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All of these books are available at some main public libraries across the State

20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Sheri Eldridge
The author, an adoptee, shares insight into the pain of adoption through the life cycle. The book offers straight-forward practical suggestions, and challenges parents to recognize the pain lingering in the child.   For Families

Are Those Kids Yours
Cheri Register
An adoptive parent of two Korean children writes about the unique experience of adopting from another country. A look at the controversial and ethical issues involved.
For adoptive parents and professionals

A Child Called "It"
Dave Pelzer
The life of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally abused as a child, and his survival story.
For adoptive parents and professionals

A Child's Journey Through Placement
Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D.
A child focused look at the child welfare system and the impact of multiple placements on children. The issues are identified and ways of preparing children and families for placement are outlined in detail.    For professionals, parents, and adoption advocates

A Mother for Choco
Keiko Kasza
Choco, a little bird, goes in search of finding a mother who looks just like her. In the end, she is adopted into a family consisting of a pig, an alligator, a hippo, and a bear for a mother.     For parents and young children

A Volcano In My Tummy
Whitehouse and Pudney
A workbook designed to help children deal with anger. An excellent resource for elementary school aged children.   For children, therapists, teachers, and parents

Accessing Federal Adoption Subsidies After Legalization
Tim O'Hanlon, Ph.D.
Explains the availability, eligibility, and process of applying for subsidy after legalization
For professionals and parents

ADHD Parenting Handbook
Colleen Alexander-Roberts
Practical advice to raising your child without losing your temper.   For parents

Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child
L. Anne Babb and Rita Laws
Good book for both parents and professionals. It is a great "how to" guide that will help with many issues into adulthood.   For parents and professionals

Adopting the Hurt Child
Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D. and Regina M. Kupecky, LSW
Comprehensive information for adoptive parents to gain insight into the struggles older child adoptees face.   For parents and professionals

Adopting the Older Child
Claudia L. Jewett
This is a great book for anyone thinking about adopting an older child. Very helpful in explaining the process, the pitfalls, and the realities.  For parents and professionals

Adoption and the Family System
Miriam Reitz and Kenneth W. Watson
Book for therapists to use as a model of treatment with adoptive triad members using a family systems model. Covers many issues unique to adoptive families. For therapists and professionals

Adoption Resources for Mental Health Professionals
Pamela Grabe
Comprehensive book for therapists to use in understanding the issues of adoption. This is a collection of articles written by experts in the field that touches on all aspects of adoption and the trauma involved.  For therapists

Adoption Stories for Young Children
Adoption Stories for Young Children
Randall B.Hicks
A story about adoption told by a 5 year old boy. Being a family doesn't mean loving and taking care of each other.   For children

Adoption Triangle
Arthur D. Sorosky, M.D., Annette Baran, M.S.W., Reuben Pannor, M.S.W.
This book helps clarify the unique problems of the adoption triangle. 
For professionals and triad members

Adoption Without Fear
James L. Gritter, M.S.W.
Several couples share their experiences with openness in adoption. A good read for couples exploring open adoption.   For adoptive parents

Adoptive Family as a Healing Resource for the Sexually Abused Child
Minshew and Hooper
This is a training manual that agencies and professionals can use in helping adoptive parents become healers.   For adoptive parents and therapists

After Adoption: A Manual for Professionals Working With Adoptive Families. 
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon and Kenneth Watson
Good resource for therapists working with adoptive families. Discusses diagnostic assessment of families and help in planning intervention. A training guide accompanies this manual.    For therapists

All Kinds of Families
Norma Simon
A story about what makes a family. Family is defined in non-traditional terms with emphasis on a healthy emotional process.  For children

Allison
Allen Say
When Allison realizes that she doesn't look like her parens she begins to question where she came from. She is initially confused and angry but finds a way to work out her feelings.   For children

Beginnings
Virginia Kroll
A short story book presenting different ways children enter families in positive language. Easy to understand.   For children

