MARE Lending Library - by category
(updated 5/6/08)


The following adoption and foster care resources are available for FREE on a lending basis from the MARE office. Books, booklets and pamphelts may be checked out by families and professionals for one month; DVDs, CDs and videos are available for two weeks

To check out any of these resources, please contact Beverly Belcher by email, or call the MARE office at (800) 589-6273, ext. 238.


| Adoption | Adoption & Foster Care | Adoption Journey | Adoption Story | African American Families | Attachment | Attachment Disorder | Child Welfare | Children's Books | Foster Care / Parenting | Foster Care Story | Gay & Lesbian Adoption | Infant Adoption | Kinship Adoption | Lifebooks | Native American Adoption | Open Adoption | Parenting | Professionals | Search and Reunion | Sexual Abuse | Single Parent Adoption | Substance Abuse | Transracial Adoption |

Adoption

Adopting the Older Child, Claudia L. Jewett
Book

Adoption Is A Family Affair!  What Relatives and Friends Must Know, Patricia Irwin Johnston
Book

The Adoption Resource Book, Lois Gilman
Book

Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption, Marlou Russell
Book

Adoption, an Option, Human Services Information Center
Video

Adoption: Then and Now, Spaulding for Children
Video

Adoption: What's it Really Like? A Look at Adoptive Families, Lutheran Adoption Service
Video

After Adoption: The Needs of Adopted Youth, Jeanne A. Howard & Susan Livingston Smith
Book

All About Adoption: How Families Are Made & How Kids Feel About It, Marc Nemiroff & Jane Annunziata
Booklet

The Challenge of Caring, National Adoption Center
Video

Characteristics of Successful Adoptive Families, Spaulding for Children
Video

The Children Who Wait, Spaulding for Children
Video

Exploring Adoptive Family Life, H. David Kirk & Beverly Tansey
Book

Genetics And Adoption: Every Child Potentially A Special Needs Childs, Julia B. Rauch
Booklet

Gift Children: A Story of Race, Family, and Adoption in a Divided America, J. Douglas Bates
Book

Gift of Love: Adopting Older Children, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Video

Give Your Heart To A Child, Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange
Video

Is Adoption For You?  The Information You Need to Make the Right Choice, Christine Adamec
Book

Jumoke! Everyone Loves the Child:  A Guide to Adoption Support for African American Christians, Carolyn Flanders McPherson
Booklet

Let's Celebrate Adoption!  A Guide for the Jewish Community, Carolyn Flanders McPherson & James E. Rosenfeld
Booklet

The Limits of Hope, Ann Kimble Loux
Book

Looking Back, Looking Forward: An Adoptive Father's Sociological Testament, H. David Kirk
Pamphlet

Nothing Good Ever Happens To Me: An Adoption Love Story, Caroline Hassinger Lindsay
Book

The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, Nancy Newton Verrier
Book

Shared Fate: A Theory and Method of Adoptive Relationships, H. David Kirk
Book

Supporting An Adoption, Pat Holmes
Pamphlet

Toward Successful Adoption, Anne Brown & Robert J Kearney
Pamphlet

Viva la Adopcion!  A Guide to Adoption for Hispanic Christians and their Congregations, Carol Flanders McPherson & Maria Ruggiero
Booklet

Whole Life Adoption Book, The: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family, Jayne E. Schooler
Book

You're Our Child: The Adoption Experience, Franklin I. Miroff
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Adoption & Foster Care

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted and Foster Child, Betsy Keefer & Jayne E. Schooler
Book

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Gay & Lesbian Adoption

Issues In Gay And Lesbian Adoption: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Peirce-Warwick Adoption Symposium, Ann Sullivan
Pamphlet

Too High a Price: The Case Against Restricting Gay Parenting, Leslie Cooper & Paul Cates
Book

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Infant Adoption

Adopt The Baby You Want, Michael R. Sullivan
Book

Exploiring the Option of Adoption, Spaulding for Children
Video

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Kinship Adoption

Adoptive Kinship: A Modern Institution in Need of Reform, H. David Kirk
Book

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Adoption / Parenting

Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids, Gregory Keck & Regina Kupecky
Book

Becoming A Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child, Lark Eshleman
Book

