Toni Vaughn Heineman

All children need stable, lasting relationships with caring adults to ensure their healthy emotional, cognitive, and social development. But for children and adolescents in foster care, these essential relationships are often absent. This book presents a proven solution based on over 10 years of groundbreaking work by the Children's Psychotherapy Project (CPP): When young people work with the same therapist for as long as they need to, they'll make better progress toward developing strong, healthy relationships and hope for the future. More than a dozen experts from the CPP give psychologists, social workers, counselors, and program administrators a complete, research-supported introduction to this successful "one child, one therapist, for as long as it takes" model as they share their triumphs and challenges. Through the lessons these therapists learned as they donated their time to weekly psychotherapy sessions, readers will gain new insight on how to build positive relationships with children. They'll learn how to address various aspects of foster care, including:

• the neuropsychological effects of foster care on children
• the specific challenges of preschool children in foster care
• kinship care
• reunification with parents
• foster children and the educational system
• collaboration between public and private forces
  
• the transition out of foster care at age 18

With a combined emphasis on biological, psychological, and social aspects that sets it apart from other books on the subject, this candid and compelling resource will help therapists fully address the emotional needs of children and adolescents in foster care.

General Adoption, Foster Care Adoption

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Gay Courter

This is the true story of Gay Courter's work as a Guardian of the legal powers, responsibilities, and duties her position entailed, of her fierce efforts to ensure that her clients were treated with care and respect, and of the rewards of participating in thie nationwide volunteer program. This book is for anyone who has ever wondered, "What can I do to help?"

General Adoption, Foster Care Adoption

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Renee Henning

MYSTERY AND THE ADOPTED CHILD

All children are a mystery to their parents to some extent. Yet adoptive parents face many more questions than birth parents about a child’s past and heredity. This book of articles written over 24 years discusses people adopted from around the world and their sometimes surprising behavior.

So why did an infant need to bang his head repeatedly to get to sleep? See the article on sleep for the reason. What food-related problem resulted in a four-year-old with a sensational throwing arm? See the food article for the answer. Why did a boy insist on a belt and undergarments so tight that they left welts on his body? See the article on touching. In articles on romance, sports, etc., MYSTERY AND THE ADOPTED CHILD looks at pre-adoption experiences, subsequent events, and how problems got solved.

IN SHORT, ADOPTEES TEND TO BE FASCINATING AND COMPLEX INDIVIDUALS WHO SOMETIMES MYSTIFY THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHERS. THIS BOOK WILL GIVE READERS ANSWERS TO VARIOUS MYSTERIES RELATING TO ADOPTION. THE STORIES IN THE BOOK ARE REAL.

THE AUTHOR

Renée Henning is an adoptive mother and adoptive aunt, including to young adults from Asia, Latin America, and Russia. She is also an attorney and a writer on adoption and other subjects. Her articles have appeared in publications in North America (e.g., Washington Post), Europe (e.g., Oslo Times), Asia (News Lens), Africa (e.g., Modern Ghana), and Oceania (e.g., Freelance).

General Adoption, Domestic Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, Growing Up Adopted, International Adoption

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Joy Rees

Through words, pictures, photographs, certificates and other 'little treasures', a Life Story Book provides a detailed account of the child's early history and a chronology of their life.

Fully updated, this clear and concise book shows a unique family-friendly way to compile a Life Story Book which promotes a sense of permanency for the child, and encourages attachments within new families. Joy Rees' influential model works chronologically backwards rather than forwards, aiming to reinforce the child's sense of belonging and security before addressing the child's past and early trauma. The book contains simple explanations of complex concepts, practical examples, helpful suggestions and includes some simple checklists. This new edition has been expanded to include fostered children and those living in kinship care or with a special guardian.

Perfect for social workers, adoption agencies, adoptive parents, foster carers and kinship carers, Life Story Books for Adopted and Fostered Children is a refreshing, innovative and common-sense guide.

General Adoption, Domestic Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, Growing Up Adopted, International Adoption, Openness in Adoption, Professionals, Adoption Issues

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Karen Doyle Buckwalter and Debbie Reed

In this volume, distinguished therapists and clinicians offer a broad range of effective attachment-based interventions for children with a history of attachment difficulties and complex trauma. Stepping through attachment theory and the latest research in neuroscience, the contributors illustrate how the treatment of developmental trauma often requires implementing more than one clinical model. Including chapters on the practical application of dyadic developmental psychotherapy,mindfulness, theraplay, and EMDR, Attachment Theory in Action offers mental health professionals insights into helping even the most challenging patients.

