Books for professionals on
Emotional Issues
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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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Jewett-Jarratt, Claudia |
Helping Children Cope with Separation And Loss
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1994 |
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Contains compassionate, step-by-step guidance for any concerned adult who wants to help a child talk about, cope with, and recover from a loss. Offers specific techniques for helping a child overcome sadness, anger, and anxiety. |
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Johnston, Patricai Irwin |
Perspectives on a Grafted Tree
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Thoughts for Those Touched by Adoption |
1983 |
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Written by adoptees, birth parents, adoptive family members, adoption professionals and others, a beautiful and moving illustrated poetry collection about adoption. Describes the blend of gain and loss, happiness sand pain, which are all part of the adoption experience. |
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Karen, Robert |
Becoming Attached
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1994 |
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Seminal work on attachment theory for a general audience. Starts with history of attachment, and continues to contemporary issues. An eye-opening presentation of the fierce debates that have transformed the way we think about human bonds. |
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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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Keck, Gregory and Kupecky, Regina |
Parenting the Hurt Child
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Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow |
2002 |
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Some adoptees come to their new home with hurts from the past that can affect an entire family. With time, patience, and informed parenting, the child can heal, grow and develop beyond what seems possible now. Wise book, helps parents preserve their sanity. |
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Ryan, Jane |
Broken Spirits - Lost Souls
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Loving Children with Attachment and Bonding Difficulty |
2002 |
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Provides a wealth of information relating to the disorder and the hurt and pain that families experience living with disturbed children. The serious problem of Attachment Disorders affects families all over the world. |
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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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Gray, Deborah D. |
Attaching in Adoption
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Practical Tools for Today's Parents |
2002 |
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Written by a clinical Social Worker, takes a close look at how children and families adjust. Especially pertains to adopting older children who may have been abused/neglected. Encourages realistic expectations and offers excellent practical suggestions for bonding. |
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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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Fahlberg, Vera |
Residential Treatment
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A Tapestry of Many Therapies |
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This book is long awaited contribution to the difficult and misunderstood field of residential treatment as an effective form of out of home therapy for the severely disturbed child. Modeled on the highly regarded 35 year work of forest heights lodge in evergreen, Colorado, this book offers hope and help to families and to professionals. |
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Feiertag, Richard |
Adoption of Children
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Studies of personality development consistently show that a stable and secure environment is a major determinant of ego strength and social competence in children. Such environment is best provided in a the parent - child relationship within a traditional family setting. |
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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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