development and security, it provides an authoritative set of ideas for therapeutically parenting children.

The training resource includes theoretical content and process notes for facilitators, and a range of activities supported by a CD-ROM with photocopiable reflective diary sheets, activity sheets and handouts. It is structured into 3 modules with 6 sessions per module. Module 1: Provides an understanding of attachment theory, patterns of attachment and an introduction to therapeutic parenting. Module 2: Introduces the House Model of Parenting, providing guid-ance on how to help the children experience the family as a secure base. Module 3: Continues exploring the House Model of Parenting, with consideration of how parents can both build a relationship with the children and manage their behavior.

kIM S. GOLDING is a clinical psychologist who works in Worcestershire, England where she was influ-ential in the founding of the Integrated Service for Looked After Children—a multi-agency, holistic service providing support for foster, adoptive and residential parents, schools and the range of professionals sup-porting children growing up in care or in adoptive families. Kim was trained and mentored by Dan Hughes in the use of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP). She is on the board of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute supporting the use of DDP in Europe, USA and Canada. She accredits and trains professionals in the approach in the UK and has been invited to speak about this work internationally.

OCTOBER 340 pages

paperback + CD-Rom ISBN: 978 1 84905 328 0

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NURTURING ATTACHMENTS Supporting Children who are Fostered or Adopted

KIM S. GOLDING


“The book provides a good starting point for anyone who wants to understand more about attach-ment, and explains the theory in detail. I wish this book had been available when I was bringing up my children.”

—Adoption Today

CREATING LOVING ATTACHMENTSParenting with PACE to Nurture Confidence and Security in the Troubled Child

KIM S. GOLDING AND DANIEL A. HUGHES


“The authors are compassionate as they address parent’s shame and their fears for their children, and they build models that help parents and children achieve resonance, hope, and sharing of their inner worlds.”

—Deborah D. Gray, author of Nurturing Adoptions

CONNECTING WITH kIDS THROUGH STORIESUsing Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children

Second Edition

DENISE B. LACHER, TODD NICHOLS, MELISSA NICHOLS AND JOANNE C. MAY


“This is a wonderful book that goes to the heart of the matter in healing traumatized adoptees.”—Arleta James, author of Brothers and Sisters in Adoption

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OBSERVING CHILDREN WITH ATTACHMENT DIFFICULTIES IN PRESCHOOL SETTINGS A Tool for Identifying and Supporting Emotional and Social Difficulties

KIM S. GOLDING, JANE FAIN, ANN FROST, SIAN TEMPLETON AND ELEANOR DURRANT


This book enables early years professionals to identify problems and provide appropriate support. ‘Case study’ boxes help to illustrate typical patterns of attachment, and all aspects of behavior are covered including play, interaction with peers, neediness and aggression. Written in clear, concise language, Observing Children with Attachment Difficulties in Preschool Settings aims to equip the reader with the knowledge and skills needed to identify and support children’s emotional and social difficulties.

OBSERVING CHILDREN WITH ATTACHMENT DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOL A Tool for Identifying and Supporting Emotional and Social Difficulties in Children Aged 5-11

KIM S. GOLDING, JANE FAIN, ANN FROST, CATHY MILLS, HELEN WORRALL, NETTY ROBERTS, ELEANOR DURRANT AND SIAN TEMPLETON


This easy-to-use tool provides an observation checklist which enables staff to identify behavioral patterns in children with social and emotional difficulties, analyze the emotional difficulties underlying these behaviors and establish what kind of help and support the children need. Behavioral responses are categorized within clearly outlined topics, including behavior, play and relationship with peers, attachment behaviors, emotional state in the classroom and attitude to attendance.

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MINDFUL THERAPEUTIC CARE FOR CHILDRENA Guide to Reflective Practice

DR. JOANNA NORTHDrawing on ideas from attachment theory and neuroscience, Mindful Therapeutic Care

for Children explains terms like mindfulness and reflective practice, their importance in the therapeutic care of children and how the theory behind them can provide a key to under-standing children’s behavior. This book discusses how the mental and emotional environ-ment around children affects them, and how practicing mindfulness can help us generate more supportive environments. The author also features an ‘Awareness Pentagon’ model for reflective practice, an original tool developed through her training designed to help you to approach cases critically and to focus more effectively on the child’s needs.

Attachment

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CARING FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WITH ATTACHMENT DIFFICULTIESCHRIS TAYLOR

224 pages • paperback • 15 figures and tables • ISBN: 978 1 84905 081 4 • $32.95

“This book adds so many extra dimensions to the understanding of attachment and adds such extra value to the understanding of problematic attachment behaviors ad their management that it would be a shame not to have it on your bookshelf.”

