Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Adoption and Fostering for Professionals AUTUMN-WINTER 2014
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Attachment
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Foster and Residential Care
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Read with Children on the Spectrum
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Life Story Work
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Social Work and Child Protection
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Working with Children with Additional Needs
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// Key Titles Attachment, Trauma, and Healing Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children, Families and Adults Terry M. Levy and Michael Orlans Foreword by Sumiko Hennessy JUN 2014 - 480pp - pb - £25.00 - $39.95
Clear and authoritative, this is a comprehensive overview of attachment theory, covering how attachment issues manifest and the authors’ unique treatment models.
No Matter What An Adoptive Family’s Story of Hope, Love and Healing Sally Donovan JUL 2013 - 352pp - pb - £9.99 - $16.95
The uplifting true story of an ordinary couple’s journey from a diagnosis of infertility to their decision to adopt two children who suffered abuse in their early life. By turns heart-rending, inspiring and hilarious.
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Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children
But We All Shine On
An Evidence-Based Model for Understanding and Supporting Families Edited by David Shemmings and Yvonne Shemmings MAR 2014 - 240pp - pb - £22.99 - $36.95
Presenting an evidence-based model for assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers, this book outlines key indicators of child maltreatment and effective interventions for child protection workers.
The Remarkable Orphans of Burbank Children’s Home Paolo Hewitt OCT 2014 - 176pp - pb - £8.99 - $14.95
After a childhood spent in care at Burbank Children’s Home, Paolo Hewitt embarks upon a personal journey as an adult to discover whatever happened to his close childhood friends. He reveals their stories - from the funny to inspiring to heart-breaking - and makes new discoveries about himself, his friends and the power of the human spirit.
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The Looked After Kid
The Social Worker’s Guide to Children and Families Law
OCT 2014 - 256pp - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Second Edition
Lynn Davis MAY 2014 - 320pp - pb - £19.99 - $32.95
This is the only book social workers need to make sense of the key elements of children’s and family law. Fully updated, it reflects recent legislation and guidelines.
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The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting The Small Stuff, The Big Stuff and The Stuff In Between Sally Donovan Foreword by Dr. Vivien Norris,Jim Clifford OBE and Sue Clifford NOV 2014 - 256pp - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Witty and compassionate, this is a savvy adoptive parenting guide like no other, written by award-winning columnist and adoptive parent Sally Donovan.
Memoirs from a Children’s Home Paolo Hewitt Placed in care at an early age, Paolo Hewitt vividly describes his early life spent with an abusive foster family before he is moved to Burbank children’s home aged 10. There he meets a gang of inspiring children who are outsiders just like him, and together they struggle to create a life for themselves.
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Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth Developing Evidence-Based International Practice Edited by James K. Whittaker, Jorge F. del Valle and Lisa Holmes Foreword by Robbie Gilligan SEP 2014 - 392pp - pb - £27.99 - $45.00
This international review of therapeutic residential child care covers the latest research on how it works, how much it costs and how to deliver it.
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// Key Titles Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder A Guide to FASD for Parents, Carers and Professionals
Maria Catterick and Liam Curran Foreword by Ed Riley AUG 2014 - 168pp - isbn1 - pb - £13.99 - $23.95
Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a useful introduction to the most common non-genetic learning disability, which is caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Written by two FASD experts, it describes how alcohol can harm the foetus and disrupt development, and explains how FASD affects individuals at different stages of their lives. With the aid of simple, illustrative diagrams, photographs and charts, it shows how you can identify FASD and gives guidance on how mothers at risk can be helped. It also provides advice for parents or carers on how children, young people and adults with FASD can be best supported. Accessible and informative, this is the essential guide to FASD for social workers, family placement teams, child protection workers, foster carers, adoptive parents, midwives and teachers. “This book calls for appropriate assessments and interventions, and a collaborative approach to supporting the complex needs of individuals with FASD. This message is one that needs to be heard far and wide! Written in easy to understand language, this informative book is a “must” for anyone caring for or working in the field of FASD - the tools and strategies for success cover a wealth of practical and helpful tips.” Bernadette Howell, adoptive mother of two sons diagnosed with FASD
MARIA CATTERICK trained as a social worker and has 30 years’ practical experience of working in the voluntary and community sector. She has been a foster carer for 10 years, during which time she has cared for children and young people with a variety of needs, including FASD. She founded the FASD Network UK which supports families affected by pre-natal alcohol exposure, runs training for professionals and is dedicated to raising awareness.
Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Planning, Assessing and Good Practice
Louis Sydney, Elsie Price and Adoptionplus Foreword by Kim Golding JUN 2014 - 216pp - isbn2 - pb - £19.99 - $34.95
Most children who are fostered or adopted have some level of contact with their birth family -- whether face-to-face or by letter -- yet most of the time the psychological impact of contact on the child isn’t considered. This book explores what attachment, neuroscience and trauma tell us about how contact affects children, and shows how poorly executed contact can be unhelpful or even harmful to the child. Assessment frameworks are provided which take the child’s developmental needs into account. The authors also outline a model for managing and planning contact to make it more purposeful and increase its potential for therapeutic benefit. The book covers the challenges presented by the internet for managing contact, unique issues for children in kinship care, problems that arise when adoptive parents separate. Brimming with practical advice and creative solutions, this is an indispensable tool for social workers, contact centre workers, and other professionals involved in contact arrangements or the therapeutic support of fostered and adopted children. “…Much compassion is shown for the child , adopters, foster carers, other family relations and the birth parents, where it all began. Their sensitive and moving case examples show us that contact can be healing for all involved; leaving the child stronger and those touched by this child healthier.”
LOUIS SYDNEY is a Child and Adult Psychotherapist and Specialist Adoption Consultant who has been working with children and families for over 10 years. He has training in Theraplay®, Dan Hughes’ Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Somatic Experience and Story Stems, and a Diploma in Supervision from the Gestalt Centre. ELSIE PRICE is a Qualified Social Worker and Practice Teacher with over 35 years’ experience of working with looked after children.
From the foreword by Kim Golding, Clinical Psychologist with Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
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// Attachment // Attachment, Trauma, and Healing
Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children, Families and Adults
Terry M. Levy and Michael Orlans Foreword by Sumiko Hennessy JUN 2014 - 480pp - 9781849058889 - pb - £25.00 - $39.95
Now in a fully updated and expanded edition, Levy and Orlans’ classic text provides a comprehensive overview of attachment theory, how attachment issues manifest, and how they can be treated. The book covers attachment-focused assessment and diagnosis, specialised training and education for caregivers, treatment for children and caregivers and early intervention and prevention programmes for high-risk families. The authors explain their unique models of ‘corrective attachment therapy’ and ‘corrective attachment parenting’, and provide practical guidance on goals and techniques for clinicians who work with maltreated and attachment disordered children and families. This second edition incorporates advances in the fields of child and family psychology that have occurred since the book first published in 1998, with substantial new sections on interpersonal neurobiology, adult and couple treatment, the application of positive psychology. Clear, authoritative and skills-oriented, this is the essential guide to attachment for psychologists, social workers, clinicians, as well as foster and adoptive parents. “This updated second edition will be useful for pre-adoptive families as well as for families who already have a child who has a trauma history. It will be, without question, an important resource for professionals who work with families who are helping their child heal, and professionals will also find the extensive bibliography helpful.” Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D., Founder/Director of the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio, co-author of Adopting the Hurt Child, Parenting the Hurt Child, and author of Parenting Adopted Adolescents
TERRY M. Levy, Ph.D., D.A.P.A., B.C.F.E. is a psychotherapist, trainer, supervisor, and consultant with over forty years of experience. Dr. Levy previously founded and directed the Family Life Center in Florida and the Miami Psychotherapy Institute. MICHAEL ORLANS is a Certified Master Therapist with forty years of clinical experience working with children, adults, and families in public mental health, the criminal justice system, and private practice. He is an internationally renowned author and trainer who has taught throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Japan.
Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children
An Evidence-Based Model for Understanding and Supporting Families
Edited by David Shemmings and Yvonne Shemmings MAR 2014 - 240pp - 9781849053228 - pb - £22.99 - $36.95
Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidencebased model for working with and assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers: families whose extreme, erratic and disturbing behaviour can make them perplexing and frustrating to work with. The model is designed to identify key indicators and explanatory mechanisms of child maltreatment: disorganized attachment in the child, a parent’s unresolved loss or trauma, disconnected and extremely insensitive parenting, and low parental mentalisation. The book also outlines ways of assessing children for disorganized attachment and carer capacity, and proposes interventions. “This book should be mandatory reading for all those working in child protection. It is much more than a book about attachment – what David and Yvonne Shemmings offer is a really practical way of working with children and their families.”
DAVID SHEMMINGS is Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent. He undertook his PhD in attachment theory, and has spent most of his working life in the field of child protection.
Joanna Nicolas, Child Protection Consultant and Trainer
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// Attachment Understanding Disorganized Attachment Theory and Practice for Working with Children and Adults
David Shemmings and Yvonne Shemmings MAR 2011 - 240pp - 9781849050449 - pb - £19.99 - $32.95
Disorganized attachment, the most extreme form of insecure attachment, can develop in a child when the person who is normally meant to protect them is a source of danger. This usually leads to ‘fear without solution’ and the effects can be lasting and damaging. This book is a comprehensive and accessible text on disorganized attachment. It outlines what it is, how it can be identified and the key causes, including neurological, biochemical and genetic explanations. Factors that contribute to disorganized attachment are covered including unresolved loss and trauma, and the behaviour of caregivers. The authors also discuss evidence-based interventions to help families and carers as well as how to work with adults to prevent or minimize its occurrence. To root the theory in practice and to illustrate real-life examples of disorganized attachment case vignettes are included. With an authoritative research base, this accessible text will be invaluable to practitioners and academics in the fields of social care, psychology, counselling and allied health professions as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students. “This accessible and informative book takes an up-to-date approach to the topic of disorganized attachment... The text has an authoritative research base and will be of use to social work and counselling/therapy professionals.” The Journal of Analytical Psychology
YVONNE SHEMMINGS is a Continuing Professional Development Specialist and has trained professionals in over 30 child protection organizations. She is a qualified social worker and a senior manager, and her work includes the use of attachment theory in practice. Both David and Yvonne have published widely in the fields of child and adult attachment and child protection.
