Adoption Related Books for Parents and Families

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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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