Being Adopted
David M. Brodzinsky, Ph.D., Marshall D. Schechter, M.D., Robin Marantz Henig
An in-depth psychological and developmental perspective of the life long journey in search of self. Particular attention is paid to the losses associated with being adopted and the manifestation of the grief process at different developmental stages.
For adult adoptees, therapists, and parents

Benjamin Bear Gets a New Family
Deborah Berry Joy
Children’s book for use with a child placed from foster care into an adoptive home. The book targets feelings involved with grief and loss. Discussion questions are included.
For parents and therapists

Bipolar Disorders
Mitzi Waltz
This book is suited as a resource for parents of children with Bipolar Disorder. It may also be beneficial for clinicians working with this population. The book is broken down into easy to follow subject headings.    For parents and professionals

Birthbond
Judith S. Gediman & Linda P. Brown
A good book to help sort out search and reunion issues. Deals well with post reunion issues.   For professionals and triad members

Birthright
Jean Strauss
Good book for anyone involved with search and reunion issues. Covers "how to" but also speaks to the emotional impact search and reunion has on triad members.
For search and reunions

Bruised Before Birth
Amy Bullock & Elizabeth Grimes
A lot of good information for people considering adoption of a child exposed to prenatal substance abuse.  For therapists and parents

Can't You Sit Still
Randolph W. Severson, Ph.D.
Booklet: Concise descriptive booklet for anyone dealing with ADHD children. Specifically speaks to adoption issues. Gives resources.   For parents, teachers, and professionals

Challenging Child (The)
Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
This book is an easier read for those involved with difficult children. He specifically looks at defiance, inattention, active/aggressive, highly sensitive, and self-absorbed children.  For therapists, parents, and teachers

Changed by a Child
Barbara Gill
A book for parents raising a child with a disability, Barbara Gill discusses the range of issues parents encounter.   For parents

Child with Special Needs (The)
Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
A comprehensive text thoroughly outlining six fundamental types of experiences critical to healthy development. Dr. Greenspan moves us beyond the labels and shares interventions that look at the individuals unique strengths and weaknesses. 
For therapists, parents, and teachers

Children and Trauma
Cynthia Monahon
This book will help gain insight to the effect trauma has on children and the "how to" in restoring the child’s sense of safety and balance.  For parents and professionals

Children Who Shock and Surprise
Elizabeth Randolph
Concise, descriptive booklet for anyone dealing with attachment disordered children. Speaks to causes, symptoms, and techniques for parenting.  For therapists and parents

Connect Information Service
Connect Information Service
Vol. 1    Federal Laws and Regulations, Parenting: Child Health and Safety Concerns,                Resources for Educators, Resources for Families, Assistive Technology

Vol. 2      Special Education, Cordero Court Order, PA State Regulations:             Basic Education:

Vol. 3      Child Development: Birth to Three Years
              Child Development: Three to Six Years
              Child Development: Ages Six to Adolescents

Vol. 4      Early Intervention in PA: Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
               Early Intervention Programs and Services
               Special Education: Transition: Post Secondary Education/ Training

Vol. 5     Learning Disabilities
             Attention Deficit Disorder
             Attention Deficit Disorder: Adolescent and Adult
             Learning Disabilities: Adolescent and Adult
            Parent/Professional Partnerships

Vol. 6    Emotional Disorders: Mental Health Concerns
             Speech and Language Disorders
             Sensory Impairments: Hearing Impairment and Deafness
             Sensory Impairments: Visual Impairment and Blindness
             Sensory Impairments: Deaf-Blindness

Vol. 7    Disabilities: Specific
             Disabilities: Special Help for Families
             Autism and Related Disorders
             School Discipline/ Behavior Concerns for Special Education Students
             Gifted Education

Creating Ceremonies
Cheryl A. Lieberman and Rhea K. Bufferd
A vital resource to help adoptive families better cope with the day to day challenges of life together. The ceremonies presented cover all phases of the adoption life cycle.
For adoptive families and professionals

Dangerous Legacy: The babies of drug-taking parents
Ben Sonder
This book covers the effects of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana on the fetus. The short- and long-term consequences are discussed.  For therapists and parents