A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder Colby Pearce MAY 2009 - 112pp - 9781843109570 - pb - £12.99 - $20.95
This book presents a short and accessible introduction to what ‘attachment’ means and how to recognise attachment disorders in children. The author explains how complex problems in childhood may stem from the parent-child relationship during a child’s early formative years, and later from the child’s engagement with the broader social world. It explores the mindset of difficult and traumatised children and the motivations behind their apparently antisocial and defensive tendencies. A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder includes case vignettes to illustrate examples, and offers a comprehensive set of tried-andtested practical strategies for parents, carers and practitioners in supportive roles caring for children. “The usefulness of this book, for any professional working with children and young people who have any kind of attachment difficulty cannot be over stated. For those who have a limited knowledge, it is accessible, informative and practical. For those who have a greater knowledge, it highlights in jargon-free language the importance of understanding attachment.” Journal of Mental Health “...a good starting point for prospective adopters and even professionals who have little knowledge or understanding of attachment issues... This is a simple, basic and easy book to read and a good introduction to attachment.”
BESTSELLER COLBY PEARCE is Principal Psychologist at Secure Start, a private psychology practice based in Adelaide that provides assessment and psychotherapy services in the areas of child protection, inter-country adoption, refugees and community child and family psychology. He has extensive experience in the teaching and training of psychologists and other professionals particularly in relation to insecure and attachment disordered children.
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// Attachment Nurturing Attachments Training Resource Running Parenting Groups for Adoptive Parents and Foster or Kinship Carers
Kim S. Golding SEP 2013 - 340pp - 9781849053280 - pb - £80.00 - $125.00
Nurturing Attachments Training Resource is a complete group-work programme containing everything you need to run training and support sessions for adoptive parents and foster or kinship carers. Based on attachment theory and developed by expert author and trainer Kim Golding, this rich resource provides an authoritative set of ideas for therapeutically parenting children along with all the guidance you will need to implement the training. The training resource includes theoretical content and process notes for facilitators, and a range of activities supported by a CD-ROM with photocopiable reflective diary sheets, activity sheets and handouts. It is structured into 3 modules with 6 sessions per module. Module 1: Provides an understanding of attachment theory, patterns of attachment and an introduction to therapeutic parenting. Module 2: Introduces the House Model of Parenting, providing guidance on how to help the children experience the family as a secure base. Module 3: Continues exploring the House Model of Parenting, with consideration of how parents can both build a relationship with the children and manage their behaviour. This will be an invaluable resource and one-stop guide for any professionals involved in training foster carers and adoptive parents, as well as residential child care workers and kinship carers. “Foster carers and adoptive parents can make bringing up children and young people with complex needs and helping them feel part of their new families appear effortless, but my experience of working with some of the best shows that it’s far from easy. I welcome any resource that supports carers to do this well. This material, from an author with a great deal of knowledge about the tasks involved, and with its focus on what they can do and everyday strategies which will make a difference, is very welcome.”
KIM S. Golding is a clinical psychologist who works in Worcestershire, England where she was influential in the founding of the Integrated Service for Looked After Children - a multi-agency, holistic service providing support for foster, adoptive and residential parents, schools and the range of professionals supporting children growing up in care or in adoptive families. Kim was trained and mentored by Dan Hughes in the use of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP). She is on the board of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute supporting the use of DDP in Europe, USA and Canada.
Dr Andrea Warman, social care research, policy and development consultant, UK
Nurturing Attachments Supporting Children who are Fostered or Adopted
Kim S. Golding DEC 2007 - 240pp - 9781843106142 - pb - £18.99 - $34.95
Nurturing Attachments combines the experience and wisdom of parents and carers with that of professionals to provide support and practical guidance for foster and adoptive parents looking after children with insecure attachment relationships. It gives an overview of attachment theory and a stepby-step model of parenting.
Creating Loving Attachments
Parenting with PACE to Nurture Confidence and Security in the Troubled Child
Kim S. Golding and Daniel A. Hughes MAR 2012 - 240pp - 9781849052276 - pb - £16.99 - $24.9 5
Troubled children need special parenting to build attachments and heal from trauma. This book provides a parenting model that parents and carers can follow to incorporate love, play, acceptance, curiosity and empathy into their parenting. These elements are vital to a child’s development and will help children to feel confident, secure and happy.
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// Attachment Attaching Through Love, Hugs and Play
Simple Strategies to Help Build Connections with Your Child
Deborah D. Gray APR 2014 - 240pp - 9781849059398 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Capturing the warmth and fun of forming close relationships with children, this book offers simple advice to parents of children who find it difficult to attach and bond -- whether following adoption, divorce or other difficult experiences. Attachment therapist Deborah D. Gray describes how to use the latest thinking on attachment in your daily parenting. She reveals sensory techniques which have proven to help children bond -- straightforward activities like keeping close eye contact or stroking a child’s feet or cheeks -- and explains why routines like mealtimes and play time are so important in helping children to attach. The book offers positive ideas for responding to immediate crises like difficult behaviour and meltdowns, but importantly also offers longer-term strategies to help children to develop the skills they need to cope as they grow up -- the ability to plan, concentrate and be in control of their emotions. Offering fascinating insights into how children who struggle to attach can be helped, this book is full of easy-to-use ideas which will help you to enjoy the many pleasures of bonding and attaching with your child.
DEBORAH D. Gray is the author of the bestselling book for parents, Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents and an award-winning book for professionals, Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma.
A Child’s Journey Through Placement Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D. FEB 2012 - 432pp - Paperback - 9781849058988 - $24.95 Not Available to buy in the UK
Foster children are more likely than other children to be involved in risky activities online due to backgrounds of neglect and abuse, an absence of supportive adults, lower self-esteem, and greater exposure to drugs and alcohol. Covering all the dangers of online technology that your foster child might encounter, from cyberbullying and “sexting”, to child grooming and online hoaxes, this book pays particular attention to dangers unique to foster families, such as the difficulties internet access poses for maintaining formal arrangements for contact with birth families. DeGarmo equips foster parents and professionals with strategies to keep foster children safe online, giving tips on establishing expectations for internet usage, advice on how to prevent inappropriate contact and protect personal information, and explaining the importance of “netiquette”.
Nurturing Adoptions Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma
Deborah D. Gray FEB 2012 - 512pp - 9781849058919 - pb - £16.99 - $24.95
This is a comprehensive guide to nurturing adoptions, explaining the theory behind the impact of neglect and trauma on children’s development, and what attachment means. It provides professionals with the knowledge and advice they need to help adoptive families build positive relationships and help children heal.
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A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children Colby Pearce 2011 - 112pp - 9781849051187 £13.99 - $19.95
This book provides a succinct, accessible and clear guide on how to promote resilience in children and achieve positive developmental outcomes for them.The author covers three key factors that affect resiliency: vulnerability to stress and anxiety, attachment relationships, and access to basic needs.
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// Attachment Attachment in Common Sense and Doodles A Practical Guide
Miriam Silver FEB 2013 - 208pp - 9781849053143 pb - £13.99 - $19.95
An informal introduction to attachment and what it means for understanding and helping children who have experienced trauma, neglect or abuse. Doodles featuring throughout the book bring the ideas to life - ideal for parents or professionals caring for fostered, adopted and looked after children.
Understanding Attachment and Attachment Disorders
Theory, Evidence and Practice
Vivien Prior and Danya Glaser AUG 2006 - 288pp - 9781843102458 - pb - £22.99 - $36.95
This book offers a thorough examination and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its influence on development, and attachment disorders. Summarising the existing knowledge base in accessible language, this is a comprehensive reference book for professionals including social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, teachers, and researchers.
Observing Children with Attachment Difficulties in School
A Tool for Identifying and Supporting Emotional and Social Difficulties in Children Aged 5-11
Kim S. Golding, Jane Fain, Ann Frost, Cathy Mills, Helen Worrall, Netty Roberts, Eleanor Durrant and Sian Templeton NOV 2012 - 160pp - 9781849053365 - pb - £19.99 $29.95
An observational tool designed to help structure observations of children aged 5 – 11 with attachment issues in school. Simple checklists and diagrams help to identify emotional and behavioural problems, and hand-outs with activities are provided to provide emotional support and identify appropriate interventions.
Observing Children with Attachment Difficulties in Preschool Settings A Tool for Identifying and Supporting Emotional and Social Difficulties
Kim S. Golding, Jane Fain, Ann Frost, Sian Templeton and Eleanor Durrant NOV 2012 - 160pp - 9781849053372 - pb - £19.99 $29.95
This child observation tool has been designed to help structure observations of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in early years settings. Simple checklists and diagrams help to identify particular behavioural patterns and attachment issues, and appropriate interventions. Handouts with activities are also included.
New Families, Old Scripts A Guide to the Language of Trauma and Attachment in Adoptive Families
Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon FEB 2006 - 256pp - 9781843102588 pb - £18.99 - $29.95
Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences. This book is an accessible introduction to understanding these challenges and helping children and their families to develop a shared language and understanding of one another.
A Practical Guide to Caring for Children and Teenagers with Attachment Difficulties Chris Taylor FEB 2010 - 224pp - 9781849050814 pb - £18.99 - $32.95
It explains what attachment is, what the different patterns look like in children and young people, how early attachment experiences affect their lives, and how this understanding can help childcare workers to develop therapeutic ways of caring. An essential book for professionals such residential carers, social workers and foster carers.
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// Attachment The Teacher’s Introduction to Attachment
Practical Essentials for Teachers, Carers and School Support Staff
Nicola Marshall Foreword by Phil Thomas JUL 2014 - 160pp - 9781849055505 - pb - £13.99 - $22.95
Simple and concise, The Teacher’s Introduction to Attachment offers an easy way to understand children with attachment issues and how they can be supported. Author Nicola Marshall combines her expertise as an adoptive parent and schools trainer to describe in plain English what attachment is, how children develop attachment problems and how these problems affect a child’s social, emotional and neurological development. She addresses some of the difficulties in identifying attachment issues in children - common among children who are in care or adopted, but which are sometimes mistaken for symptoms of ADHD or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Nicola also describes a range of helpful principles and practical strategies which will help children flourish - from simple tips for the individual on how to improve their communication to the changes a school can make to reduce a child’s anxiety about changes and transitions. Ideal for teachers and support staff to pick up and use, this book is an essential addition to any school’s staff library. “I found this book to be enormously helpful and also reassuring. It bolstered my toolkit of resources to understand and help the vulnerable children I come across - and it reassured me that I am equipped to help: those children I think are hard to reach are actually within my reach and I can be the person to help them... Compassionate and intelligent [this is] an accessible book for all.”
ESSENTIAL FOR TEACHERS NICOLA MARSHALL is a certified coach and adoptive parent of three. She runs her own training company, BraveHeart Education, which visits schools to educate teachers about attachment and its implications for the classroom
Phil Thomas, Teacher, Headteacher and Resilience Trainer
Empathic Care for Children with Disorganized Attachments
A Model for Mentalizing, Attachment and TraumaInformed Care
Chris Taylor JUL 2012 - 208pp - 9781849051828 - pb - £18.99 $29.95
This practical guide synthesises attachment, trauma and Mentalization theory into a practice model for those caring for children and young people with disorganized attachment. It aims to equip practitioners with the knowledge and skills to provide empathic care in safe, therapeutic relationships that support both the child and the caregiver.
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Trauma, Attachment and Family Permanence Fear Can Stop You Loving
Edited by Caroline Archer and Alan Burnell Foreword by Daniel Hughes FEB 2003 - 336pp - 9781843100218 pb - £19.99 - $34.95
Fostered and adopted children can present major challenges resulting from unresolved attachment issues and early traumatic experiences. This book provides a variety of complementary perspectives on the needs of these children and their families, focusing on ways of integrating attachment theory and developmental psychology into effective practice.
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// Foster and Residential Care But We All Shine On
The Remarkable Orphans of Burbank Children’s Home
Paolo Hewitt OCT 2014 - 176pp - 9781849055833 - pb - £8.99 - $14.95
We orphans are the most important kids in the world.’ But We All Shine On tells the inspiring story of Paolo Hewitt’s journey to track down a group of friends who shared his childhood in care at Burbank Children’s Home. Stepping into the past, Paolo hears remarkable stories about how his friends coped with life both in and out of care. We meet Des, the boy who reinvented himself, Norman, the runaway child who crossed a continent, David, the boy who couldn’t be heard, and the curious case of Terry – the child who stood in a school field for four days. Paolo hears about his friends’ struggles and triumphs, and discovers many things: about himself, about care, but most of all about the indomitable force of the human spirit – even when faced with the most overwhelming odds. Gripping, insightful and refreshingly honest, But We All Shine On: The Remarkable Orphans Of Burbank Children’s Home is a worthy companion to the Paolo Hewitt’s classic memoir The Looked After Kid: Memoir of a Life in Care as a moving account of the strength and resilience of children. “If you want to read a beautiful, uplifting book about the survival of the human spirit, and good lives being forged from the most unfortunate origins, then But We All Shine On is absolutely essential. The subject matter and intensely personal nature of the material makes it perfect for Paolo Hewitt’s positive, soulful prose. He and his friends don’t spare us the pain and sorrow, but they make us feel the relief and redemption that love, hope, humour and togetherness bring to that suffering.” Irvine Welsh, Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer
PAOLO HEWITT is a journalist and author of over 20 acclaimed books spanning music, fashion, sport and growing up in care. He began his writing career at Melody Maker and New Musical Express in the 1970s, has been official biographer to Oasis and The Jam, and continues to write regularly for national newspapers and magazines. He has recently published an acclaimed sequel to The Looked After Kid which describes the lives of some of the children he grew up with after leaving care: But We All Shine On: The Remarkable Orphans
The Looked After Kid
Memoirs from a Children’s Home
Paolo Hewitt OCT 2014 - 256pp - 9781849055888 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Placed in care at a very early age, Paolo Hewitt went to live with a foster family where he endured extreme abuse and humiliation. Following years of abuse he was sent to Burbank children’s home at the age of ten where he met a gang of children. Like him, they were outsiders struggling to find their place in the world. Paolo paints a vivid picture of his coming of age in the children’s home; of bruising fights, failed love, brushes with the law and enduring friendships, and describes how his salvation eventually comes through his passion for music and literature. Gripping and perceptive, The Looked After Kid is a testament to the resilience of children who ‘go to sleep at night believing the world to be a dark and terrible place’, but wonderfully emerge from the darkness to shine their lights on all.
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“He manages to offer insights and encouragement for cared-for-youngsters -- and their care staff.’ The Guardian He offers rare insight into the psyche of those who grow up without the unconditional love of a parent. The Times
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// Foster and Residential Care Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth Developing Evidence-Based International Practice
Edited by James K. Whittaker, Jorge F. del Valle and Lisa Holmes Foreword by Robbie Gilligan SEP 2014 - 392pp - 9781849059633 - hb - £90.00 - $150.00
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Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth Developing Evidence-Based International Practice Edited by James K. Whittaker, Jorge F. del Valle and Lisa Holmes Foreword by Rob bie Gilligan SEP 2014 - 392pp - 9781849057929 - pb - £27.99 - $45.00
Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support. Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines current research and innovative practice and addresses the key questions: how does it work, what are its critical “active ingredients” and does it represent value for money? The book covers a broad spectrum of established and emerging approaches pioneered around with world, with contributors from the USA, Canada, Scandinavia, Spain, Australia, Israel and the UK offering a mix of practice and research exemplars. The book also looks at the research relating to critical issues for child welfare service providers: the best time to refer children to residential care, how children can be helped to make the transition into care, the characteristics of children entering and exiting care, strategies for engaging families as partners, how the substantial cost of providing intensive is best measured against outcomes, and what research and development challenges will allow therapeutic residential care to be rigorously compared with its evidencebased community-centered alternatives. Importantly, the volume also outlines how to set up and implement intensive child welfare services, considering how transferable they are, how to measure success and value for money, and the training protocols and staffing needed to ensure that a programme is effective. This comprehensive volume will enable child welfare professionals, researchers and policymakers to develop a refined understanding of the potential of therapeutic residential care, and to identify the highest and best uses of this intensive and specialized intervention.
JAMES K. Whittaker is The Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor of Social Work Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle where he has served as a member of senior faculty since 1970. His research and teaching interests encompass child and family policy and services, and the integration of evidence-based practices into contemporary child & family services. Jorge F. del Valle is the Director of the Child and Family Research Group (GIFI) and a professor at the Department of Psychology at University of Oviedo in Spain. Lisa Holmes is Assistant Director of the Centre for Child and Family Research at
Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children A Guide to Reflective Practice
Dr Joanna North SEP 2013 - 176pp - 9781849054461 - pb - £14.99 - $22.95
Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children is an accessible guide to using mindfulness and reflection to improve the quality of care for vulnerable children. Drawing on ideas from attachment theory and neuroscience, Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children explains terms like mindfulness and reflective practice, their importance in the therapeutic care of children and how the theory behind them can provide a key to understanding children’s behaviour. This book discusses how the mental and emotional environment around children affects them, and how practising mindfulness can help us generate more supportive environments. The author also features an ‘Awareness Pentagon’ model for reflective practice, an original tool developed through her training designed to help you to approach cases critically and to focus more effectively on the child’s needs.
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// Foster and Residential Care Improving Access to Further and Higher Education for Young People in Public Care European Policy and Practice
Sonia Jackson and Claire Cameron JUN 2014 - 288pp - 9781849053662 - hb - £60.00 - $95.00
Across Europe young people in public care are around five times less likely to attend tertiary education than those who have not been in care. This book provides a comprehensive account of why this shocking discrepancy exists and outlines ways to address the imbalance. Drawing extensively on a substantial three-year long European Union funded research project led by the authors, this book examines the participation of young people in care in further and higher education in Europe. It provides a historical and legislative overview of the topic and in-depth national case studies look at the situation in England, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and Hungary. The authors set out clearly what we can learn from these cross-national comparisons and how to create more equal opportunities for children and young people in care. This important book will be essential reading for researchers and policy makers working on child welfare or young people in care, including government and local authority policy-makers, managers of children’s and education services, school governors, and academics working in the fields of education, sociology, psychology, social work and social policy. “The authors of this important book have made a substantial contribution to what we know about the dismal educational performance of children and youth in public care. Synthesized data from five countries strongly support what Sonia Jackson has said for decades: “It does not have to be like this”. Say it loud and clear, so that everyone can hear.”
SONIA JACKSON is Professor Emerita of Social Care and Education at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. She was project director of the UK-based research project By Degrees: From Care to University and followed this by initiating and directing the project on which this book is based. CLAIRE CAMERON is a Reader in Education and Co-Deputy Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education.
Bo Vinnerljung, Professor of Social Work, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Creating Stable Foster Placements
Learning from Foster Children and the Families Who Care For Them
Andy Pithouse and Alyson Rees Foreword by Freda Lewis NOV 2014 - 224pp - 9781849054812 - pb - £22.99 - $39.95
Andy Pithouse and Alyson Rees use original research to identify key ingredients needed to help create successful foster placements and help prevent placement breakdown. Studying the lives and activities of 10 foster families who provide lasting and effective care, the authors explore the families’ everyday worlds. They look at the negotiations, activities, settings, meanings, rituals and relationships which help to create their successful placements. The authors identify the main components which, according to the carers and the children, contribute to acceptance, belonging and stability in the family. The book examines the emotional and practical work involved in caring, and explores how it is received and reciprocated by fostered young people. With important insights into child and carer perspectives on fostering, this book is a source of invaluable information for foster carers, children’s service professionals, and trainees and care staff who may be engaged with children who are looked after.
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ANDY PITHOUSE (PhD; AcSS) is a researcher in child and family services at Cardiff School of Social Sciences. He has published extensively in areas such as child advocacy, child protection, family service systems, and early intervention. ALYSON REES (PhD) is a senior lecturer at Cardiff School of Social Sciences and has been a social work practitioner for 16 years. She has been involved in a range of child and family research projects.
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// Foster and Residential Care Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care A Model for Integrated Therapeutic Care Jeanette Caw with Judy Sebba Foreword by Robbie Gilligan NOV 2013 - 288pp - 9781849054454 - pb - £25.00 - $40.00
Team Parenting is a unique model of supporting children in care which involves foster carers and professionals working together to create stable and therapeutic foster placements. This book describes the model’s key principles and interventions and includes ideas that will inform and improve foster carers’ and professionals’ work in any setting.
Inside Kinship Care Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support Edited by David Pitcher Foreword by Bob Broad OCT 2013 - 264pp - 9781849053464 - pb - £22.99 - $39.95
This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on ‘inside’ kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members involved in kinship care, and covers issues such as safeguarding, assessment, therapy, permanence and placement breakdown. It is essential reading for social workers, therapists, counsellors and psychologists.
Kinship Care Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements Elaine Farmer and Sue Moyers MAY 2008 - 256pp - 9781843106319 - pb - £25.00 - $45.00
This book compares formal kinship care to traditional foster placements. The authors explore whether children placed with family and friends fare better or worse than other foster children, what services are provided and needed, and how kin care is experienced by carers, children and social workers.
Young People Leaving Care Supporting Pathways to Adulthood
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Young People An Attachment and TraumaInformed Model for Practice Susan Barton, Rudy Gonzalez and Patrick Tomlinson SEP 2011 - 288pp - 9781849052559 - pb - £22.99 - $39.95
This book provides a model of care for traumatized children, based on theory and practice experience pioneered at the Lighthouse Foundation, Australia.
Just Care Restorative Justice Approaches to Working with Children in Public Care Belinda Hopkins Foreword by Jonathan Stanley SEP 2009 - 224pp - 9781843109815 - pb - £29.99 - $49.95
In this photocopiable resource, Belinda Hopkins identifies the practical benefits of employing the restorative approach, and offers a fresh look at encouraging self-regulation through the promotion of pro-social behaviour and greater involvement of the young people themselves in making choices that address everyone’s needs.
A Practical Guide to Fostering Law
Fostering Regulations, Child Care Law and the Youth Justice System Lynn Davis AUG 2010 - 240pp - 9781849050920 - pb - £19.99 - $36.95
A jargon-free guide that aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of regulations surrounding childcare and to demystify the jargon and terminology which is often used but rarely explained.
A Child’s Journey to Recovery Assessment and Planning with Traumatized Children
Mike Stein
Patrick Tomlinson and Terry Philpot Foreword by Mary Walsh
JUL 2012 - 200pp - 9781849052443 - pb - £25.00 - $42.50
DEC 2007 - 160pp - 9781843103301 - pb - £15.99 - $28.95
An authoritative text highlighting the key issues affecting young people taking the step from leaving care to adulthood. Covers relevant research, policy and practice, and advises on how best to understand, prepare and support young people.
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Demonstrating how carefully planned and assessed treatment can help traumatized children, this book outlines how to set up a process for measuring a child’s progress towards recovery. Uniquely, the book describes a practical outcomes-based approach that can be provided by an integrated multi-disciplinary team.
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// Foster and Residential Care Social Pedagogy and Working with Children and Young People
Child-Centred Foster Care
Where Care and Education Meet
AUG 2011 - 200pp - 9781849051743 - pb - £19.99 - $32.95
Edited by Claire Cameron and Peter Moss JUN 2011 - 224pp - 9781849051194 - pb - £25.99 - $42.95
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theory, principles and practice of social pedagogy and the profession of social pedagogue. With chapters from leading international contributors, it outlines the roots of social pedagogy and its development in Europe, and its role in relation to individuals, groups, communities and societies.
Communication Skills for Working with Children and Young People Introducing Social Pedagogy Pat Petrie APR 2011 - 176pp - 9781849051378 - pb - £15.99 - $24.95
This practical guide identifies the child and their relationship with the adult as the basis upon which real communication can be made. Topics covered include non-verbal communication, attentive listening, empathy, the part played by questions, working constructively with conflict and criticism, and communicating in groups.
Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-Term Foster Care Gillian Schofield and Emma Ward OCT 2010 - 224pp - 9781849050265 - pb - £22.99 - $36.95
For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements. Understanding the experiences of parents is therefore essential for social workers.
How Does Foster Care Work? International Evidence on Outcomes
A Rights-Based Model for Practice Annabel Goodyer
This book sets out a child-centred approach to foster care which argues against thinking about children purely from a psychological perspective and instead places children’s views, rights and needs at the centre of care. It sets out the theory behind working with children who are fostered, and discusses children’s views about the fostering system.
Fostering a Child’s Recovery Family Placement for Traumatized Children
Mike Thomas and Terry Philpot Foreword by Mary Walsh JAN 2009 - 160pp - 9781843103271 - pb - £15.99 - $34.95
This evidence-based book outlines the principles of family placement on the basis of planning and evidence, and explores the qualities, skills and insights that create positive placement outcomes. The book shows how the key to good fostering is well-trained and skilled foster carers who form part of a team of professionals who surround the child.
Living Alongside a Child’s Recovery Therapeutic Parenting with Traumatized Children Billy Pughe and Terry Philpot Foreword by Mary Walsh DEC 2006 - 144pp - 9781843103288 - pb - £15.99 - $28.95
This book asserts that a good understanding of child development and attachment theory is essential to effective therapeutic parenting of a traumatized child, it details the roots of trauma as well as the impact this has on a child’s ability to maintain normal family bonds, whether with birth or foster parents, or staff in a residential setting.
Edited by Elizabeth Fernandez and Richard P. Barth Foreword by James K Whittaker JUL 2010 - 320pp - 9781849058124 - hb - £49.99 - $85.00
How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in children’s services across the developed world.
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// Workbooks and Activity Guides Starving the Anger Gremlin for Children Aged 5-9
A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Anger Management
Kate Collins-Donnelly AUG 2014 - 168pp - 9781849054935 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Help children to understand and manage their anger with this fun and imaginative workbook. The Anger Gremlin is a naughty creature and his favourite food is your anger! The more anger you feed him, the bigger and bigger he gets and the angrier and angrier you feel! How can you stop this? Starve the Anger Gremlin of angry thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and watch him disappear! Based on cognitive behavioural principles, this workbook uses fun and engaging activities to teach children how to manage their anger by changing how they think and act – getting rid of their Anger Gremlins for good! Packed full of stories, puzzles, quizzes, and colouring, drawing and writing games, this is an excellent resource for parents or practitioners to use with children aged 5 to 9 years. “…a high quality programme with innovative, fun and age-appropriate materials to support young children to manage their emotions successfully. I envisage schools, parents and children benefiting greatly from using this structured approach to cognitive behavioural therapy.” Andrew Truby, Headteacher at St Thomas of Canterbury School, Sheffield, UK
BESTSELLING AUTHOR KATE COLLINSDONNELLY has worked as a therapist, psychologist, criminologist and anger management consultant based in the UK for many years. She presently runs a successful independent consultancy practice which provides cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, coaching and training.
Starving the Anxiety Gremlin for Children Aged 5-9
A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Anxiety Management
Kate Collins-Donnelly AUG 2014 - 144pp - 9781849054928 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Help children to understand and manage their anxiety with this engaging and imaginative workbook. The Anxiety Gremlin is a mischievous creature who loves to gobble up your anxious feelings! The more anxiety you feed him, the bigger and bigger he gets and the more and more anxious you feel! How can you stop this? Starve your Anxiety Gremlin of anxious thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and watch him shrink! Based on cognitive behavioural principles, this workbook uses fun and imaginative activities to teach children how to manage their anxiety by changing how they think and act – getting rid of their Anxiety Gremlins for good! Bursting with stories, puzzles, quizzes, and colouring, drawing and writing games, this is a unique tool for parents or practitioners to use with children aged 5 to 9 years. “Kate Collins-Donnelly offers children, parents and professionals working with children the strategies they need to develop an understanding of anxiety and how to effectively manage it. The fun activities help readers to apply the learning to themselves and to practice proactive thinking to strengthen self-belief. I have delved into this accessible workbook with my own children and used its techniques with children that I work with. It has not only had a positive impact on them but also on me! As with Kate’s other books, this is a workbook to go back to again and again to revisit concepts and to remind children that they can choose to see the world differently and that we can too!”
BESTSELLING AUTHOR KATE COLLINSDONNELLY is the author of several books for children and young people published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, including Banish Your Body Image Thief, Banish Your Self-Esteem Thief and a range of titles in her Starving the Gremlin series.
Fiona Rigby, Headteacher, St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School, Sheffield
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// Workbooks and Activity Guides Seeds of Hope Bereavement and Loss Activity Book
Helping Children and Young People Cope with Change Through Nature
Caroline Jay Unity-Joy Dale OCT 2014 - 84pp - 9781849055468 - pb - £14.99 - $22.95
Life is full of changes; they happen all the time. Some changes are harder to cope with than others.’ Seeds of Hope Bereavement and Loss Activity Book uses nature to help children understand death, loss and change in a gentle and honest way. Full of creative activities, such as choosing an insect or plant and using it to draw a life cycle, or making a paper memory tree of happy and sad memories, it helps children learn about loss and death, the cycle of life and how to cope with and express feelings of sadness and grief. This book is ideal for parents and carers, teachers, therapists and counsellors to use with children aged 5+ who have suffered any type of loss or are dealing with change, or who are bereaved. “As a teacher for more than thirty years, I have had in my care many children who have suffered the loss of a parent, sibling or close friend. Death for all of us is devastating but for a child it will create a wealth of emotions that are incomprehensible. For each it is unique. The Seeds of Hope Bereavement and Loss Activity Book gives a wide variety of ideas to help the child explore, recognise and accept their feelings in a concrete, thoughtful and healing way. I would highly recommend it to all those in education, to empower you when needed or as a way of teaching about death and renewal on a regular basis.”
CAROLINE JAY founded and runs the Seeds of Hope Children’s Garden, a national charity which aims to promote the use of nature in helping children manage loss. For twelve years she ran a SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society) group, supporting families who have lost babies.
