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Adoption Books
Attachment, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Caring of Children
By
Kate Cairns. 2002. The author, an experienced foster parent, tells
about living with children who have experienced significant trauma, and
helps readers to make sense of the way in which traumatized children behave.
Included is a four-step plan for living and working with unattached children.
Order at www.baaf.org.uk
(BAAF Adoption and Fostering).
Attention
Deficit Disorder Sourcebook
Edited
by Dawn Matthews. 2002. With details about ADHD symptoms, diagnosis,
and causes, Omni graphics’ newest Health Reference Series title is a good
resource for learning more about one of the most common disorders in children.
The book also discusses the different ADHD as well as available treatment
options including homeopathy. To order, call 313-961-1340 or visit www.omnigraphics.com
The
Bipolar Children
By
Janice Papolos and Demitri Papolos, MD. 2002. Newly revised and expanded,
The Bipolar Child offers detail information about diagnosis and current
treatment options for children who suffer from early onset bipolar disorder.
The book also advises parent about advocating for their child in school,
the stage of adolescence, hospitalization, and promising new mood stabilizing
medication and omega-3 fatty acids. Order online or at a local bookstore.
Foster
Youth Money Guide Series
Published
by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the National Endowment for Financial
Education. 2002. To help foster children learn to handle money, this
new guide for youth ages 8 to 11 [Money Pals: Being Cool with cash], another
guide for youth 12 to 15 [I know Where I’m Going (But Will My Cash Keep
Up?)], and a Caregiver’s Handbook, Download abridged pdf files of the
guides and order full paper copies at www.awcf.org
or call 410-547-6600
Improving
Educational Outcome for Youth in Foster Care
By
Melissa Litchfield, Sophia Gatowski, and Maureen McKissick. 2002.
Published by the National Council of Juvenile and family Court Judges,
this bulletin present information from judges and others about practices
concerning foster youth and education, and propose improvement. The publication
is designed to promote system changes that will help foster system get
more from education. To order, call 775- 327- 5300 or visit www.ppncifcj.org.
Making
It Permanent: Responsible Effort to Finalize Permanency Plans for Foster
Children
By
Jennifer Renne and Cecelia Fiemonte. 2002. Written for family court
judges and child advocates, Making It Permanent covers protocol for making
permanency plans, assessing reasonable reunification efforts, handling
interstate placements, and securing adoption subsidies. Also includes
are sample court forms and orders. Order (code 5489326) from the American
Bar Association: 800- 285- 2221; www.abanet.org/abapubs/home.html
Parenting
Your Adopted Older Child
By
Brenda McCreight. 2002. Written by a therapist and mother of nine
(seven of whom were adopted), Dr. McCreight’s new book address issues
that parents who adopt older children face. In accessible language, she
shows parents how to identify their child’s unique needs, create a supportive
home environment, and develop skills to help the child face every challenge.
To order, call New Harbinger Publications at 800-748-6273 or 510-652-0215,
or visit www.newharbinger.com
Staying
Connected: Managing Contact in Adoption
Edited
by Heidi Argent. 2002. After adoption it can be hard to help children
maintain contact with the birth family members and others from the past.
Through articles from those involved in making or evaluating contact arrangements-social
workers, adoptive parents, and academics-Staying Connected suggest how
to establish and sustain contact in a way that keeps the child’s best
interests at heart, Order online form BAAF Adoption and Fostering at www.baaf.org.uk
Who
Will Teach Me to Learn?
By
Canada’s National Youth in Care Network. They haveassembled a list
of recommendations and policy changes aimed at helping more foster youth
successfully complete high school. Order by calling 613-230-8945 or visiting
www.youthincare.ca.
Adoption
Forum
By
Kasey Hamner. 2002. In her new book, Hamner assemble comments from
birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees regarding topics such as
search and reunion, birthdays, and recovering from loss. Also included
is feedback from mental health and adoption professionals, and original
poetry. Order from Triad Publishing; write to TriadPublishing@comcast.net
or call 818-293-1505.
After
the Morning Calm: Reflections of Korean Adoptees
Edited
by Dr. Sook Wilkinson and Nancy Fox. 2002. Told through memories,
reflections, and poetry, 26 Korean adult adoptees speak to a range of
issues common to international adoptees. Included are discussion of identify,
belonging, difference, culture, accommodation, love, and loss that will
resonate with Korean adoptees who are now reaching adolescence. Order
online or at a local bookstores.
Blue
Popsicle
By
NeAnni Y. Ife. 2002. In Blue Popsicles, NeAnni Ife pulls readers back
into the lives of children placed into state-run orphanages in the 1950s
and the 1960s. With the author, readers relive the time she spent growing
up as a black child in a segregated orphanages, experiencing fear, anger,
intimidation, and humiliation, and how she ultimately found personal success
through, determination and faith. Order online or from Xulon Press: 866-381-2665.
Foster
Care Odyssey
By
Theresa Cameron.2002. Abandoned by her mother in the 1950s, Theresa
Cameron spent the next two decades bouncing through foster homes and group
homes enduring racist taunts, insults, and religious hypocrisy. Her account
of growing up in and around Buffalo, New York reveals a welfare system
of the time that placed little value on black children caught in the system.
Order online or from local bookstores.
Journeys
after Adoption:
Understanding Lifelong Issues
By
Jayne Schooler and Betsie Norris. 2002. As anyone touched by adoption
knows, adoption is a lifelong adventure. Drawing upon the collective wisdom
of dozens of triad members, the authors offer insight into the concerns,
issues, joys, and pain encountered by those who lives are intertwined
with adoption. Order online or from Greenwood Publishing: 800-225-5800;
www.greenwood.com.
A
Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee’s Search for Her Roots
By
Katy Robison.2002. When Kim JiYun was seven, her Korean mother and
grandmother watch her board a plane destined for America and an adoptive
family in Utah. Renamed Catherine Robison, the author returned to Korea
20 years later to find her birth family. While there, in a land both familiar
and strange, she experienced man intense and conflicting emotions, and
gained insight into her identify and place in the world. Order online
or through local booksellers, or visit www.asinglesquarepicture.com.
A
New Baker in the House
By
Tomie DePaola.2002. When Marcos, a Spanish-speaking puppy, joins the
Baker family, the older twin puppies overwhelm him with their exuberance.
“No juego!” he finally yips. “I don’t play.” From there, as the family
adjust, the twins learn some Spanish, Marcos learns English, and soon
the Bakers are a happy family again. Order online or from a local bookseller.
Maybe
Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care
By
Jennifer Wilgocki and Marcia K. Wright. 2002. Geared for children
age’s four to eight, Maybe Days looks at foster care through a child’s
eyes. The book also explains the responsibilities of parents, foster parents,
social workers, lawyers, and judges, and emphasizes that the child’s job
is simply to be a child. Order online or through a local bookseller.
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