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Nurturing Attachments

Supporting Children who are Fostered or Adopted

Kim S. Golding

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.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-614-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2007, £17.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

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Educating Difficult Adolescents

Educating Difficult Adolescents

Effective Education for Children in Public Care or with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

David Berridge, Cherilyn Dance, Jennifer Beecham and Sarah Field

Educational achievements for children in care are significantly poorer than for the general school population. This book explores why this is and how to enable children in care to succeed in the classroom.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-681-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2008, £25.00, $49.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Education, Social Policy, Special Education, Working with Children and Families

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Fostering a Child's Recovery

Fostering a Child's Recovery

Family Placement for Traumatized Children

Mike Thomas and Terry Philpot

The overwhelming majority of children and young people in care today are fostered, but for some this only increases their problems through untreated trauma, ill-judged placements, poorly supported foster carers
and multiple moves.

This practical and 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. Fostering a Child's Recovery 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.

This book will benefit all professionals and parents involved in providing recovery for traumatized children and young people in ensuring successful placements.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-327-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2009, £15.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Working with Children and Families

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Life Story Books for Adopted Children

Life Story Books for Adopted Children

A Family Friendly Approach

Joy Rees
Illustrated by Jamie Goldberg

' …clear, jargon free but spot on theoretically.'
- Alan Burnell, Co-Director of Family Futures Consortium
' …absolutely brilliant - so much put into so few words, but which say so much. Thank you!'
- Karen Palmer, Adoption Social Worker with Norfolk Children's Services

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-953-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 96pp, 2009, £14.99, $22.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

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Quality Matters in Children's Services

Quality Matters in Children's Services

Messages from Research

Mike Stein

Quality Matters in Children's Services brings together authoritative research to explore critical concerns for those working with vulnerable children, young people and their families. Subjects covered include reunification, stability and wellbeing, kinship care, educating vulnerable young people, child protection, domestic violence and parental substance misuse, the participation of disabled young people and advocacy services.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-926-6, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 160pp, 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Education, Health Care, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

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A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder

A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder

Colby Pearce

'This excellent book is a concise description of the core characteristics of early attachment experience and how this impacts on children's expectations of themselves, of others and of the world in general. Attachment disorders are described in detail with recommendations for interventions which facilitate more hopeful development. It is relevant to those working with children in any setting, but in particular to carers of children whose early life has been affected by adversity.'
- Dr Heather Geddes, Educational Psychotherapist, The Caspari Foundation, London

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-957-0, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp, 2009, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Educational Psychology, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology, Working with Children and Families

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Supporting Young Parents

Supporting Young Parents

Pregnancy and Parenthood among Young People from Care

Elaine Chase, Ian Warwick, Abigail Knight and Peter Aggleton

' …invaluable in providing vivid illustrations of the strengths and needs of young parents who have been 'looked after' and, therefore of their children at the start of their lives. It illuminates policy and practice implications and points the way forward to what needs to be done to ameliorate their lives. Throughout, it presents its research in an accessible style and measured tone that make it difficult to put down.'
- Extract from the Foreword by Ann Phoenix, Co-Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London

Supporting Young Parents explores early pregnancy and parenthood from the perspectives of young men and women in and leaving care.

Most discussion about teenage pregnancy and parenthood focuses on the negative consequences for teenagers and their children. Yet, for some young people, particularly those who have been disadvantaged in life, early parenthood may offer the security of a family life, a sense of stability and an opportunity to build emotional attachments.

This book draws on authoritative research into the reasons for and experiences of pregnancy and parenthood among young people from local authority care. It questions the assumptions that early parenthood always limits young people's choices and opportunities and examines the types of support most likely to enable successful parenting.