Yvonne Cameron, Teacher
Direct Work with Vulnerable Children
Playful Activities and Strategies for Communication
Audrey Tait and Helen Wosu NOV 2012 - 224pp - 9781849053198 - pb - £16.99 - $29.95
For many vulnerable children, the idea of talking to an adult about their experiences and feelings can be a daunting prospect. This book demonstrates how the introduction of playfulness when working with neglected or abused children helps to build a trusting relationship by openly engaging with the child’s world. The practical activities and resources provided have been developed over 20 years of working with vulnerable children and are proven to help reduce feelings of stress and open up the lines of communication between adult and child. The straightforward, accessible style makes them easy to follow and ideal for reference in everyday practice. With plenty of tried and tested advice, this book is essential reading for all those working with vulnerable children, including social workers, child protection workers, therapists, teachers and police interviewers, who are looking for effective ways to engage with them. “This book is a wonderful resource for all those who work or have contact with children. It contains a wealth of practical ideas, which are all clearly explained, and with diagrams and drawing to illustrate their use... Carers, parents, teachers and therapists will find this little gem of a book a must for their bookshelf.” www.whataboutthechildren.org.uk
BESTSELLER AUDREY TAIT is a Social Worker with the Children and Families Practice Team, City of Edinburgh Council. Alongside many duties she delivers a training course, Communicating with Children, for the City of Edinburgh Council’s Children and Families Department. HELEN WOSU is a senior social worker for a practice team and is an Employee Development Officer in Child Protection
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// Workbooks and Activity Guides Friends, Bullies and Staying Safe The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Friendship Regina Kupecky OCT 2014 - 19pp - 9781849057639 - pb - £9.99 - $15.95
Friendship is so complicated! The children of The Adoption Club think they are friends - they go to the same school and belong to The Adoption Club. But what does it mean? What is the difference between a casual and a close friend? How should you respond to teasing? It’s time for The Adoption Club to explore friendship.
How Does Being Adopted Make Us Feel? The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Feelings and Behavior Regina Kupecky OCT 2014 - 19pp - 9781849057653 - pb - £9.99 - $15.95
The children of The Adoption Club have lots of different feelings about adoption. Michael was scared when he first met this adopted family, and was worried his adoptive family might not keep him. Other children talk about feeling happy, sad and angry, and how feeling can make them behave strangely. This workbook gives children a way to sort out feelings, discuss them and feel better.
Let’s Learn About Adoption The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Adoption and Its Many Different Forms Regina Kupecky OCT 2014 - 48pp - 9781849057622 - pb - £9.99 - $15.95
There are many kinds of adoption -- and in this workbook the children of The Adoption Club find out about all of them! The children of The Adoption Club are all different. There’s Mary who was adopted from China by her single mum, Alice, who is still in touch with her birth parents in an ‘open adoption’; siblings Angela and Michael who lived in different homes for many years but are now back together; Robert who loves to do stunts in his wheelchair; and Alexander who grew up with lots of children in a care home.
The Confusing World of Brothers, Sisters and Adoption The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Siblings Regina Kupecky OCT 2014 - 19pp - 9781849057646 - pb - £9.99 - $15.95
For children who are adopted families can get complicated, and that’s very true when it comes to brothers and sisters, or ‘siblings’. Today The Adoption Club are exploring the confusing world of siblings. Some children have half-siblings, adopted siblings, step-siblings. Michael has a birth sibling, his sister Angela, who he lives with, but many other children who are adopted are separated from their brother or sisters. The Adoption Club talk about their feelings about their own siblings.
Who We Are and Why We are Special
The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Identity Regina Kupecky OCT 2014 - 19pp - 9781849057660 - pb - £9.99 - $15.95
We each have our own unique life story which make us special. When you are adopted you have an extra layer of identity – your birth family. This therapeutic workbook is designed to be used with adopted children aged 5-11, and offers a gentle way to explore this difficult subject.
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// Workbooks and Activity Guides Talking about Domestic Abuse A Photo Activity Workbook to Develop Communication between Mothers and Young People Cathy Humphreys, Ravi K. Thiara, Agnes Skamballis and Audrey Mullender JUN 2006 - 112pp - 9781843104230 - pb - £17.99 - $36.95
Talking about Domestic Abuse is an activity pack for children of nine years and above and adolescents where families have experienced domestic abuse, to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their distressing experiences. Based on the authors’ work with families who have experienced domestic abuse, the activities are designed around four important themes: building self-esteem; naming feelings; facilitating communication between mothers and children; and talking about personal experiences, including domestic violence, and are accompanied by photographs which act as prompts for discussion. The authors explain the need of young people to communicate with their parents about painful memories. They also establish practical ‘ground rules’ on how mothers can enter into that communication successfully and how to make the most of the activities provided. Further information is also given on support services that are available to families coping with domestic abuse.
Talking to My Mum A Picture Workbook for Workers, Mothers and Children Affected by Domestic Abuse Cathy Humphreys, Ravi K. Thiara, Agnes Skamballis and Audrey Mullender JUN 2006 - 96pp - 9781843104223 - pb - £17.99 - $36.95
Talking to My Mum is an activity pack for five-eightyear-olds whose families have experienced domestic abuse to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their distressing experiences. Based on the authors’ work with families who have experienced domestic abuse, the book is full of illustrated worksheets featuring animal characters who encourage the young reader to explore a range of memories, such as changes in the family’s living arrangements or happy memories with siblings. Talking to My Mum is designed for children and their mothers to complete together, and will assist both child and mother with improving communication about the past, present and future.
Kids Need... Parenting Cards for Families and the People who Work With Them Mark Hamer DEC 2007 - 56pp - 9781843105244 - pb - £26.20 - $39.95
What is the difference between children’s ‘needs’ and ‘wants’? How should parents respond to the demands of their children? Do all children need the same things? Kids Need... cards present a creative approach to exploring children’s needs and parents’ knowledge. Each card features a child’s ‘need’, for example ‘a room of their own’, ‘pocket money’, ‘to make mistakes’ or ‘to be criticized’, and participants are invited to place cards under one of the three header cards: ‘Kids Need’, ‘Kids Sometimes Need’ and ‘Kids Don’t Need’. The cards are designed to be flexible and adaptable, and can be used to encourage general discussions, as therapeutic tool, or as an aid to the assessment of parenting skills. Kids Need... is a fun, accessible and effective game that will be particularly useful to professionals working with parents and families, including social care workers, counsellors and educators. “This book is a wonderful resource for all those who work or have contact with children. It contains a wealth of practical ideas, which are all clearly explained, and with diagrams and drawing to illustrate their use... Carers, parents, teachers and therapists will find this little gem of a book a must for their bookshelf.” www.whataboutthechildren.org.uk
Healthy Attachments and Neuro-Dramatic-Play Sue Jennings Illustrated by Chloe Gerhardt Foreword by Dennis McCarthy NOV 2010 - 272pp - 9781849050142 - pb - £18.99 - $34.95
Breaking new ground in the areas of attachment and child development, Sue Jennings introduces the concept of ‘Neuro-Dramatic-Play’ exploring the sensory experiences that take place between mother and child during pregnancy and the first few months after birth. She explains how this interaction, that is essentially ‘dramatic’ in nature, is of crucial importance for the infant to develop a healthy brain, strong attachments and future resilience. Based on sound experience and observation, this book consolidates current theories of neuroscience, attachment and therapeutic intervention and challenges commonly held psychoanalytic ideas of child development. By expanding on the often narrow view of what is understood by attachment, this book makes a strong case for early years inclusion of play and arts therapies.
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// Read with Children Forever Fingerprints
An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children
Sherrie Eldridge Rob Williams OCT 2014 - 32pp - 9781849057783 - hb - £9.99 - $15.95
Meet Lucie - she is a rambunctious, inquisitive, seven-year-old adopted girl! Lucie has lots of questions about everything. When Lucie’s pregnant Aunt Grace and Uncle John come to visit, new curiosities bubble into Lucie’s mind. What does the baby do in there? Does he eat? That night Lucie has an amazing dream, that her birth parents are a king and queen who live in a castle. She knows she grew in her birth mother’s tummy, but if her birth parents lived in a castle, why didn’t they keep her? The next day, Dad helps her to make an amazing discovery - he tells her how to find a special connection with her birth parents, and how you can too! Forever Fingerprints is a heartwarming, fun story written for children aged 5-11 which uses an everyday experience to embark upon a gentle exploration of some of the difficult questions and feelings commonly expressed by children who are adopted. Adoption expert Sherrie Eldridge also provides a valuable ‘Parent Tools and Activities’ section, with ideas for creative activities and suggestions on how to explore issues such as belonging, identity, self-esteem and connection.
SHERRIE ELDRIDGE’S adoptive grandmother, who worked as the social worker on her case, placed her in the loving arms of her mum and dad at ten days of age. Never in her wildest dreams did Sherrie imagine carrying her own granddaughter by adoption, Megan Grace, in her arms. Affectionately known as Mimi to all her grandchildren, she is more convinced than ever that adoptees share a special bond, no matter the age span.
A Place in My Heart Mary Grossnickle Alison Relyea-Parr AUG 2014 - 36pp - 9781849057714 - hb - £9.99 - $15.95
Who are my birthparents? Is it okay to think about them? Can I care about all of my parents at once? A Place in My Heart tells the simple story of Charlie, a chipmunk adopted by a family of squirrels, who starts to wonder about his birthparents. At first he is scared that this might upset his family but feels much better when he talks to his mother. The story reassures children that it is okay to ask questions about their birthparents without upsetting their “forever” (adoptive) parents. This fully illustrated picture book for adopted children aged 2-5 gives you an opportunity to discuss adoption, birthparents, and the fact that our hearts are big enough to hold everyone we care about.
How Are You Feeling Today Baby Bear?
Exploring Big Feelings After Living in a Stormy Home
Jane Evans FEB 2014 - 32pp - 9781849054249 - hb - £9.99 - $15.95
A gentle story to help children aged 2 to 6 years who have lived with violence in their home Baby Bear lives in a home with the Big Bears, and loves to chase butterflies and make mud pies - they make Baby Bear’s tummy fill with sunshine. Then, one night, Baby Bear hears a big storm downstairs in the house and in the morning, Baby Bear’s tummy starts to feel grey and rainy. How will such a small bear cope with these big new feelings? This sensitive, charming storybook is written to help children who have lived with violence at home to begin to explore and name their feelings. Accompanied by notes for adults on how to use each page of the story to start conversations, it also features fun games and activities to help to understand and express difficult emotions. It will be a useful book for social workers, counsellors, domestic violence workers and all grown-ups working with children.