Defiant Child
Douglas Riley
A parent’s guide to Oppositional Defiant behavior. This book helps parents gain back control. Proven techniques are provided to parents when talking has failed.
For therapists and parents

Designing Rituals of Adoption
Mary Martin Mason
A great resource for adoptive parents and adoption workers. Good information to help families celebrate and grieve.  For families and therapists

Different and Wonderful: Raising black children in a race conscious society
Dr. Darlene Powell Hopson and Dr. Derek S. Hopson
This book speaks to the issues of parenting black children in a race conscious society while inspiring values and self respect. Covers all developmental stages.
For therapists, teachers, and parents

Don’t Tell a Whopper on Friday
Adolph Moser
This children’s book discusses the lying and the importance of telling the truth. Examples and suggestions are offered for ways to help children tell the truth.
For children, parents, and professionals

Don't Despair on Thursday
Ado Moser
Explains the grief process to children and helps them see that grieving is a normal response. Offers practical approaches and methods to cope with the pain they feel.
For children

Don't Feed the Monster on Tuesday
Ado Moser
Valuable information for children that will help them understand the importance of their self worth.  For children

Don't Give Up Kid
Jeanne Gehret, MA
An easy to read and understand book for elementary aged children who have learning differences.   For children

Don't Pop Your Cork on Mondays
Ado Moser
This book explores the causes and effects of stress and offers children practical approaches and techniques for dealing with their daily stress.   For children

Don't Rant and Rave on Wednesdays!
Ado Moser
Explains the causes of anger and offers methods that can help children reduce the amount of anger they feel. Gives techniques to control behavior when angry.
For children

Don't Touch My Heart
Foster W. Cline, M.D.
An easy to read book on attachment disorder and holding therapy. For therapists and parents

Dounia
Natacha Karvoskaia
A child's story of a young girl whose parents die. She is from another country and adopted by parents in this country. In her adjustment she wants to "dare" to greet her new family with a smile, touch everything in their home, jump on the bed, sing and dance and hold the family cat. She wants to give her adoptive mother a kiss goodnight. She goes to bed believing tomorrow she will "dare".   For children

Eagle Eyes
Jeane Gehret
A children’s book on ADD. Good for use in reading to or with a child.  For children

Facilitating Developmental Attachment
Daniel Hughes
Covers attachment theory, attachment problems in maltreated children, therapeutic techniques, and vignettes.    For therapists

Filling in the Blanks: A guided look at growing up adopted
Susan Gabel
An adoption workbook for children ages 9-14. Adopted children can fill in the workbook with information about their birth and adoptive families.    For children

Forever Parents: Adopting older children
James E. Kloeppel and Darlene A. Kloeppel
A realistic yet hopeful view of the adjustments that newly formed families experience when adopting older children. A broad look at the challenges to all family relationships often complicating the continued commitment to the adoption process.
For adoptive parents considering older adoption

Fostering Changes: Treating Attachment Disordered Foster Children
Richard J. Delaney
A realistic approach for interventions with "disturbed" foster children. The focus is on containing conduct problems, increasing verbalization skills, and promoting positive encounters between foster parents and the child. 
For adoptive parents, foster parents and professionals

Goose
Molly Bang
A story of a baby goose who was adopted and did not feel she belonged. The goose had to leave home to discover how important her family was to her.
For adoptive parents and young children

Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson
A book that walks you through the initial days of placement into foster care. Children who have experienced multiple moves will identify with the feelings and behaviors elicited.    For children

Growing Up Again
Jean Illsley Clark
A book for and about parenting. Very helpful for adults who’s own parenting was questionable. There is a special section related to adoption.  For parents

Handbook for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems in Children
Beverly James
Many experts in the field of attachment contribute their knowledge and therapeutic techniques in working with children of trauma-attachment disorder.
For therapists

Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss
Claudia Jewett Jarratt
Adults will be able to use the information in this book to help children deal with all issues of grief and loss. Especially helpful because it gives specific ideas on how to help children overcome their personal losses.   For therapists and parents

Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In
Nowicki & Duke
The authors offer information that children with difficulties in non-verbal communication may hinder their relationships with peers. The book presents theory and application in helping children learn a new way of communicating that will bring about healthy relationships.  For parents, therapists, and teachers

High Risk: Children without a conscience
Dr. Ken Magid and Carole A. McKelvey
The book covers the importance of bonding/attachment and the severity of the effect that separation has on children. Treatment and prevention issues are covered.
For parents, therapists and educators

Homeworks #1
Eileen Pasztor & Maureen Leighton
Designed to provide general information about loss and how to help children with their losses, accompanying anger, and sadness related to separation from family of origin and placement into foster or adoptive homes.  For therapists, and foster and adoptive parents

Homeworks #2
Eileen Pasztor & Maureen Leighton
General information about attachment. It contains suggestions on how to deal with basic attachment problems, and puts emphasis on the roles of foster/ adoptive parents and social workers in helping those who have been abused, neglected, or maltreated.
For therapists, and foster and adoptive parents

Homeworks #3
Wendy Blome, Eileen Pasztor, Maureen Leighton
Shows how a new child can be integrated into a foster or adoptive placement to minimize the risk of disruption. Focus is "prevention" so the book helps identify problems before they get out of control. Also helps expand the reader’s skills in understanding grief and loss issues.  For therapists, and foster and adoptive parents

How it Feels to be Adopted
Jill Krementz
Children from ages 8-16 write short vignettes about their fears, frustrations, joys and hopes relating to adoption.  For triad members

Invisible Road
Janelle Peterson
This resource provides parental insights into Attachment Disorders with an empathetic attitude toward parents and children. In this easy to read and follow resource, tools for understanding and helping a child with their strong emotions are described.
For parents, therapists, and teachers

Is that your Sister?
Catherine and Sherry Bunin
A very good book that explains the feelings and the process of adoption from the child’s perspective. For children

Ithaka
Sarah Saffian
The author is an adult adoptee who writes about the life- changing journey that she experiences when her birthmother contacted her at the age of 24.
For adult adoptees, professionals and adoptive parents

Journey of the Adopted Self
Betty Jean Lifton
This book takes the adoptee through the stages of the self in crisis, the self in search, and the self in transformation. For older adoptees

Koala For Katie
Jonathan London
Story of a little girl who is adopted as an infant. Good book to help children learn about the idea of adoption and love.   For children

Learning to Learn
Olivier
This book helps in understanding the nature of learning and how we process information. Techniques used by Landmark College are discussed and how these can be incorporated in the classroom and at home.   For parents, teachers, and therapists

Let’s Talk About It: Adoption
Fred Rogers
This book explains the meaning of being in a family and the feelings that many adopted children experience. The child is reassured that it is okay to wonder and ask questions about their family.  For adopted children

Lifeline: The action guide to adoption search
Virgil L. Klunder
The action guide to adoption search. Great tool for step by step searching methods. Includes state by state information.  For triad members

Lucy’s Feet
Stephanie Stein
A story of a child leaning she is adopted for the first time. She realizes that she is" different" from her brother. She learns that she grew in her mother's heart. For children

May the Circle Be Unbroken
Lynn C. Franklin
Written by a birthmother who placed a child for adoption in the 1960’s. Speaks to all members of the triad about the issues of loss, identity and personal reconciliation.
For birthparents, adoptees and adoptive parents

No One To Play With
Betty B. Osman
Children and teens with ADD are likely to have problems relating to peers, family members and teachers. This book covers the problems and gives suggestions to professionals and caregivers in helping with social skills. 
For professionals, therapists and parents

Of Many Colors: Portraits of multiracial families
Peggy Gilespie
Photographs and stories of the feelings and experiences of 39 families who are racially mixed through marriage or adoption. The adults and children write about their lives and their relationships and how they have dealt with the issues of race.
For professionals and families