Being An Adopted Family, Linda Cobb-McClain, Kris Henneman, Drenda Lakin
Booklet

Can This Child Be Saved? Solutions for Adoptive and Foster Families, Foster Cline
Book

Filling in the Blanks: A Guided Look at Growing Up Adopted, Susan Gabel
Book & Lifebook

First Steps for Strengthening Adoptive Families, Family Attachment Center of Minnesota
DVD

Helping Youth Maintain Connections Throughout Their Lives, Family Connections Projects
DVD

How To Raise An Adopted Child, Judith Schaffer & Christina Lindstrom
Book

Making Sense of Adoption, Lois Ruskai Melina
Book

Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow, Gregory C. Keck & Reginia M. Kupecky
Book

Raising Adopted Children, Lois Ruskai Melina
Book

Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child, Holly Van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
Book

Taking the Plunge, Laura Purdie Salas
Book

Talking To Your Child About Adoption, Patricia Martinez Dorner
Pamphlet

Talking with Young Children About Adoption, Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher
Book

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge
Book

Working With Traumatized Children: A Handbook for Healing, Kathryn Brohl
Pamphlet

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Single Parent Adoption

The Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents, Hope Marindin
Booklet

Single Adoptive Parents, Hope Marindin
Book

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Adoption Journey

Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through the Years, Elinor B. Rosenberg
Book

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self, David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schechter & Robin Marantz Henig
Book

A Child's Journey Through Placement, Vera Fahlberg
Book

Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness, Betty Jean Lifton
Book

Our Journey to Adoption, Spaulding for Children
Pamphlet

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Adoption Story

The Broken Cord, Michael Dorris
Book

Dandelion On My Pillow, Butcher Knife Beneath, Nancy Thomas, Terena Thomas & Beth Thomas
Book

How It Feels To Be Adopted, Jill Krementz
Book

Losing Jessica, Robby DeBoer
Book

Perspectives on a Grafted Tree: Thoughts for Those Touched By Adoption, Patricia Irwin Johnston
Book

Peter's Lullaby, Jeanne Fowler
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African American Families

African American Culture, Spaulding for Children
Video

Black Boys are Wonderful, Sandy Lawrence & Zena Oglesby
Video

The Strengths of African American Families: Twenty-Five Years Later, Robert B. Hill
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Attachment

Assessing Attachment, Separation and Loss, Linda Bayless
Pamphlet

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents, Deborah D. Gray
Book

Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love, Robert Karen
Book

Handbook of Attachment Interventions, Terry M. Levy
Book

Helping Children and Youths Develop Positive Attachments (Homeworks #2), Eileen Mayers Pasztor & Maureen Leighton
Book

Helping Children and Youths Manage Separation and Loss (Homeworks #1), Eileen Mayers Pasztor & Maureen Leighton
Book

Helping Children and Youths Manage the Impact of Placement (Homeworks #3), Eileen Mayers Pasztor & Maureen Leighton
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Attachment Disorder

99 Ways To Drive Your Child Sane, Brita St. Clair
Book

Attachment, Trauma, and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families, Terry M. Levy & Michael Orlans
Book

Broken Hearts; Wounded Minds:  The Psychological Functioning of Traumatized and Behavior Problem Children, Elizabeth M. Randolph
Book

Children Who Shock and Surprise: A Guide to Attachment Disorders, Elizabeth Randolph
Book

Creating Capacity For Attachment, Arthur Becker-Weidman & Deborah Shell
Book

High Risk Children Without A Conscience, Ken Magid and Carole A. McKelvey
Book

Taming The Tiger While It's A Kitten, Nancy Thomas
CD

When Love Is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD, Nancy Thomas
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Child Welfare

Adoption & Disruption: Rates, Risks, and Responses, Richard P. Barth & Marianne Berry
Book

Adoption Disruptions, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Booklet

Aging Out: Teens Leaving Foster Care, Roger Weisberg & Vanessa Roth
DVD

As If Kids Mattered: What's Wrong in the World of Child Protection and Adoption, Marlene Webber
Book

The Charge for Special Needs Adoption: Now and in the Future, National Resource Center
Video

Child in Placement, The: Common Behavioural Problems, Vera Fahlberg
Booklet

Don't Get Mad, Get Powerful!: A Manual for Building Advocacy Skills, Mary L. Hines
Booklet

