List of Adoption Related Books For Parents and Families
Brodsinzky, David; Achechter, Marshall; Henig, Robin. Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self , 1992.
Cogen, Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child , 2008.
Dorner, Patricia. How to Open an Adoption . 1998
Dorner, Patricia and Kathleen Silber. Children of Open Adoption . 1990.
Duxbury, Micky. Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties Through Open Adoption , 2007.
Eldridge, Sherrie. Twenty Things Adopted Kids Children Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew , 1999.
Fong, Rowena and McRoy, Ruth. Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions: Cultural Guidance for Professionals
Gray, Deborah. Attaching in Adoption , 2002.
Gray, Deborah. Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma ,
2007
Holden, Lori with Crystal Hass. The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption , 2013
Hopkins-Best, Mary. Toddler Adoption , 1997.
Hughes, Daniel. Building the Bonds of Attachment , 2006.
Hughes, Daniel. Facilitating Developmental Attachment: The Road to Emotional Recovery and Behavioral Change in Foster and Adopted Children , 2000.
Hughes, Daniel and Golding, Kim. Creating Loving Attachments: Parenting with PACE to Nurture Confidence and Security in the Troubled Child , 2012.
Jarrett, Claudia. Adopting the Older Child , 1978.
John, Jaiya. Black Baby, White Hands: A View From the Crib , 2001.
Johnston, Patricia Irwin. Adopting After Infertility , 1996.
Keck, Gregory and Kupecky, Regina. Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids , 1995.
Keck, Gregory, Kupecky, Regina, Peterson, Jim. Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow , 2002. (Recommended by Michele Buchanan-Tyler, C.A.S.E. Therapist and January 2017 Featured Therapist)
Keefer, Betsy and Schooler, Jayne. Telling the Truth To Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past , 2000.
Lammert, Marilyn, Ellen Lee and Mary Anne Hess. Once They Hear My Name: Korean adoptees and their journeys toward identity , 2008.
Laugeson, Elizabeth A. The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults , 2013. – 2017 January SYF webinar reference
MacLeod, Jean and Sheena Macrae. Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections , 2006.
Malchiodi, Cathy A. PhD ATR-BC LPCC (Editor), Crenshaw, David A. PhD ABPP RPT-S (Editor) Creative Arts and Play Therapy for Attachment Problems , 2013. (Recommended by Michele Buchanan-Tyler, C.A.S.E. Therapist and January 2017 Featured Therapist)
Melina, Lois. Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent’s Guide , 1989.
Melina, Lois. Raising Adopted Children: Practical, Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent , 1998.
Melina, Lois and Kaplan, Sharon. The Open Adoption Experience , 1993.
Orlans, Michael and Terry Levy. Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust and Love , 2006.
O’Toole, Elisabeth. In On It: What adoptive parents would like you to know about adoption – A Guide for Relatives and Friends , 2011.
Pavao, Joyce. The Family of Adoption , 1998.
Pertman, Adam. Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America , 2000.
Purvis, Karen. The Connected Child , 2007.
Riley, Debbie and John Meeks. Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens ,2005.
Rosenberg, Elinor. The Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Families Through the Years , 1992.
Rosenberg, Shelley. Adoption and the Jewish Family: Contemporary Perspectives , 1998.
Schooler, Jayne, Betsey Keefer and Timothy Callahan. Wounded Children Healing Homes , 2010.
Steinberg, Gail and Beth Hall. Inside Transracial Adoption , 2000.
Van Gulden, Holly and Bartels-Rabb, Lisa. Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child , 1993.
Wolff, Jana. Secret Thoughts of an Adopted Mother . 1997.
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