General Adoption, Domestic Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, Relative Adoption, Children with Special Needs, Attachment

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FosterClub

Foster Club's Transition Toolkit was designed just for this transitioning journey. It is a youth-involved, comprehensive way to develop a transition plan for foster youth aging out of care. Foster Club's Transition Toolkit includes planning worksheets, record keeping, detailed maps, and resources.

Children's Titles, Teen Titles, Parenting, Parenting Teens, General Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, Professionals, Transitions Considerations

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FosterClub

Foster Care 411 helps youth understand the foster care system and take an active part in their case plan. Foster Care 411 is designed to give young people in care the answers they need to better understand foster care and take charge of their lives. Written in accessible, engaging format, this comprehensive guide includes: questions and ansers in relevant foster care topic areas, a glossary of terms to help youth bette runderstand foster care terminology, Foster to Famous stories to inspire and empower young people, quotes from youth in care relating their experiences and providing advice and encouragement, FYI Forms to help young people communicate and advocate on their behalf. Though written for youth, Foster Care 411 is also a valuable source of informaiton for any supportive adult of youth in care.

Children's Titles, Teen Titles, Parenting, Parenting Teens, General Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, Professionals, Transitions Considerations

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Ronald Rapee PhD, Ann Wignall D. Psych, Susan Spence PhD, Heidi Lyneham PhD, Vanessa Cobham PhD

Most children are afraid of the dark. Some fear monsters under the bed. But at least ten percent of children have excessive fears and worries—phobias, separation anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder—that can hold them back and keep them from fully enjoying childhood. If your child suffers from any of these forms of anxiety, the program in this book offers practical, scientifically proven tools that can help.

Now in its second edition, Helping Your Anxious Child has been expanded and updated to include the latest research and techniques for managing child anxiety. The book offers proven effective skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to aid you in helping your child overcome intense fears and worries. You'll also find out how to relieve your child's anxious feelings while parenting with compassion.

Inside, you will learn to:

Help your child practice “detective thinking” to recognize irrational worries
What to do when your child becomes frightened
How to gently and gradually expose your child to challenging situations
Help your child learn important social skills

This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit—an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.

Parenting, Grief & Loss, General Adoption, Domestic Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, Growing Up Adopted, Openness in Adoption, Children with Special Needs, Attachment, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental Health Diagnosis Illness, Physical/Medical Disabilities, Sexual Issues, Trauma & Brain Development

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Donna B. Pincus, PhD

When our children are born, we do everything we can to make sure they have love, food, clothing, and shelter. But despite all this, one in five children today suffers from a diagnosed anxiety disorder, and countless others suffer from anxiety that interferes with critical social, academic, and physical development. Dr. Donna Pincus, nationally recognized childhood anxiety expert, is here to help. In Growing Up Brave, Dr. Pincus helps parents identify and understand anxiety in their children, outlines effective and convenient parenting techniques for reducing anxiety, and shows parents how to promote bravery for long-term confidence. From trouble sleeping and separation anxiety to social anxiety or panic attacks, Growing Up Brave provides an essential toolkit for instilling happiness and confidence for childhood and beyond.

Parenting, Grief & Loss, General Adoption, Domestic Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, Growing Up Adopted, Openness in Adoption, Children with Special Needs, Attachment, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental Health Diagnosis Illness, Physical/Medical Disabilities, Sexual Issues, Trauma & Brain Development, Professionals, Effects of Trauma

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Patricia Reilly Giff

Hollis Woods
is the place where a baby was abandoned
is the baby’s name
is an artist
is now a twelve-year-old girl
who’s been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all.

When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they’ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won’t let anyone separate them. She’s escaped the system before; this time, she’s taking Josie with her. Still, even as she plans her future with Josie, Hollis dreams of the past summer with the Regans, fixing each special moment of her days with them in pictures she’ll never forget.

Patricia Reilly Giff captures the yearning for a place to belong in this warmhearted story, which stresses the importance of artistic vision, creativity, and above all, family.

Children's Titles, Foster Care, Teen Titles, Parenting, Parenting Teens, General Adoption, Foster Care Adoption

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