Families at Risk: A Guide to Understand and Protect Children and Care Givers Involved in Out-Of-Home or Adoptive Care, Jodee Kulp
Book

Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility, and the New World of Child Protection, Elizabeth Bartholet
Book

The Impact of ASFA on Children and Families of Color, Child Welfare League of America
Booklet

Making A Difference, Spaulding for Children
Video

Multiple Transitions: A Young Child's Point of View on Foster Care and Adoption, Michael Trout
Video

Parent Group Manual: Resources and Ideas for Adoptive Parent Support Groups, North American Council on Adoptable Children
Other

The Psychology of Adoption, David M. Brodzinsky & Marshall D. Schechter
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Children's Book

Because...Somebody Loves Me, Dottie Ward-Wimmer
Booklet

Benjamin Bear Gets A New Family, Deborah Berry Joy
Book

Did My First Mother Love Me?  A Story For an Adopted Child, Kathryn Ann Miller
Book

Families Are Forever, Craig Shemin
Book

Finding The Right Spot: When Kids Can't Live With Their Parents, Janice Levy
Booklet

The Forever Child, The: A Tale of Anger and Fear, Nancy A. Clark & Bryan Post
Booklet

The Forever Child: A Tale of Lies and Love, Nancy A. Clark & Bryan Post
Booklet

The Forever Child: A Tale of Loss and Impossible Dreams, Nancy A. Clark & Bryan Post
Booklet

Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children, Sherrie Eldridge
Book

Guji Guji, Chih-Yuan Chen
Book

Henry The Hermit Crab, Deborah Berry Joy
Book

Little Bunnies Say Goodbye to Birth Mom, Sherri Malloy
Booklet

The Long Journey Home, Richard J. Delaney
Book

Me and My Volcano, Deborah Hage
Booklet

Mostly I Can Do More Things Than I Can't, Illinois Special Needs Adoption Project
Booklet

My New Family: A First Look at Adoption, Pat Thomas
Book

Parents Wanted, George Harrar
Book

The Red Thread:  An Adoption Fairy Tale, Grace Lin
Book

Sam's Sister, Juliet C. Bond
Book

The Sea Chest, Tony Buzzeo
Book

So You Want To Be A Prince?, Deborah Hage
Booklet

So You Want to Be a Princess?, Deborah Hage
Booklet

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born, Jamie Lee Curtis
Book

The Very Angry Day That Amy Didn't Have, Lawrence E. Shapiro
Book

W.I.S.E. Up! Powerbook, Marilyn Schoettle
Booklet

Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children, Geraldine M. Blomquist & Paul B. Blomquist
Booklet

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Foster Care / Parenting

Anger Outburst: Foster Parent College, Richard J. Delaney
DVD

Bobbie's Story: A Feelings Workbook, Brennan Lynn Mars
Booklet

Bobbie's Story: A Guide for Foster Parents, Brennan Lynn Mars
Booklet

Foster Care Solutions: Learning to Problem-Solve, Northwest Media, Inc.
Video

Foster Parents Speak Out: Crossing Bridges & Fostering Change, New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
Video

Heading Them Home, Whaley Children's Center
Video

Helping Children When They Must Move, Vera Fahlberg
Book

I Miss My Foster Parents, Stefon Herbert
Pamphlet

Lying: Foster Parent College, Richard J. Delaney
DVD

Making Room in Your Family, Karen Jorgenson & Jane Schooler
Book

Practical Tools For Foster Parents, Lana Temple-Plotz, Ted P. Stricklett, Christena B. Baker & Michael N. Sterba
Book

A Safe Environment for Foster Children Part 3: A Time And Place For Healing, Vera Fahlberg
Book & Video

Walk a Mile in My Shoes: A Book About Biological Parents for Foster Parents and Social Workers, Judith A.B Lee & Danielle Nisivoccia
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Foster Care Story

The Things I Want Most: The Extraordinary Story of a Boy's Journey to a Family of His Own, Richard F. Miniter
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Lifebooks

Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge To Your Child's Beginnings, Cindy Probst
Book

The Complete Lifebook Workbook, Jim Mooney
Book

Creating A Treasure For The Adopted Child, Beth O'Malley
Book

The Creative Journal For Children, Gerald G. Jampolsky
Book

Here I Am: Lifebook Kit, Susan Schroen
Other

Me, Myself & I, Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange
Booklet

My Foster Care Journey, Beth O'Malley
Pamphlet

The Real Me:  A Teen Life Book for Young Adults in Foster Care or Adoption, Theresa McCoy
Book

SARK's Journal and Play! Book, Sark
Book

When I'm Famous, Beth O'Malley
Pamphlet

The World According To My Child, C.J. Rilly & Suzette Tyler
Pamphlet

Your Foster Care Memory Book, Adoption World Specialties
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Native American Adoption

Native American Children: Our Most Valued Resource, Human Services Information Center
Video

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Open Adoption

Dear Birthmother, Kathleen Silber & Phylis Speedlin
Book

Open Adoption: The Experts Speak Out, Carol Land & Sharon Kaplan
Booklet & Video

Open Adoption: The Sally Jesse Raphael Talk Show, Sally Jesse Raphael Talk Show
Video

Saying Goodbye to a Baby: Volume 1-The Birthparent's Guide to Loss and Grief in Adoption, Patricia Roles
Pamphlet

Saying Goodbye to a Baby: Volume 2-A Counselor's Guide to Birthparent Loss and Grief in Adoption, Patricia Roles
Pamphlet

The Spirit of Open Adoption, James L. Gritter
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Parenting

62 Ways To Create Change In The Lives of Troubled Children, L. Tobin
Pamphlet

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Families, Stephen R. Covey
Book & CDs

A.D.D. not B.A.D., Audrey Penn
Booklet

The A.D.D. Tool Kit, Ruth Gauchman, Abie Wong & Lawrence E. Shapiro
Workbook

ADHD Handbook for Families: A Guide to Communicating with Professionals, Paul Weingartner
Book

Adoption With Attitude: Affirmations for Conscious Living as Adoptive Families, Dee A. Paddock
Pamphlet

The Angry Child: Regaining Control When Your Child Is Out of Control, Tim Murphy & Loriann Hoff Oberlin
Book

Angry Kids, Frustrated Parents: Practical Ways to Prevent and Reduce Aggression in Your Children, Terry L. Hyland & Jerry Davis
Book

Ask Nancy: 30 Questions with Nancy Thomas about Parenting Challenging Children, Nancy Thomas
DVD

Assertive Discipline For Parents, Lee Canter with Marlene Canter
Book

Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity & Adoptive Families: Hope, Help, Support, Lutheran Adoption Service
Video

Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens, Debbie Riley & John Meeks
Book

The Blending of Foster and Adopted Children into the Family, Heather Lehr Wagner and Marvin Rosen
Book

Can't You Sit Still? Adoption and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Randolph W. Severson
Pamphlet

A Candid Talk About Loss in Adoption, Lutheran Adoption Service
Video

Dangerous Kids: Boys Town's Approach for Helping Caregivers Treat Aggressive and Violent Youth, Michael Sterba & Jerry Davis
Book

Different and Wonderful: Raising Black Children In a Race-Conscious Society, Darlene Powell Hopson & Derek S. Hopson
Book

The Difficult Child, Stanley Turecki
Book

Eating Disorders: Training for Adoptive, Kinship and Foster Parents, Richard J. Delaney
DVD

The Face in the Mirror: Teenagers and Adoption, Marion Crook
Book

Finding A Mental Health Therapist, Maria Piantanida & Sherry Anderson
Pamphlet

Fire-Setting: Training for Adoptive, Kinship and Foster Parents, Richard J. Delaney
DVD

Go to Your Room! Consequences That Teach, Shari Steelsmith
Book

Good Night, Sweet Dreams, I Love You: Now Get Into Bed And Go To Sleep!, Patrick C. Friman
Book

Grounded for Life: Stop Blowing Your Fuse and Start Communicating, Louise Felton Tracy
Book

Healing Power of the Family: Illustrated Overview of Life with the Disturbed Foster or Adopted Child, Richard J. Delaney
Book

Helping Children Cope With Separation and Loss, Claudia L. Jewett
Book

The Helping Hand, Cynthia Brinson
Booklet

Helping Kids Manage Grief, Fear,  Anger, Terri Akin, David Cowan, Susanna Palomares, Dianne Schilling
Pamphlet

