Books for professionals on
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Nichols, M.; and Lacher, D. and May, J. |
Parenting With Stories |
Creating a Foundation of Attachment for Parenting your Child |
2002 |
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Highlights the differences between parenting with attachment and parenting without it. Practical exercises included to provide parents with tools to use stories to form attachment with their child. Stages of development chart and references. Spiral bound. |
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Levy, Terry and Orlans, Michael |
Attachment, Trauma, and Healing |
Therapy for Children and Families |
1998 |
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Examines causes of attachment disorder and provides an in-depth discussion of effective treatments, which include attachment-focused assessment and diagnosis, specialized education and training for caregivers, early intervention and prevention, etc. |
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McCreight, Brenda |
Recognizing and Managing Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/ Fetal Alcohol Effects
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1997 |
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Guide covering all areas of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome from a behavioral standpoint to the impact within society. Case studies will help clarify and individualize the syndrome and effects for parents or professionals who work with these children. |
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Stone, Sherril |
More Than Love
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Adopting and Surviving Attachment Disorder Children |
2001 |
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The hurt experienced by adoptive parents whose children are suffering from attachment disorder is real and should not be ignored. Book provides parents with early warning signs and symptoms and makes recommendations for diffusing difficult situations. |
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Tepper, T.; Hannon, L. and Sandstrom, D |
International Adoption |
Challenges and Opportunities |
1999 |
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If adopting from abroad, it is important to recognize that your child may exhibit symptoms of attachment disorder, sensory or auditory integration problems, fetal alcohol syndrome, or language delays. Compiled by parents of post institutionalized children. |
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Verier, Nancy |
The Primal Wound
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Understanding the Adopted Child |
1993 |
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A book that is forceful and courageous in the way it approaches the subject of adoption. Using pre and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and loss, it illuminates the effects that separation from their birthmother has on adopted children. |
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Severson, Randolph |
Can't
You Sit Still? |
Adoption and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
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Written specifically for adoptive parents, this book offers eloquent but practical advice about ADHD. In addition to providing concrete inventive advice about behavior management, medication, and diet, also provides a message of hope. |
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Glatz, Janet |
Fostering or Adopting the Troubled Child |
A Guide for Parents and Professionals |
1998 |
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Highly recommended for prospective foster or adoptive parents of older children, as a companion to their preparation and training. Covers all the steps in the process of bringing a troubled child into one's home. Advice is practical and very wise. |
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Keck, Gregory and Kupecky, Regina |
Adopting the Hurt Child
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Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids |
1995 |
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Adopting a "waiting child" today may mean dealing with the difficult emotional and behavioral problems that children develop when they have been deeply hurt. Using real stories of real families, book gives practical info and advice. Realistic yet hopeful. |
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McCreight, Brenda |
Parenting Your Adopted Older Child
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2002 |
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Excellent advice with lists of wise practical ideas to ease a child's adjustment and help him deal with the pain of loss. Whole chapters on dealing with behavior issues. Author really knows these kids. No glamorizing of the problems. A truly valuable book. |
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Melina, Lois R. |
Raising Adopted Children
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Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent |
1998 |
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Parent's Guide to rearing children in an adoptive family. Drawing from child development, psychology, sociology, medicine, and experience, examines child's development at each age. Special topics: multi-racial, serious behaviors, single parents. |
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Delaney, Richard |
Raising Cain
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Caring for Troubled Youngsters, Repairing our System |
1998 |
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Aptly describes the many behavioral and emotional problems that foster and adoptive parents face. Offers practical help in managing severely disturbed kids. Better at identifying problems than solving them. |
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Fahlberg, Vera |
A Child's Journey Through Placement
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1991 |
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A must-have, very readable professional book about children: their stages of development, their bonding and attachment, their grief upon separation. Guide to minimize trauma as children move from foster to adoptive home. Great sections on managing behaviors. |
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Brisch, Karl Heinz |
Treating Attachment Disorders
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From Therapy to Therapy |
1999 |
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Offers in-depth analysis of the many manifestations and intensities of attachment problems, from pre-conception, to post-birth and post-adoption. With comprehensive yet easy to understand text, this is a great resource for parents and professionals. |
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Cline, Foster and Helding, Cathy |
Can
This Child Be Saved? |
Solutions for Adoptive and Foster Families |
1999 |
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Some children have been severely and permanently damaged by their pasts, resulting in behavioral, psychiatric, emotional, and neurological disorders. Offers hope, help, encouragement, support, and concrete parenting techniques to struggling families. |
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Cline, Foster and Helding, Cathy |
Adopted and Foster Child Assessment |
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1999 |
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Designed to be used by parents as a pre clinical assessment tool for identifying problems or predicting future ones in adopted or foster children who have been in the home for at least 6 months. Easily scored by non professionals. |
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Delaney, Richard |
The
Healing Power of the Family |
Overview of Life with a Troubled Foster or Adopted Child |
1998 |
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A non-technical approach to understanding and treating disturbed foster or adopted children. Describes most common behavioral problems, explains their powerful negative impact on parents, and gives examples of family-based interventions. |
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Barth, R.; Freundlich, M.; Brodzinski, D. |
Adoption and Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure
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Research, Policy, and Practice |
2000 |
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Book addresses many important issues re adoption and substance exposure in utero, including impact on children's early well being as well as on long term development. Illustrates the remedial effects of a positive postnatal environment. |
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Bayard, Robert |
How to Deal with your
Acting Up Teenager |
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| At last a practical step by step approach for parents at the end of their rope. Detailed steps proven helpful for parents in establishing mutually respectful relationship with their children. | |||
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Phelan, Thomas, Ph.D |
All About Attention Deficit Disorder
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Symptoms, Diagnosis And Treatment: Children And Adults |
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Hoopes, Janet |
Prediction in Child Development
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A Longitudinal Study of Adoptive and Non adoptive Families |
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Wasklick, Bruce |
The Many Faces of Depression in Children & Adolescents
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Although research on the diagnosis and treatment of depression and treatment of depression in children and adolescent has lagged far behind that in adults, recent large scale studies armed with operationalized criteria and validated assessment instruments- have done much to close this gap. |
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Eth, Spencer |
PTSD in Children and Adolescents
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A full and complete review of PTSD with up to date information on standardized assessment biological approaches courtroom aspect and long term effect. |
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Carlini, Heather |
Adoptee Trauma
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A Counseling Guide For Adoptees |
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Adoptee trauma reveals the subconscious emotional pain some adoptees have of not belonging anywhere. The explanations and therapy necessary to help them understand their adoptive personalities are clearly and simply set out as the reasons why they so often have difficulty leading normal happy lives. |
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Ziegler, Dave |
Traumatic Experience and the Brain
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A Handbook for Understanding and Treating Those Traumatized as Children |
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Dave Ziegler melds together years of clinical experience in treating severely traumatized children with an up to date understanding of how trauma affects the developing brain. Filled with touching vignettes case examples, and solid treatment implications, traumatic experience and the brain expands on the pragmatic aspects of current neurological findings. |
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Hurlock, Elizabeth |
Developmental Psychology
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The purpose of this book is to give as complete a picture of the developmental changes of the total life span of the normal human being as is possible within the covers of one book. |
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Dulcan, Mina |
Helping Parents, Youth, and Teachers Understanding Medications for Behavioral & Emotional Problems
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