
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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