Holding Time, Martha G. Welch
Book

How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop: Understanding Learning Disabilities, Richard D. Lavoie
Video

How to Help the Angry and Defiant Child, B.  Bryan Post
Book

The Hyper Active Child, Grant Martin
Book

The Measure Of Our Success, Marian Wright Edelman
Book

Parenting Children With ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach, Vincent J. Monastra
Book

Parenting Resource Manual, Susan Cunningham
Book

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds, Rex Forehand & Nicholas Long
Book

Parenting To Build Character In Your Teen, Michael S. Josephson, Val J. Peter & Tom Dowd
Book

Parenting With Love And Logic, Foster Cline & Jim Fay
Book

Parenting Your Adopted Older Child: How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child, Brenda McCreight
Book

Raising a Moody Child: How to Cope with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, Mary A. Fristad and Jill S. Goldberg Arnold
Book

Raising Cain: Caring for Troubled Youngsters/Repairing our Troubled System, Richard J. Delaney
Book

Residential Treatment: A Tapestry of Many Therapies, Vera Fahlberg
Book

Simple Secrets of Parenting: Easy as ABC, John Q. Baucom
Pamphlet

SOS: Help for Parents, Lynn Clark
Book, Video, Other

Success In Parenting, Foster Cline & Benjamine W. Brucker
Book & Cassette Tapes

That's My Child: Strategies for Parents of Children with Disabilities, Lizanne Capper
Book

Therapeutic Parenting: It's A Matter of Attitude!, Deborah Hage
Booklet

Troubled Transplants: Unconventional Strategies for Helping Disturbed Foster and Adopted Children, Richard J. Delaney & Frank R. Kunstal
Book

Understanding & Helping Adopted & Foster Children with Emotional Problems, Michael M. Katz
Video

A Volcano In My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger, Eliane Whitehouse & Warwick Pudney
Book

What Children Need When They Grieve: The Four Essentials: Routine, Love, Honesty, and Security, Julia Wilcox Rathkey
Book

When Love Is Not Enough DVD Seminar: Mastering Steps to Reach Children with RAD, ADD, ODD, Bipolar or PTSD, Nancy Thomas
DVD

When the Chips are Down: Strategies for Improving Children's Behavior, Richard D. Lavoie
Video & Booklet

When Your Child Drives You Crazy: Advice from the Child-Care Experts, Eda LeShan
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Professionals

Achieving Permanence for Every Child: A Guide for Limiting the Use of Long-Term Foster Care as a Permanent Plan, Kate Welty
Booklet

Adoption and Disclosure: A Review Of The Law, Madelyn DeWoody
Pamphlet

Adoption and the Family System: Strategies for Treatment, Miriam Reitz & Kenneth W. Watson
Book

Adoption Resources for Mental Health Professionals, Pamela V. Grabe
Other

Adoption Support and Preservation Curriculum, Spaulding for Children 1996
Curriculum

Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening: A Professional Guide to Evaluations, James L. Dickerson and Mardi Allen
Book

After Adoption: A Manual for Professionals Working with Adoptive Families, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon & Kenneth W. Watson
Booklet

Children Can't Wait: Reducing Delays in Out-Of-Home Care, Katharine Cahn & Paul Johnson
Book

Cline/Helding Adopted & Foster Child Assessment: Manual and Individual Record, Foster Cline & Cathy Helding
Book

Communicating Through Play, Judith Cipolla, Dorothy Benson McGown & Mary Anne Yanulis
Book

Courtwise: Making Optimal Use of the Legal Process to Insure Early Permanence for Children, Linda Katz, Norma Spoonemore, & Chris Robinson
Booklet

Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Instrument, Child Welfare League of America
Booklet

Delivering Post Adoption Services: The Role of the Public Agency, Kenneth W. Watson
Booklet

Expanding the Role of Foster Parents in Achieving Permanency: Toolboxes for Permanency (Toolbox Number 2), Susan Dougherty
Booklet

Family Forever: Reunification Through Family-Focused Foster Care : A Discussion Guide, Child Welfare League of America
Video

Finding Families, Ann Hartman
Book

Finding Forever Families, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Video