Older Child Adoption
Grace Robinson
Interviews with parents of thirty families who adopted older children and the challenges and opportunities they face. For parents and professionals

One Wonderful You
Francie Portnoy
Adopted children are "unique" because they come from two families. The author blends the two worlds by highlighting the gifts received from both birth families and adoptive families.   For children and adults

Outgrowing the Pain: A book for and about adults abused as children
Eliana Gil, Ph.D.
A simple straight forward book to help anyone who has been the victim of abuse realize the destructive patterns they may set in adulthood. This book will help victims understand their past and change their future.  For parents, teens, and therapists

Parenting Teens With Love and Logic
Foster Cline MD and Jim Fay
A different approach for parents to take in dealing with their teen children. Use of empowerment in helping teens solve their own problems and acquiring the tools they will need to cope with the real world.   For parents

Parenting With Love and Logic
Foster Cline, MD & Jim Fay
Teaching children responsibility     For parents

Parents at Last
Cynthia Peck and Wendy Wilkinson
Thirty-two couples share their unique and personal stories of becoming parents against all odds. Coffee table pictorial.   For adoptive families

Post Adoption Family Therapy: Practice Manual
Cheryl Prew, Susan Suer, Jan Carrington
A practice manual for therapists to use in working with post adoptive families.
For professionals and therapists

Primal Wound
Nancy Newton Verrier
Discusses the effects of separation from the birthmother and a child’s feelings of abandonment and loss issues. For parents, therapists and adult adoptees

Pugnose Has Two Special Families
Karis Kruzel
This book uses Pugnose the mouse in presenting open adoption. The book explores the circumstances of his adoption and the feelings involved at the time of birth.  For children

Rain Forest Girl
Chalise Miner
This book is excellent for families experiencing cross-cultural adoption. The story of a young girl leaving the Brazilian rain forest to live in the US with her new adoptive family.   For children

Raising Cain: Caring for troubled youngsters/repairing our troubled system
Richard J. Delaney, Ph.D.
A good tool in understanding the behaviors of troubled foster and adoptive children. Provides great strategies for intervention.   For families and professionals

Reaching Out To Children with FAS/FAE
Diane Davis
A resource to use in understanding and helping a child with FAS/FAE. Techniques used to help these children both in school and in the home are presented.
For professionals, teachers, and parents

Real Parents, Real Children
Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
Covers many areas of adoptive parenting. Each developmental stage and its relation to adoption are discussed aloud with grief and loss issues.  For parents

Real Sisters
Susan Write
Answers the question "What is a real sister?" This book will help children who are being questioned and teased about adoption.  For children

Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
Jana Wolfe
First person account of an open-transracial adoption. Good resource for parents preparing to adopt. Does a good job dealing with infertility issues.   For parents

Self-Esteem: A family affair
Jean Illsley Clarke
This book offers parents information, tools, and ideas for building self esteem in children.    For all families and professionals   

Sexualized Children
Gil & Johnson
Covers the assessment and treatment of children who are sexually acting out and children who molest.    For therapists

Sexually Reactive Children in Adoption and Foster Care
Joan McNamara
A book for anyone parenting or working with adoptive children who have been sexually abused. Provides comprehensive information based on research and intervention programs.    For therapists and parents

Shadow Mothers/ Stories of Adoption and Reunion
Linda Back McKay
This is a collection of stories written by birth mothers about their experience of relinquishment and reconnection with their children as adults. The book speaks of the pain, shame and guilt these women endured.  For therapists and triad members

Shame and the Origins of Self Esteem
Mario Jacoby
The author, a leading Jungian analyst explains the roots of shame and its relationship with anxiety and self esteem. The book offers insight and suggestions for therapists in working with clients.   For therapists

Small Steps Forward
Sarah Newman
This book is full of games and activities to help parents, therapists, and caregivers of pre-school aged special needs children. The strategies in this book are designed to enhance cognitive, physical, language, and social development.
For Parents of preschool-aged children with special needs

Solve Your Child's School Related Problems
National Association of School Psychologists
This book provides parents the tools they need to assess possible problems, implement solutions in the home, and when to seek professional help.  For parents and therapists