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JANE EVANS is a Trauma Parenting Specialist. This book has grown from her experiences working directly with children, young people and parents. She wrote the book in response to feedback from parents and carers who wanted a sensitive story to support young children who have grown up around family violence.
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// Read with Children Can I tell you about Adoption?
Frog’s Breathtaking Speech
A guide for friends, family and professionals
How children (and frogs) can use yoga breathing to deal with anxiety, anger and tension
Anne Braff Brodzinsky AUG 2013 - 56pp - 9781849059428 - pb - £8.99 - $13.95
Meet Chelsea - a young girl who was adopted. Chelsea invites readers to learn about adoption from her perspective and introduces us to two friends of hers who have been transracially adopted. Chelsea and her friends help children understand what it means to be adopted, the experiences that follow the adoption process, and how they can help.
Adopted Like Me My Book of Adopted Heroes
Sarah Peacock JAN 2012 - 48pp - 9781848190917 - hb - £12.99 - $19.95
Frog is very worried as he has an important speech to make at his school assembly. Can learning about breathing help calm his nerves? This charming illustrated picture book teaches children yoga breathing techniques through a fun and interactive story, and shows them how to use their breath to cope with difficult feelings such as anger and anxiety.
Ladybird’s Remarkable Relaxation
Ann Angel
Marc Thomas SEP 2013 - 48pp - 9781849059350 - hb - £11.99 $16.95
Michael Chissick
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Adopted Like Me is a children’s picture book that tells the stories of famous and inspirational people, all of whom were adopted. Read about great musicians like Bo Diddley, politicians like Nelson Mandela, stars like Marilyn Monroe as well as inventors, athletes, a princess skilled in judo and fencing, and many more.
The Mulberry Bird An Adoption Story Anne Braff Brodzinsky
Angela Marchetti OCT 2012 - 48pp - 9781849059336 - hb - £9.99 - $14.95
The Mulberry Bird tells the tale of a Mother Bird who is forced to give up her baby after realising she is unable to provide him with the care he needs. This heartwarming tale gently explores issues relating to adoption and is ideal for children and adoptive families.
A Safe Place for Caleb An Interactive Book for Kids, Teens and Adults with Issues of Attachment, Grief, Loss or Early Trauma Kathleen A. Chara and Paul J. Chara, Jr.
J.M. Berns MAY 2005 - 128pp - 9781849850124 - pb - £13.99 - $24.95
The book is aimed to help people who are dealing with attachment problems and aid understanding into such conditions. It follows the experience of a young boy , Caleb, as he encounters difficulties forming and sustaining healthy relationships and presents a summary of current scientific thought on attachment styles and disorders.
How children (and frogs, dogs, flamingos and dragons) can use yoga relaxation to help deal with stress, grief, bullying and lack of confidence
Michael Chissick Sarah Peacock SEP 2013 - 48pp - 9781848191464 - hb - £12.99 - $19.95
Frog, Dog, Flamingo and Dragon are all very upset. Ladybird listens to their worries and comes up with a plan that will help them all – let’s learn Ladybird’s Remarkable Relaxation! This engaging picture book teaches an effective yoga relaxation technique that children can use anywhere and anytime to cope with anxiety, stress, grief, or bullying.
The Kids’ Guide to Staying Awesome and In Control Simple Stuff to Help Children Regulate their Emotions and Senses Lauren Brukner JUL 2014 - 112pp - 9781849059978 - hb - £12.99 - $19.95
From breathing exercises and pressure holds to noisereducing headphones and gum, this illustrated book is packed with simple strategies and tools to help children with emotional and sensory regulation difficulties aged approximately 7 to 14 years to stay cool, calm and in control. “crammed with sensory tools kids can use to feel and function better anywhere, anytime. It helps children recognize what they are feeling”. Lindsey Biel, author of Sensory Processing Challenges: Effective Clinical Work with Kids & Teens
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All Cats Cats Have Have Asperger Asperger All Syndrome Syndrome Kathy Hoopmann Hoopmann Kathy OCT 2006 2006 -- 72pp 72pp -- 9781843104810 9781843104810 -- hb hb -- £9.99 £9.99 OCT $14.95 -- $14.95
All Dogs Dogs Have Have ADHD ADHD All Kathy Hoopmann Hoopmann Kathy SEP 2008 2008 -- 72pp 72pp -- 9781843106517 9781843106517 -- hb hb -- £9.99 £9.99 SEP $14.95 -- $14.95
Drawing inspiration inspiration from the animal Drawing world these these touching and humorous world books evoke the difficulties and books and joys joys of raising a child of raising a child who is different who is different
Can I tell you about Autism? A guide for friends, family and professionals Jude Welton Jane Telford Foreword by Glenys Jones MAR 2014 - 64pp - 9781849054539 - pb - £8.99 - $13.95
Tom invites readers to learn about autism from his perspective in this beautifully-illustrated book, suitable for readers aged 7 and upwards. He explains the challenges he faces with issues such as social communication, sensory overload and changes in his routine and describes all the ways he can be helped and supported by those around him.
Can I tell you about Asperger Syndrome?
The Green Zone Conversation Book Finding Common Ground in Conversation for Children on the Autism Spectrum Joel Shaul OCT 2014 - 96pp - 9781849057592 - hb - £18.99 - $29.95
This book provides a simple visual model to help children experience more success in finding common ground in conversation.
The Conversation Train A Visual Approach to Conversation for Children on the Autism Spectrum Joel Shaul, LCSW FEB 2014 - 72pp - 9781849055314 - hb - £14.99 - $24.95
This inventive picture book uses the metaphor of a train to explain basic conventions of conversation to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
Sensory Stories for Children and Teens with Special Educational Needs A Practical Guide Joanna Grace OCT 2014 - 240pp - 9781849054843 - pb - £19.99 - $29.95
This useful book explains how sensory stimulation can aid development and provides a wealth of resources for using Sensory Stories at home, in the classroom, and advice on adapting and creating new stories.
A guide for friends and family Jude Welton Jane Telford Foreword by Elizabeth Newson SEP 2003 - 48pp - 9781843102069 - pb - £8.99 - $13.95
Meet Adam, a young boy with AS. He helps children understand the difficulties faced by a child with AS, telling them what AS is, how it feels to have AS and how they can help by understanding their differences and appreciating their many talents. This illustrated book is an excellent starting point for family and classroom discussions.
I’ll tell you why I can’t wear those clothes! Talking about tactile defensiveness Noreen O’Sullivan APR 2014 - 60pp - 9781849055109 - hb - £9.99 - $16.95
The Red Beast Controlling Anger in Children with Asperger’s Syndrome K.I. Al-Ghani Haitham Al-Ghani SEP 2008 - 48pp - 9781843109433 - hb - £12.99 - $21.95
The Panicosaurus Managing Anxiety in Children Including Those with Asperger Syndrome K.I. Al-Ghani Haitham Al-Ghani OCT 2012 - 56pp - 9781849053563 - hb - £12.99 - $19.95
These vibrant fully illustrated children’s storybooks are written for children aged 5+. Accessible and a fun way to talk about anger or anxiety, with useful tips about how to ‘tame the red beast’ or ‘Panicosaurus when he appears at times of stress.’
This colour, photographic workbook explains the reasons a child may become emotionally overwhelmed by some daily routines involving touch.
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// Life Story Work Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children
Creative Ideas for Therapy, Life Story Work, Direct Work and Parenting
Kim S. Golding Foreword by Steve Killick,Dan Hughes JUL 2014 - 208pp - 9781849055406 - pb - £16.99 - $27.95
Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children is full of creative ideas for how you can use stories therapeutically with children in counselling, life story work or direct work. Psychologist Kim S. Golding shows how you can use stories to build connections with children aged 4–16 and support their recovery from trauma and stress. She illustrates the techniques with 21 stories adapted from her own clinical work with children and families, and explains how you can expand or adapt them to make them more relevant for a particular child. Advice and stories are arranged into sections dealing with common psychological issues, including looking back and moving on, lack of trust and need for attention. Golding also gives invaluable tips for planning stories and life story work, and for storymaking with children. She also describes how stories can be used therapeutically with parents of traumatized children and as a tool for self-reflection by counsellors. Imaginative and practical, this book will be enormously useful for counsellors, psychologists, therapists and social workers working with traumatized children, and will also be helpful for parents and carers involved in therapeutic parenting.
KIM S. Golding is a clinical psychologist who works in Worcestershire, England where she was influential in the founding of the Integrated Service for Looked After Children – a multi-agency, holistic service providing support for foster, adoptive and residential parents, schools and the range of professionals supporting children growing up in care or in adoptive families.
Life Story Work with Children Who are Fostered or Adopted
Life Story Books for Adopted Children
Creative Ideas and Activities
Joy Rees
Katie Wrench and Lesley Naylor
Jamie Goldberg Foreword by Alan Burnell FEB 2009 - 96pp - 9781843109532 pb - £14.99 - $23.95
MAR 2013 - 112pp - 9781849053433 - pb - £14.99 - $23.95
This is an accessible book full of tested techniques and creative ideas for professionals who may have little time and few resources, but who need to carry out life story work that works. The author describes the conditions needed to carry out life story work and feature activities to accompany the different stages covered.
Connecting with Kids Through Stories
Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children Second Edition
Denise B. Lacher, Todd Nichols, Melissa Nichols and Joanne C. May DEC 2011 - 240pp - 9781849058698 - pb - £16.99 $24.95
Demonstrating how parents and professionals can create their own stories to help children heal, and explains the theory behind the therapy.
A Family Friendly Approach
This concise book shows a new family-friendly way to compile a Life Story Book that promotes a sense of permanency for the child, and encourages attachments within the adoptive family. Joy Rees’ improved model works chronologically backwards rather than forwards, aiming to reinforce the child’s sense of security within the adoptive family.
Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children A Model for Practice
Richard Rose MAY 2012 - 192pp - 9781849052726 - pb - £19.99 - $32.95
A comprehensive overview for professionals working with traumatized children, which outlines the theory and practice of life story therapy, a method which helps children and cares to question and resolve issues and events within a child’s life.
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// Social Work and Child Protection The Social Worker’s Guide to Children and Families Law Second Edition
Lynn Davis MAY 2014 - 320pp - 9781849054409 - pb - £19.99 - $32.95
Now fully updated and with up-to-the-minute guidance, this is the only book you will need to make sense of the key elements of law involved in social work with children and families in England and Wales. Accessible and jargon-free, this everyday reference explains the fundamental concepts of parental responsibility and human rights, and the provisions of private and public law, including care proceedings and adoption. This second edition incorporates recent changes including the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance for inter-agency working, the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Crime and Courts Act 2013 as well as the latest case law. Checklists, charts and highlighted points allow for easy reference, and illustrative case scenarios put the law into context.
BESTSELLER
The Child’s World
The Comprehensive Guide to Assessing Children in Need Second Edition
Edited by Jan Horwath SEP 2009 - 416pp - 9781843105688 - pb - £22.99 - $39.95
This new and updated edition of the best-selling book on assessing children in need and their families integrates practice, policy and theory to produce a comprehensive and multidisciplinary guide to all aspects of assessment. The Child’s World not only provides an explanation of the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families, but also offers a wealth of information on how to use it sensitively and effectively. The Child’s World explores the implications of recent legislation, including the Children Act 2004, and national guidance for assessment practice. The contributors have drawn on the latest research, best practice and lessons learnt over the past decade of Framework implementation to equip practitioners, from different disciplines, to identify the developmental needs of children, assess parental capacity and evaluate the impact of family, economic and environmental factors on the carer’s ability to meet the needs of the child.
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JAN HORWATH is Professor of Child Welfare at the University of Sheffield. She worked as a practitioner, trainer and manager in both voluntary and statutory social work settings before becoming an academic in 1995.
Shattered Lives
Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity
Camila Batmanghelidjh AUG 2007 - 176pp - 9781843106036 - pb - £11.99 - $22.95
*Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2006* Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child capturing their life experiences, hugely impacted by sexual abuse, parental substance misuse and loss, leading to feelings of shame, rejection and worthlessness. Batmanghelidjh offers understanding for those baffled by these hard-to-reach children and warns against stigmatizing them for their problem behaviour. In her critique of existing structures, she exposes the plight of children who are overlooked by the authorities and denounces those who value bureaucracy over the welfare of the individual child. Society’s failure to acknowledge the truth of their experiences and act to change the environment in which such mistreatment can flourish is, she strongly argues, leading to the death of childhood.
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CAMILA BATMANGHELIDJH (CBE) trained as a psychotherapist and for more than twenty years has worked with exceptionally disturbed children and young people in the two charities she has founded,
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// Social Work and Child Protection Improving Child and Family Assessments
Vulnerable Children and the Law
Turning Research into Practice Danielle Turney, Dendy Platt, Julie Selwyn and Elaine Farmer SEP 2011 - 256pp - 9781849052566 - pb - £25.99
International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children’s Rights Edited by Rosemary Sheehan, Helen Rhoades and Nicky Stanley
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This book brings together findings from 10 years of UK research that shed light on different aspects of child and family assessment, examining the evidence for what works in promoting the best outcomes for children. It covers thresholds for assessment and intervention, what information should be collected, and assessments in different contexts.
Child Protection and Child Welfare
MAR 2012 - 368pp - 9781849058681 - hb - £65.00
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This book takes an international perspective on child welfare, examining how frameworks can be adapted to address the rights and best interests of children. Synthesising the latest research, experts redefine the concept of a ‘child in need’ in a world where global movement is common and children are frequently involved in the law.
Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers
A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice
Second Edition
Edited by Penelope Welbourne and John Dixon AUG 2013 - 288pp - 9781849051910 - hb - £60.00
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Brigid Daniel, Sally Wassell and Robbie Gilligan AUG 2010 - 288pp - 9781849050685 - pb - £19.99
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A comparative international volume on child protection, looking at the culture of child welfare and protection across a broad range of countries. This book evaluates policies and structures already in place, and suggests useful guidelines for good practice for professionals working with children from international communities at risk of harm.
This is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice. The book covers key issues such as resilience and vulnerability and the impact of protective or adverse environments.
The Developing World of the Child
Exploiting Childhood
Edited by Jane Aldgate, David Jones, Wendy Rose and Carole Jeffery DEC 2005 - 352pp - 9781843102441 - pb - £19.99
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Written as part of a training pack for practitioners working in children’s services and child protection, and bringing together leading figures from a range of disciplines, this important text shows how the latest child development theories can be applied to professionals’ working practice. This resource is essential reading for a social workers.
The Child’s Own Story Life Story Work with Traumatized Children Richard Rose and Terry Philpot Foreword by Mary Walsh OCT 2004 - 160pp - 9781843102878 - pb - £15.99
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How Fast Food, Material Obsession and Porn Culture are Creating New Forms of Child Abuse
Edited by Jim Wild Foreword by Oliver James,Camila Batmanghelidjh AUG 2013 - 224pp - 9781849053686 - pb - £14.99
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Childhood today is big business. It is impossible for any child growing up to avoid intense marketing and research shows that these commercial pressures affect children’s health and wellbeing. Featuring high profile contributors with hard-hitting views, this book argues that these corporate and commercial pressures are new forms of child abuse.
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The authors explain the concepts of attachment, separation, loss and identity, using these contexts to describe how to use techniques such as family trees.
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// Social Work and Child Protection Understanding Costs and Outcomes in Child Welfare Services
A Comprehensive Costing Approach to Managing Your Resources
Lisa Holmes and Samantha McDermid DEC 2011 - 200pp - 9781849052146 - hb - £65.00 - $95.00
Today’s child welfare services operate under a limited supply of resources. This book explains how finite resources can be used most effectively, providing social work managers and policymakers with a comprehensive costing model to assess the links between needs, costs and outcomes across the full range of child welfare services.
Learning Through Child Observation Second Edition
Mary Fawcett JUL 2009 - 176pp - 9781843106760 - pb - £14.99 - $26.95
This text examines the value of observation, its use in assessment and the practical aspects and methods of observational study. The author focuses on the importance of recognising the child’s developmental and emotional state when intervening, and the need to see children ‘holistically’ as unique individuals within their family and community. “… the book is easily accessible and will, I feel, succeed in its aim to help readers reach a deeper understanding of children and their lives as well as themselves as adults engaged with children.” Early Years: International Journal of Research and Development
A Practitioners’ Tool for Child Protection and the Assessment of Parents Jeff Fowler NOV 2002 - 256pp - 9781843100508 - pb - £22.99 - $36.95
Firmly rooted in current practice this is a practical tool for the assessment of children and their families, this guide enables professionals to make informed decisions about child protection issues. This book is a helpful tool for anyone undertaking assessments but also for others who may be involved in aspects of child protection work. “It is crisp and to the point and could usefully be discussed in training sessions or team meetings. Experienced workers may find this a useful addition to their toolbox.” Community Care
Adopting after Infertility
Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience
Edited by Marilyn Crawshaw and Rachel Balen JUL 2010 - 208pp - 9781849050289 - pb - £22.99 - $42.95
Adopting after Infertility is an informative interdisciplinary book that addresses the issues that professionals and adopters themselves face when going through the adoption process and the impact of infertility on their experiences. The book includes chapters on the effects of infertility, why people choose adoption and the assessment process.
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// Working with Children with Additional Needs Asperger’s Syndrome
A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Tony Attwood OCT 1997 - 224pp - 9781853025778 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Tony Attwood’s guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger’s Syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating. Beginning with a chapter on diagnosis, including an assessment test, the book covers all aspects of the syndrome from language to social behaviour and motor clumsiness, concluding with a chapter based on the questions most frequently asked by those who come into contact with individuals with this syndrome. Covering the available literature in full, this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on Asperger’s Syndrome, incorporating case studies from the author’s own practical experience as a Clinical Psychologist, with examples of, and numerous quotations from people with Asperger’s Syndrome.
THE CLASSIC GUIDE FROM TONY ATT WOOD
Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Autism Spectrum, Tourette’s, Anxiety, and More!
The one-stop guide for parents, teachers, and other professionals
Martin L. Kutscher, MD With contributions from Tony Attwood, PhD and Robert R. Wolff, MD MAR 2014 - 320pp - 9781849059671 - pb - £13.99 - $19.95
Now fully updated to include the new DSM-5 diagnostic categories, this is a concise guide to the range of often co-existing neuro-behavioral disorders in children – from ADHD, OCD, and anxiety, to autism spectrum disorders, nonverbal learning disabilities, Tourette’s, sensory integration problems and executive dysfunction.
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A Practical Guide to Mental Health Problems in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder It’s not just their autism!
Khalid Karim, Alvina Ali and Michelle O’Reilly OCT 2013 - 288pp - 9781849053235 - pb - £19.99 - $29.95
Exploreing the relationship between mental health and ASD, this book illustrates, with case studies, a wide range of mental health issues commonly found in autistic children.
Helping Children to Cope with Change, Stress and Anxiety A Photocopiable Activities Book
Deborah M. Plummer FEB 2010 - 144pp - 9781843109600 - pb - £17.99 - $29.95
Plummer offers over 100 activities aimed at helping children to build emotional resilience. With a mixture of short, snappy activities and longer guided visualizations, these exercises are suitable for use with individuals or groups, and many are appropriate for use with children with complex needs or speech and language difficulties.
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// For Parents Preparing for Adoption
Everything Adopting Parents Need to Know About Preparations, Introductions and the First Few Weeks
Julia Davis Foreword by Hugh Thornbery OCT 2014 - 208pp - 9781849054560 - pb - £12.99 - $22.95
The ideal first book for prospective adopters. When you decide to adopt a child, you might assume that all the important work begins when the child comes to live with you. In fact the preparation stage before is crucial in ensuring that the adopted child will arrive to a safe and secure family. Preparing for Adoption provides clear advice on how to prepare for you adoptive child and create a strong foundation for a healthy and loving relationship. Julia Davis explains how many different factors can shape preparations for adoption, such as finding out about your child’s history and using this information to establish a family environment which will meet your child’s specific attachment needs. There is also advice on how to prepare your home to create a sense of safety for your child and how to prepare your family to support you as adoptive parents.
JULIA DAVIS is a Child and Family Therapist at therapeutic adoption agency Adoptionplus and a Senior Practitioner in the Adoption Team. She has worked for many years in the adoption field as a social worker and play therapist preparing children for adoption.