First, They're Children: Permanency Planning, Spaulding for Children & Michigan Department of Mental Health
Video

A Framework For Foster Care Reform, Kate Welty
Booklet

Getting Ready For Adoption, Theresa McCoy
Pamphlet

Guide to Teaching Early Child Development, Grace C. Cooper
Booklet

Helping Parents Help Their Kids: A Clinical Guide To Six Child Problem Behaviours, Ennio Cipani
Book

How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop: Understanding Learning Disabilities: Discussion Leader's Guide, Richard D. Lavoie
Booklet

How to Stay Cool, Calm & Collected When the Pressure's on: A Stress Control Plan for Businesspeople, John Newman
Book

PATH (Parents As Tender Healers), Rosemary P. Jackson & Karal Wasserman
Curriculum

Pathways To Permanence, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Video

Post Adoption Family Therapy: A Practice Manual, Cheryl Prew
Booklet

Self-Awareness, Self-Selection and Success: A Parent Preparation Guidebook for Special Needs Adoptions, Wilfred Hamm
Book

Shortening Children's Stays: Innovative Permanency Planning Programs, Kate Welty, Mary Boo, Charlotte Vick & Joe Kroll
Booklet

Smart Talk: The Art of Savvy Business Conversation, Roberta Roesch
Book

The Special Needs Adoption Curriculum, Spaulding for Children 1991
Curriculum

Strengthening Resources & Decreasing Stressors in Adoptive Families:  The Post-Legal Special Needs Adoption Family Preservation Treatment Team Project, Maryann Basista & Linda Persse
Booklet

Transracial Adoption and Foster Care: Practice Issues for Professionals, Joseph Crumbley
Book

Understanding Adoption, Social Science Education Consortium
Booklet

Who Adopts Children With Special Needs?, National Adoption Center
Booklet

Working With Adoptive Families Beyond Placement, Ann Hartman
Book

Working with Afro American Families #1: Verbal & Non-Verbal Communications, Spaulding for Children
Video

Working with Afro American Families #2: A Cultural Approach (Strengths of Black Families), Spaulding for Children
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Search and Reunion

Understanding Search, Union & Aftermath, Lutheran Adoption Service
Video

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Sexual Abuse

Adoption and the Sexually Abused Child, Joan McNamara & Bernard H. McNamara
Book

The Adoptive Family as a Healing Resource for the Sexually Abused Child, Deborah H. Minshew & Chrisan Hooper
Booklet

The Safe-Team Curriculum (Adoption and the Sexually Abused Child), Joan McNamara & Bernard H. McNamara
Other

Sexualized Behavior: Foster Parent College, Richard J. Delaney
DVD

Sexualized Child in Foster Care: A Guide for Foster Parents and Other Professionals, Sally G. Hoyle
Book

Tangled Feelings, Joan McNamara
Pamphlet

What Only a Mother Can Tell You About Child Sexual Abuse, Karen Schaefer
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Substance Abuse

Caring for Drug Affected Infants, Altschul Group Corporation
Video

Cocaine Kids:  Their Problem is Our Problem, Altschul Group Corporation
Video

Recognizing and Managing Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects: A Guidebook, Brenda McCreight
Book

Training Tape for Caretakers of Drug Babies, Spaulding for Children
Video

When Drugs Came To Josh's Street, Carl E. Nestor
Booklet

Transracial Adoption

Assessing A Family's Ability To Adopt Transracially, Joseph Crumbley
Video

Black Baby White Hands: A View From the Crib, Jaiya John
Book

The Impact of Transracial Adoptions on the Adopted Child and Adoptive Family, Joseph Crumbley
Video

In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories, Rita J. Simon & Rhonda M. Roorda
Book

Parenting Tasks In Transracial Adoptions, Joseph Crumbley
Video

Preparing Children For Cross-Cultural Placement, Jaiya John
DVD

The Special Needs of Minority Children Adopted Transracially, Joseph Crumbley
Video

Struggle For Identity, New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
Video

Transracial Adoptive Parenting: A Black/White Community Issue, Leora Neal & Al Stumph
Booklet

Transracial Parenting Project: Self Awareness Tool, North American Council on Adoptable Children
Book

Where Do Black Children Belong?, Elizabeth Bartholet
Pamphlet