SOS: Navigating the Mental Health System in the New Millennium
Northwestern Human Services and Marian Adoption Services
- A workshop for parents with children in placement   For parents

Stories of Adoption
Eric Blau
Photographs and personal stories of adoptees, birthparents, and adoptive families’ loss and grief issues.  For parents, teachers, and therapists

Talking with Young Children about Adoption
Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher
In this insightful book, a clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist, both adoptive mothers, prepare parents for conversations with their children about adoption. Accounts from 20 parent conversations about adoption with their children, from ages two to ten. This book graphically conveys the parent’s process of sharing the adoption story. The often humorous stories sensitively portray the human condition. This book offers practical advice and entertaining reading.  For parents, adoption professionals, and teachers

Tapestry
Janelle Peterson
An in-depth look at trans-racial placement from beginning to end. Through exploration of the pros and cons and issues that will be faced by children and their families.
For transracial adoption

The Adoption Dimension in Clinical Practice-A Symposium for Mental Health Professionals
Northwestern Human Services and Marian Adoption Services and The Human Services Center of the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists
An in depth description of the adoption process from the eyes of the child, parents and society.     For trainers

The Adoption Life Cycle
Elinor B. Rosenberg
The author discusses what adoption means for all three members of the adoption triad at every stage of life. Using case examples, relationship interactions and practical advice on handling issues and conflicts are addressed.
For adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, and professionals

The Broken Cord
Michael Dorris
A powerful book written by an adoptive father whose son is living with the tragic consequences of Fetal Alcohol Exposure.    For parents and adoption professionals

The Happy Family Game
Karin Phillips Tarte
This book serves as a game for family members to get to know each other. It consists of several questions that family members take turns asking and answering. There are no wrong answers.    For families

The Healing Power of the Family
Richard J. Delaney
An easy to read and practical book on the understanding of "disturbed" children in foster and adoptive homes. Issues dealt with include the idealization/devaluation of parent figures, search for biological roots, triggers which set off loss-sensitive children, and resiliency and invulnerability of abused children.
For adoptive parents, foster parents, social service workers

The Heart Knows Something Different
Youth Communications
This book is a collection of first hand accounts written by teens in the foster care system. It provides an insiders account of growing up "in the system."
For teens, parents, and adoption professionals

The Limits of Hope : An Adoptive Mothers Story
Ann Kimble Loux
Written by an adoptive parent, this is a story of her experience in adopting two abused sisters and the years that followed. An honest open look at the issues involved with parenting older children.   Older Child Adoption/ Therapists and adoptive parents

The Lost Boy
Dave Pelzer
Sequel to A Child Called "It." A premier book on the unique love and dedication that social services and foster families provide for our children in peril. The author is a living testament of resilience, personal responsibility, and the triumph of the human spirit. The sequel reveals the adventures of his life as an adolescent. Tears, laughter, devastation, and hope all create the journey of this little lost boy who desperately searches for the love of a family.  For parents, and adoption professionals

The Mental Health Challenges of Special Needs Adoption
Children’s Psychiatric Day Treatment Center, Oregon
A resource manual for professionals providing information related to post adoption services and help in understanding the unique challenges of children who have experienced adoption.   For professional and therapists

The Ocean Within
V.M. Caldwell
This book is about a foster child who goes to a new home who wants to adopt her.  The family has made a commitment to her before she has made a commitment to them.  This book takes one through the process of attaching to a new family.
For parents and older adoptees

Toddler Adoption
Mary Hopkins Best
Excellent resource as families and family workers prepare to move a small child from foster care to adoption.  For adoptive parents and professionals

Transracial Adoption and Foster Care
Joseph Crumbley
This book discusses myths, prejudice, racism, and preparing families for transracial adoptive placement.   For professionals

Transracial Parenting: A black/white community issue
Neal
Booklet looking into the dilemma of transracial adoption. Views from a white adoptive parent and a black social worker are expressed.  For parents and therapists

Trauma in the Lives of Children
Kendall Johnson
Provides professionals and parents with practical information to apply with distressed children to relieve their pain. Explores the causes and effects of pediatric and adolescent emotional trauma. Provides information on the latest intervention strategies being employed to reduce the impact of traumatic events on children.
For therapists, professionals, and parents.