This book will be essential reading for community nurses, health visitors, social workers, academics and students working in the fields of health, education and social care.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-525-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2008, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

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Just Care

Just Care

Restorative Justice Approaches to Working with Children in Public Care

Belinda Hopkins

Restorative justice is an innovative approach to addressing conflict and bullying, as well as disruptive, challenging and criminal behaviour. A restorative approach in a care setting shifts the emphasis from managing and responding to anti-social behaviour to the building, nurturing and...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-981-5, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 224pp, September 2009, £29.99, $49.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

All Adoption and Fostering titles in alphabetical order

The Adoption Experience

Families Who Give Children a Second Chance

Ann Morris

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-783-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 1999, £14.99, $26.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Babies and Young Children in Care

Life Pathways, Decision-making and Practice

Harriet Ward, Emily R. Munro and Chris Dearden

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-272-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2006, £39.99, $85.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Big Steps for Little People

Parenting Your Adopted Child

Celia Foster

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-620-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp, 2008, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Counselling, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences

Gary Clapton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-012-6, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 240pp, 2002, £17.99, $36.95

Category: Adoption and Fostering

Birth of an Adoptive, Foster or Stepmother

Beyond Biological Mothering Attachments

Barbara Waterman

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-724-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2003, £15.95, $27.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Parenting

Child Adoption

A Guidebook for Adoptive Parents and Their Advisors

R.A.C. Hoksbergen

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-415-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 118pp, 1996, £15.99, $31.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

A Child's Journey to Recovery

Assessment and Planning with Traumatized Children

Patrick Tomlinson and Terry Philpot

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-330-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2007, £15.99, $27.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Working with Children and Families

The Child's Own Story

Life Story Work with Traumatized Children

Richard Rose and Terry Philpot

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-287-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2004, £14.95, $29.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Connecting with Kids through Stories

Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children

Denise B. Lacher, Todd Nichols and Joanne C. May

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-797-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2005, £12.95, $19.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Parenting, Storymaking, Working with Children and Families

Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care

Harriet Ward, Lisa Holmes and Jean Soper

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-273-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 2008, £39.99, $79.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Developing Adoption Support and Therapy

New Approaches for Practice

Angie Hart and Barry Luckock

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-146-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 196pp, 2004, £19.99, $39.95

Category: Adoption and Fostering

The Dynamics of Adoption

Social and Personal Perspectives

Amal Treacher and Ilan Katz

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-782-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2000, £18.95, $38.95

Category: Adoption and Fostering

Educating Difficult Adolescents

Effective Education for Children in Public Care or with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

David Berridge, Cherilyn Dance, Jennifer Beecham and Sarah Field

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-681-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2008, £25.00, $49.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Education, Social Policy, Special Education, Working with Children and Families

Experiences of Donor Conception

Parents, Offspring and Donors through the Years

Caroline Lorbach

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-122-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, 2003, £16.99, $27.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Health Care

First Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts

Tiddlers and Toddlers
2nd edition

Caroline Archer

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-801-4, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 128pp, 1999, £14.99, $31.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Foster Carers

Why They Stay and Why They Leave

Ian Sinclair, Ian Gibbs and Kate Wilson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-172-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2004, £17.95, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Foster Children

Where They Go and How They Get On

Ian Sinclair, Claire Baker, Kate Wilson and Ian Gibbs

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-278-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 2005, £19.95, $36.95

Category: Adoption and Fostering

Foster Placements

Why They Succeed and Why They Fail

Ian Sinclair, Kate Wilson and Ian Gibbs

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-173-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2004, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Fostering a Child's Recovery

Family Placement for Traumatized Children

Mike Thomas and Terry Philpot

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-327-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2009, £15.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Working with Children and Families

Fostering Adolescents

Elaine Farmer, Sue Moyers and Jo Lipscombe

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-227-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2004, £19.95, $36.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Fostering Now

Messages from Research

Ian Sinclair

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-362-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2005, £19.99, $37.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Work

Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption

What Children Need to Know

Fanny Cohen Herlem

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-671-5, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp, 2008, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Parenting, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Issues in Foster Care