The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting The Small Stuff, The Big Stuff and The Stuff In Between
Sally Donovan Foreword by Dr. Vivien Norris,Jim Clifford OBE and Sue Clifford NOV 2014 - 256pp - 9781849055369 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
This is not just another book about adoptive parenting. This is the real stuff: dynamic, messy, baffling adoptive parenting, rooted in domestic life. Award-winning columnist and adoptive parent Sally Donovan offers savvy, compassionate advice on how to be ‘good enough’ in the face of both day-today and more bewildering challenges – how to respond to ‘red mist’ meltdowns, crippling anxieties about new routines and, most importantly, how to meet the intimidating challenge of being strong enough to protect and nurture your child. Full of affecting and hilarious stories drawn from life in the Donovan household, The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting offers parents a refreshing counterblast to stuffy parenting manuals -- read it, weep, laugh and learn.
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SALLY DONOVAN
No Matter What
An Adoptive Family’s Story of Hope, Love and Healing
Sally Donovan JUL 2013 - 352pp - 9781849054317 - pb - £9.99 - $16.95
I love you, no matter what.’ An uplifting true story of an ordinary couple who build an extraordinary family, No Matter What describes how Sally and Rob Donovan embark upon a journey to adopt following a diagnosis of infertility. Sally Donovan brings to life with characteristic wit and honesty the difficulties of living with infertility, their decision to adopt and the bewildering process involved. Finally matched with young siblings Jaymey and Harlee, Sally and Rob’s joy turns to shock as they discover disturbing details of their children’s past and realise that they must do everything it takes to heal their children.
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AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SALLY DONOVAN
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// For Parents Building Self-Esteem in Children and Teens Who Are Adopted or Fostered Dr. Sue Cornbluth Foreword by Nyleen Shaw JUL 2014 - 160pp - 9781849054669 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Foster children are more likely than other children to be involved in risky activities online due to backgrounds of neglect and abuse, an absence of supportive adults, lower self-esteem, and greater exposure to drugs and alcohol. Covering all the dangers of online technology that your foster child might encounter, from cyberbullying and “sexting”, to child grooming and online hoaxes, this book pays particular attention to dangers unique to foster families, such as the difficulties internet access poses for maintaining formal arrangements for contact with birth families. DeGarmo equips foster parents and professionals with strategies to keep foster children safe online, giving tips on establishing expectations for internet usage, advice on how to prevent inappropriate contact and protect personal information, and explaining the importance of “netiquette”. An indispensable guide to negotiating online dangers, this is required reading for all foster families as well as residential child care workers, social workers and other professionals working with children in care.
Love and Mayhem
One Big Family’s Uplifting Story of Fostering and Adoption
John DeGarmo OCT 2014 - 208pp - 9781849057752 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Love and Mayhem gives an insight into the inner-workings of a large family with fostered, adopted and birth children. John Degarmo, describes the highs and lows and complete chaos of his family life with warmth and sincerity.
Keeping Foster Children Safe Online
Positive Strategies to Prevent Cyberbullying, Inappropriate Contact, and Other Digital Dangers
John DeGarmo Foreword by Irene Clements APR 2014 - 160pp - 9781849059732 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
Foster children are more likely than other children to be involved in risky activities online due to backgrounds of neglect and abuse, an absence of supportive adults and low self-esteem. This book covers the online dangers you might encounter, from cyberbullying to inappropriate contact, and provides strategies to keep foster children safe online.
How to Create a Successful Adoption Portfolio Easy Steps to Help You Produce the Best Adoption Profile and Prospective Birthparent Letter
Madeleine Melcher JAN 2014 - 168pp - Paperback - 9781849059466 - $24.95
Full of simple and effective design ideas and tips for writing adoption portfolios, this is a step-by-step guide to creating a portfolio that will present you in the best possible light and help the right birth-family to find and choose you.
IDEAL FOR PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS IN THE US
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// For Parents
Why Can’t My Child Behave?
Foster Parenting Step-by-Step
Dr Amber Elliott
Dr. Kalyani Gopal Foreword by Irene Clements
JUL 2013 - 248pp - 9781849053396 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
APR 2013 - 160pp - 9781849059374 - pb - £9.99 - $17.95
Why Can’t My Child Behave? gives a step-by-step guide to understanding empathy and provides a readable and authoritative book on dealing with childrens’ challenging behaviour within foster or adoptive families.
Foster Parenting Step-by-Step is a concise guide to fostering that summarizes what to expect as a foster parent. It guides you through the different stages of a fostering relationship, including common issues encountered at each age and how to tackle them. This is a book that will empower fostering parents with successful parenting skills.
Empathic Parenting Strategies that Work for Adoptive and Foster Families
Attaching in Adoption
Practical Tools for Today’s Parents
Deborah D. Gray FEB 2012 - 400pp - 9781849058902 - pb - £16.99 - $24.95
This classic text is a comprehensive guide for prospective and actual adoptive parents on how to understand and care for their adopted child and promote healthy attachment. It explains what attachment is and provides parenting techniques matched to children’s emotional needs and stages to enhance children’s happiness and emotional health.
A Different Home A New Foster Child’s Story John DeGarmo and Kelly DeGarmo JAN 2014 - 48pp - 9781849059879 - pb - £9.99 - $14.95
Jessie tells us her story of being placed in foster care and the worries she had. The new home is not like her old home, but she begins to see that this different home is kind of nice. Sensitively written and fully illustrated in color, this story will help children in foster care to settle in and answer some of the questions they may have.
The Foster Parenting Manual A Practical Guide to Creating a Loving, Safe and Stable Home John DeGarmo Foreword by Mary Perdue JUN 2013 - 160pp - 9781849059565 - pb - £10.99 - $17.95
The Foster Parenting Manual is a comprehensive guide offering proven, friendly advice for novice and experienced parents alike. Distilling many years’ experience into one book, this book describes what you can expect from foster parenting, how to access help and support and how to ensure the best care for your child.
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How to Nurture the Traumatized Child and Overcome Conflict
Understanding Looked After Children An Introduction to Psychology for Foster Care Jeune Guishard-Pine, Suzanne McCall and Lloyd Hamilton SEP 2007 - 176pp - 9781843103707 - pb - £14.99 - $36.95
This book is a guide to understanding the mental health needs of children in foster care and the role of foster carers and support networks in helping these children. The authors provide foster carers with an insight into the psychological issues experienced by children in the care system, and the impact of these issues on the foster family.
Toddler Adoption The Weaver’s Craft Revised Edition Mary Hopkins-Best MAR 2012 - 272pp - 9781849058940 - pb - £13.99 - $19.95
This book offers support and practical tools to help parents prepare for and support the toddler’s transition between the familiar environment of their biological parent’s home or foster home to a new and unfamiliar one, and considers the issues that arise at different developmental stages.
Reparenting the Child Who Hurts A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon DEC 2012 - 288pp - 9781849052634 - pb - £15.99 - $24.95
An accessible guide to help foster and adoptive parents understand the neurobiological issues that affect children who have experienced early trauma. It demystifies the science behind child trauma.
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// For Parents First Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts
The Interracial Adoption Option
Tiddlers and Toddlers Second Edition
Creating a Family Across Race Marlene G. Fine and Fern L. Johnson
Caroline Archer
SEP 2013 - 168pp - 9781849059305 - pb - £12.99 - $19.95
AUG 1999 - 128pp - 9781853028014 - pb - £15.99 - $32.95
A “must have” book for both adoptive parents and for those professionals who help adoptive families forge new family ties…the author, herself an adoptive parent, addresses a wide variety of very complex topics with a marked sensitivity to the varying needs of children who may have had a wide range of early life experiences.
Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts Tykes and Teens Caroline Archer AUG 1999 - 224pp - 9781853028021 - pb - £15.95 - $32.95
Caroline Archer sets out to provide adoptive and foster parents with an understanding of the complex range of difficulties with which their children may struggle as a result of their early experience of adversity. She presents strategies to help parents deal with their youngsters’ troubling behaviour, in what seems to them a hostile world.
Adoption Is a Family Affair! What Relatives and Friends Must Know Revised Edition Patricia Irwin Johnston APR 2012 - 152pp - 9781849058957 - pb - £10.99 - $17.95
This book is packed with everything you need to know if a friend or family member is going to adopt or has adopted a child. Answering questions on how adoption works, how kids understand adoption as they grow up, what your role will be, and more, it will help to encourage informed, happy and healthy family relationships.
The Interracial Adoption Option draws on the lives and experiences of a couple adopting children interracially. Through the author’ experiences, the book guides prospective parents through the adoption experience, providing answers to complex questions and offering practical advice on interracially adoption.
Welcoming a New Brother or Sister Through Adoption Arleta James APR 2013 - 338pp - 9781849059039 - pb - £14.99 - $24.95
Welcoming a New Brother or Sister through Adoption is a comprehensive yet accessible guide that describes the adoption process and the impact of adoption on every member of the family, including the adopted child. The book is peppered with real life stories and direct quotes from children, which make it a realistic and insightful resource.
Big Steps for Little People Parenting Your Adopted Child Celia Foster Foreword by Daniel Hughes,David Howe MAR 2008 - 216pp - 9781843106203 - pb - £13.99 - $21.95
Drawing on the hard-won wisdom gained in her own family life, Celia offers a thoughtful account of life with adopted children and examines the issues that many adoptive families encounter, including the development of children with attachment problems and how to tackle behavioural difficulties.
Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption
Inside Transracial Adoption
What Children Need to Know
Strength-based, Culturesensitizing Parenting Strategies for Inter-country or Domestic Adoptive Families That Don’t “Match” Second Edition
Fanny Cohen Herlem
Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg MAY 2013 - 304pp - 9781849059053 - pb - £15.99 - $24.95
Inside Transracial Adoption is an accessible, authoritative guide on how to navigate the challenges that parents can face with the adoption of a child from a different race and culture.
JUN 2008 - 112pp - 9781843106715 - pb - £9.99 - $15.95
The author covers all the common questions that children ask about adoption and provides sensitive, candid answers in a way that children will be able to understand and relate to. Each chapter is devoted to a particular issue, such as why a child is adopted, who chose the child’s first name and what happens when the child grows up.
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