—Professional Social Work

EMPATHIC CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENTSA Model for Mentalizing, Attachment and Trauma-Informed Care

CHRIS TAYLOR


“It should be on students’ ‘essential reading’ lists and prominent on practitioners’ bookshelves. Chris Taylor shows how young minds struggle to deal with the paradoxical ‘fear without solution’ resulting from a child’s safe haven simultaneously being a place of dread and fear.”

—Professor David Shemmings, Director of the Assessment of Disorganized Attachment and Maltreatment (ADAM) Project

A SAFE PLACE FOR CALEBAn Interactive Book for Kids, Teens and Adults with Issues of Attachment, Grief, Loss or Early Trauma

KATHLEEN A. CHARA AND PAUL J. CHARA, JR.


“A Safe Place for Caleb is an interactive book with rich illustrations for all ages. It aims to help people who are dealing with attachment problems and aid understanding into such conditions.”

—ChildRight

SEPTEMBER 192 pages • paperback

ISBN: 978 1 84905 446 1 $22.95

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UNDERSTANDING ATTACHMENT AND ATTACHMENT DISORDERSTheory, Evidence and Practice

vIvIEN PRIOR AND DANYA GLASER


“An easily digestible introduction to attachment theory; assessments of attachment and care giving; the impact of attachment security; attachment disorders and treatments.”

—The Psychologist

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ADOPTING AFTER INFERTILITYMessages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience

EDITED BY MARILYN CRAWSHAW AND RACHEL BALEN


“A gentle and empowering book that offers hope and direction whilst cutting through any hypocrisy or platitudes that may smother anyone dealing with infertility.” —Adoption Today

HAVING YOUR BABY THROUGH EGG DONATIONELLEN SARASOHN GLAzER AND EvELINA WEIDMAN STERLING


“Ellen Glazer and Evelina Sterling answer your questions about both the practical and emotional considerations in pursuing this form of assisted reproductive technology, and will guide you to ex-plore other questions you may not have yet considered.”

—Dr. Joann Paley Galst, PhD, American Fertility Association Mental Health Advisory Council

GROUP FILIAL THERAPYThe Complete Guide to Teaching Parents to Play Therapeutically with their Children

LOUISE GUERNEY AND vIRGINIA RYAN


This book provides an accessible guide to the theory and practice of GFT, and for the first time offers step-by-step guidelines for implementing the GFT program devel-oped by Dr. Guerney. Important practical considerations are addressed by Dr. Guerney and Dr .Ryan, such as how to determine the composition of groups and the duration of programs, and how to conduct Filial Therapy intakes.

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A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO ATTACHMENT AND ATTACHMENT DISORDERCOLBY PEARCE


Pearce explains how complex problems in childhood may stem from the parent-child re-lationship during a child’s early formative years, and later from the child’s engagement with the broader social world.

UNDERSTANDING DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENTTheory and Practice for Working with Children and Adults

DAvID SHEMMINGS AND YvONNE SHEMMINGS


“This book is wrtitten in a clear, accessible style, without over-simplifying some of the very com-plex ideas. It is scholarly and well-researched. It also provides helpful introductions to attachment theory, mentalization and recent developments in neuroscience.”

—Children & Young People Now

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COMMUNICATION SkILLS FOR WORkING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLEIntroducing Social Pedagogy

PAT PETRIE


“‘It is wonderful that this book does not assume that all problems can be solved but is grounded in the reality that things can be made better.”

—Children & Young People Now

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LIFE STORY THERAPY WITH TRAUMATIZED CHILDRENA Model for Practice

RICHARD ROSE


“The way that Richard Rose lays out the core elements of this approach is both practical and elegant. This is a refreshing and renewing clinical approach that is both developmentally sensitive and ‘trauma-informed.’”

—From the Foreword by Bruce D. Perry, The Child Trauma Academy

LIFE STORY WORk WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE FOSTERED OR ADOPTEDCreative Ideas and Activities

KATIE WRENCH AND LESLEY NAYLOR


This accessible book is full of tried and tested activities and creative ideas for professionals, parents and carers who may have little time and few resources, but who need to carry out life story work that works for children. The authors describe the optimum conditions in which to carry out life story work and feature activities to accompany each of the necessary stages.

LIFE STORY BOOkS FOR ADOPTED CHILDRENA Family Friendly Approach

JOY REES


This concise book shows a new family-friendly way to compile a Life Story Book that promotes a sense of permanency for the child. Joy Rees’ improved model aims to reinforce the child’s sense of belonging and security within the adoptive family before addressing the child’s past and early trauma.

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