RECOMMENDED READING FOR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS A Parent's Guide to Developmental Delays: Recognizing and Coping with Missed Milestones in Speech, Movement, Learning, and Other Areas Author: Laurie Lecomer ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative Guide Author: American Academy of Pediatrics, A. Letourneau, Sherill Tippins Adopting On Your Own: The Complete Guide to Adopting as a Single Parent Author: Lee Varon Adopting the Older Child, Author: Claudia L. Jewett Adopting the Hurt Child; Hope for Families with Special‐Needs Kids Author: Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky Adoption and Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure: Research, Policy, and Practice Author: Richard Barth/Madelyn Freundlish/David Brodzinsky Adoption is a Family Affair: What Relatives and Friends Must Know Author: Patricia Irwin Johnston Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming America Author: Adam Pertman Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections Author: Macleod and Macrae Another Mother: Co‐Parenting with the Foster Care System Author: Sarah Gerstenzang Attachment‐Focused Parenting: Effective Strategies to Care for Children Author: Daniel Hughes Becoming Attached, First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love Author: Robert Karen Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self Author: David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schecter, Robin Marantz Henig Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children Author: Michael Thompson, Catherine O'Neill Grace Broken Spirits Lost Souls: Loving Children With Attachment and Bonding Difficulties, Author: Jane E. Ryan P:\AAFC\Resources\Book Lists\Recommended Reading for Foster and Adoptive Parents.doc
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Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children Author: Daniel A. Hughes Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Revised Edition: Birth to Age 5 Author: American Academy of Pediatrics Children with Prenatal Alcohol and/or Other Drug Exposure: Weighing the Risks of Adoption, Author: Susan B. Edelstein Child's Journey Through Placement, Author: Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D. Creating Ceremonies: Innovative Ways to Meet Adoption Challenges Author: Cheryl A. Lieberman and Rhea K. Bufferd Damaged Angels: An Adoptive Mother's Struggle to Understand the Tragic Toll of Alcohol in Pregnancy, Author: Bonnie Buxton Face in the Mirror: Teenagers and Adoption, Author: Marion Crook Family of Adoption, Author: Joyce Maguire Pavao Fostering or Adopting the Troubled Child: An Updated and Expanded Edition Author: Janet Clayton Glatz From Chaos to Calm: Effective Parenting for Challenging Children W/ ADHD Other Behavioral Problems Author: Janet E. Heininger, Sharon K. Weiss Good Kids, Difficult Behavior: A Guide to What Works and What Doesn’t Author: Joyce E Divinyi, Elizabeth Fallon (Editor) Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust and Love Author: Michael Orlans and Terry Levy Helping Children Cope With Separation And Loss Author: Claudia L. Jewett‐Jarratt Helping Your Socially Vulnerable Child: What to Do When Your Child Is Shy, Socially Anxious, Withdrawn, or Bullied Author: Andrew R Eisen, Linda B Engler How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk Author: Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish Inside Transracial Adoption, Author: Gail Steinberg, Beth Hall Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption: Extraordinary Yet Ordinary Author: Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott 2
Making Sense of Adoption, Author: Lois Ruskai Melina Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma Author: Deborah D. Gray Orphans of the Living: Stories of America's Children in Foster Care Author: Jennifer Toth Out‐of‐Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction (Revised), Author: Carol Stock Kranowitz Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach Author: Vincent J Monastra Parenting from the Inside Out, Author: Daniel J. Siegel Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood, Author: Foster Cline, Jim Fay Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow Author: Gregory Keck, Regina M. Kupecky Parenting the Strong‐Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five‐Week Program for Parents of Two‐To Six‐
Year‐Olds Author: Rex L Forehand, Nicholas James Long Parenting With Love And Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility Author: Foster Cline, M.D. and Jim Fay Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence, Author: Rosalind Wiseman Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys Author: Daniel J Kindlon (Author), Michael Thompson (Joint Author) Real Parents Real Children, Author: Holly Van Gulden Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls Author: Mary Pipher Sexualized Child in Foster Care: A Guide for Foster Parents and Other Professionals, Author: Sally G. Hoyle Single Parenting That Works: Six Keys to Raising Happy, Healthy Children in a Single‐Parent Home, Author: Kevin Leman Talking with Young Children About Adoption, 3
Author: Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past Author: Betsy E. Keefer and Jayne E. Schooler The Adoption Network: Your Guide to Starting a Support System Author: Laura Christianson The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby, Author: Martha sears, William Sears The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us about Loss, Love, and Healing, Author: Bruce Perry, Maia Szalavitz The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children, Author: Stanley I Greenspan The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, Author: Ross W Greene The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well‐Being Author: Daniel J. Siegel Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach Author: Howard Glasser, Jennifer Easley Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew Author: Sherrie Eldridge When Love Is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD Author: Nancy L. Thomas Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide (2ND ed.), Author: Peter W D Wright, Pam Wright 4