Policy, Practice and Research

Edited by Greg Kelly and Robbie Gilligan

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-465-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 1999, £22.99, $44.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Just Care

Restorative Justice Approaches to Working with Children in Public Care

Belinda Hopkins

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-981-5, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 224pp, September 2009, £29.99, $49.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Kinship Care

Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements

Elaine Farmer and Sue Moyers

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-631-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2008, £25.00, $45.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption

Extraordinary Yet Ordinary

Edited by Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-600-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 1998, £16.95, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Life Story Books for Adopted Children

A Family Friendly Approach

Joy Rees
Illustrated by Jamie Goldberg

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-953-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 96pp, 2009, £14.99, $22.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Living Alongside a Child’s Recovery

Therapeutic Parenting with Traumatized Children

Billy Pughe and Terry Philpot

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-328-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2006, £15.99, $27.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Working with Children and Families

Looking for Oliver

A Mother's Search for the Son She Gave Up for Adoption

Marianne Hancock

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-142-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2003, £15.99, $26.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Counselling

Making Babies the Hard Way

Living with Infertility and Treatment

Caroline Gallup

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-463-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2007, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Health Care, Parenting

Managing Children's Homes

Developing Effective Leadership in Small Organisations

Leslie Hicks, Ian Gibbs, Helen Weatherly and Sarah Byford

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-542-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2007, £25.00, $49.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

New Families, Old Scripts

A Guide to the Language of Trauma and Attachment in Adoptive Families

Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-258-8, royal, 256pp, 2006, £18.99, $29.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts

Tykes and Teens

Caroline Archer

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-802-1, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 224pp, 1999, £15.95, $32.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Nurturing Attachments

Supporting Children who are Fostered or Adopted

Kim S. Golding

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-614-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2007, £17.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

Permanent Family Placement for Children of Minority Ethnic Origin

June Thoburn, Liz Norford and Stephen Parvez Rashid

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-875-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2000, £19.99, $38.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

The Pursuit of Permanence

A Study of the English Child Care System

Ian Sinclair, Claire Baker, Jenny Lee and Ian Gibbs

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-595-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp, 2007, £29.99, $60.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Quality Matters in Children's Services

Messages from Research

Mike Stein

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-926-6, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 160pp, 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Education, Health Care, Social Policy, Working with Children and 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.
Illustrated by J.M. Berns

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-799-6, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 128pp, 2005, £13.99, $24.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder

Colby Pearce

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-957-0, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp, 2009, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Educational Psychology, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology, Working with Children and Families

Supporting Young Parents

Pregnancy and Parenthood among Young People from Care

Elaine Chase, Ian Warwick, Abigail Knight and Peter Aggleton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-525-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2008, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Third Party Assisted Conception Across Cultures

Social, Legal and Ethical Perspectives

Edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-084-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 2003, £19.99, $34.95

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-085-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, 2003, £49.95, $99.00

Category: Adoption and Fostering

Trauma, Attachment and Family Permanence

Fear Can Stop You Loving

Edited by Caroline Archer

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-021-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 336pp, 2003, £17.99, $32.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Working with Children and Families

Understanding Looked After Children

An Introduction to Psychology for Foster Care

Jeune Guishard-Pine, Suzanne McCall and Lloyd Hamilton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-370-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2007, £14.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Working with Children and Families

What Works for Young People Leaving Care?

Mike Stein

Paperback, ISBN: 9781904659082, 238 x 170mm, 152pp, 2004, £16.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

What Works in Adoption and Foster Care?

Clive Sellick, June Thoburn and Terry Philpot

Paperback, ISBN: 9781904659006, 238 x 170mm, 140pp, 2004, £16.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

What Works in Building Resilience?

Tony Newman

Paperback, ISBN: 9781904659020, 238 x 170mm, 118pp, 2004, £16.99, $34.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood

International Research and Practice

Edited by Mike Stein and Emily R. Munro

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-610-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp, 2008, £39.99, $85.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families


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