Treating Abused Adolescents
Eliana Gil
With compassion and wisdom, this book offers practical, step-by-step guidance for therapists working with adolescents who have suffered abuse.
For therapists, teachers, and parents

Treating Sexually Abused Children and Their Families
Beverly James/Maria Nasjleti
This book provides a clear model for interventions professionals can use in working with both victims of sexual abuse and the abuser and their families.  For professionals

Treating the Unmanageable Adolescent: A guide to Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorders
Neil Bernstein
Through individual, cognitive-behavioral, group, and famiily approaches, professionals are taught how to help defiant and conduct- disordered teenagers.   For professionals

Troubled Transplants
Richard Delaney
Our unique children require unique strategies and unconventional approaches to motivate change. This resource looks at specific behaviors common in foster/adopted children and leads one through strategies designed to promote change. For therapists

Wasn’t Love Supposed To Be Enough?
Barbara VanSlyck, Ellen Wristen, Alan Dupre-Clark, Richard Mague, Rosemary Haggerty
This book details the life experiences of several adoptive families and offers advice for other families and professionals facing adoption issues. Excellent resource for adoptive parent support group meetings. For parents and professionals

What to do with a Child like This
L. Tobin
An excellent resource for the classroom and home. No parent or teacher should be without it when dealing with an emotionally troubled child. Creative and life-giving responses to difficult behaviors are revealed in an easy to read format.
For parents, teachers, and therapists

When Love is Not Enough: How MH professionals can help special needs adoptive families
Marian Sandmaier
Discusses the important ways adoptive families are unique, the complex emotional issues, and needs that must be worked through. This book is a great tool for intervention by professionals working with children with special needs and their families.  For professionals and therapists

When Your Child has LD
Gary Fisher and Rhoda Cummings
This book gives parents raising children with LD the information and support they need for their questions and struggles.  For parents and professionals

Where are My Birth Parents?: A guide for teenage adoptees
Karen Gravelle & Susan Fischer
Helps teenage adoptees with the issues involved in searching for birthparents as an adolescent. Discusses the upheavals and difficulties that may occur. For teens and parents

Whole Life Adoption Book
Jayne E. Schooler
Practical information to help adoptive families succeed in creating a nurturing family. Discusses questions to consider before adopting, developing a parent-child bond, success factors for healthy adoptive families dealing with struggles, why children seek their roots, and how to respond.  For adoptive families

Why Didn’t She Keep Me?
Barbara Burlingham Brown
Real life narratives by birthmothers relaying the situations that led them to an adoption decision. This brings insight to the reader about the painful choices birthparents face.
A good read for all members of the adoption triad

Will You Take Care of Me?
Margaret Park Bridges
Little Kangaroo wonders what will happen to him when he grows up. He learns that his mother’s love will last forever and many different ways to say "I love you."
For parents and young children

Working With Older Adoptees
Loren Coleman, Karen Tilbor, Helaine Hornby, Carol Boggis
Presents a range of models that professionals can use in working with and providing services to adolescent adoptees.  For professionals

You Are Special
Fred Rodgers
This book includes passages regarding relationships, parenting, discipline, and communicating. Mr. Rogers discusses his memories and gives advice to parents.
For parents.

Your Defiant Child
Russell Barkley/Christine Benton
This book offers understanding and guidance to parents of a child who have disruptive behavior problems. The child management program contained in this book is one of the most commonly used and effective parent training programs in North America for the management of oppositional and defiant behavior in children.   For children

Zachary's New Home
Geraldine Blomquist
This books elicits common feelings associated with moving into a new home. It is concise and appropriate reading material for any new foster or adoptive family with the purpose of helping a child talk about his feelings.    For children