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  • Life Story Work with Children Who are Fostered or Adopted

    Creative Ideas and Activities

    by Katie Wrench, Lesley Naylor ...
    Life story work is one of the key therapeutic approaches to working with adopted or fostered children. While it sounds simple, there is much more to this work than producing photo albums or memory boxes for children.This accessible book is full of tried and tested activities and creative ideas for professionals, parents and carers who may have little time and few resources, but who need to carry ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

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  • Helpless: A True Short Story

    by Rosie Lewis ...
    A dramatic short story from experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis.Baby Sarah is born to a crack-addicted mother on a freezing cold night in December. Rosie is woken a few short hours later, at 1am, and taken to the maternity unit by police escort to collect the infant and take her to a place of safety.But it soon becomes clear that Sarah is suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms. Knowing that ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Adopting a Child With a Trauma and Attachment Disruption History

    A Practical Guide

    by Theresa Ann Fraser ...
    “If you have the love in your heart and the courage to adopt a child from a traumatized background, then you must have this book.” -- Robert Rich, PhD, anxietyanddepression-help.comThis booklet is a fact-filled resource for adoptive parents who have a child with trauma and attachment disruption experiences. Fraser provides tips and strategies that can be considered before placement as well as days ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Finding Our Families

    A First-of-Its-Kind Book for Donor-Conceived People and Their Families

    by Wendy Kramer, Naomi Cahn ...
    The first comprehensive book that offers invaluable step-by-step advice for families with donor-conceived children.Wendy Kramer, founder and director of the Donor Sibling Registry, and Naomi Cahn, family and reproductive law professor, have compiled a comprehensive and thorough guide for the growing community of families with donor-conceived children. Kramer and Cahn believe that all donor ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Attaching Through Love, Hugs and Play

    Simple Strategies to Help Build Connections with Your Child

    by Deborah D. Gray ...
    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 ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Finding Fernanda

    Two Mothers, One Child, and a Cross-Border Search for Truth

    by Erin Siegal ...
    A compelling, dramatic narrative of how an American housewife discovered that the Guatemalan child she was about to adopt had been stolen from her birth mother, shedding light on the alarming and growing problem of international adoption fraud.Over the past five years, over 100,000 children were adopted into the United States, 20,000 of whom came from Guatemala. Finding Fernanda, a dramatic true ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • To Sing Frogs

    by John M. Simmons ...
    Some children in Russian orphanages will be forever changed by an adoption and some will be left behind. To Sing Frogs, a memoir authored by John M. Simmons, tells the deeply personal tale of the Simmons family and their quest to adopt five children from rural Russia. Readers venture deep into Russia to explore the world of international adoption and catch a glimpse of the Simmons family s journey ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD

  • Mom at Last

    How I Never Gave Up on Becoming a Mother

    by Simons ...
    Sharon Simon’s memoir "MOM At LAST" is the story of one women’s fierce determination to become a Mom. It is a journey full of setbacks and emotionally devastating pitfalls but ultimately leads to her to true love and pure joy. "Mom At Last" will inspire those on that sometimes difficult journey to motherhood. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Birthmothers

    Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories

    by Merry Jones ...
    Birthmothers presents intimate and stirring accounts of more than seventy women who surrendered babies for adoption. It follows their lives long-term, from discovery of their pregnancies through the present, and identifies the Birthmother Syndrome—a pattern of behavior and emotions resulting from surrender. With heartwarming candor, Birthmothers reveals the stories of the invisible side of the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Child Catchers

    Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption

    by Kathryn Joyce ...
    When Jessie Hawkins' adopted daughter told her she had another mom back in Ethiopia, Jessie didn't, at first, know what to think. She'd wanted her adoption to be great story about a child who needed a home and got one, and a family led by God to adopt. Instead, she felt like she'd done something wrong.Adoption has long been enmeshed in the politics of reproductive rights, pitched as a "win-win" ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Alone

    by Hannah Baston ...
    "Behind the door was where bad things happen. No matter how many blankets I used or extra pairs of panties I wore. None of it mattered. The monster always came. His face obscured in the shadows, partially hidden behind the cloak rack. Hot breath breathing over my face as soon as I closed my eyes."By the time Sarah Jane was seven she’d started to fear coming home. Her Mother’s stern words and ... Read more

    $3.87 CAD

  • The Foster Parenting Manual

    A Practical Guide to Creating a Loving, Safe and Stable Home

    by John DeGarmo ...
    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, US foster and adoptive parent John DeGarmo combines his own hard-won wisdom with that of fellow foster parents. He describe what to expect from the process, how to access help and support and how to ensure the best care for ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD