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Lending Library - by category 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 | Adopting the Older Child,
Claudia L. Jewett Adoption Is A Family
Affair! What Relatives and Friends Must
Know,
Patricia Irwin Johnston The Adoption Resource Book,
Lois Gilman Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the
Issues and Feelings of Adoption,
Marlou Russell Adoption, an Option,
Human Services Information Center Adoption: Then and Now,
Spaulding for Children Adoption: What's it Really Like?
A Look at Adoptive Families,
Lutheran Adoption Service After Adoption: The Needs of Adopted
Youth,
Jeanne A. Howard & Susan Livingston Smith All About Adoption:
How Families Are Made & How Kids Feel About
It,
Marc Nemiroff & Jane Annunziata The Challenge of Caring,
National Adoption Center Characteristics of Successful
Adoptive Families,
Spaulding for Children The Children Who Wait,
Spaulding for Children Exploring Adoptive Family Life,
H. David Kirk & Beverly Tansey Genetics And Adoption: Every Child
Potentially A Special Needs Childs,
Julia B. Rauch Gift Children: A Story of Race,
Family, and Adoption in a Divided America,
J. Douglas Bates Gift of Love: Adopting Older Children,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Give Your Heart To A Child,
Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange Is Adoption For You? The
Information You Need to Make the Right Choice,
Christine Adamec Jumoke! Everyone
Loves the Child: A Guide to Adoption Support
for African American Christians,
Carolyn Flanders McPherson Let's Celebrate Adoption! A
Guide for the Jewish Community,
Carolyn Flanders McPherson & James E. Rosenfeld The Limits of Hope,
Ann Kimble Loux Looking Back, Looking Forward:
An Adoptive Father's Sociological Testament,
H. David Kirk Nothing Good Ever Happens To Me:
An Adoption Love Story,
Caroline Hassinger Lindsay The Primal Wound: Understanding
the Adopted Child,
Nancy Newton Verrier Shared Fate: A Theory and Method
of Adoptive Relationships,
H. David Kirk Supporting An Adoption,
Pat Holmes Toward Successful Adoption,
Anne Brown & Robert J Kearney Viva la Adopcion! A
Guide to Adoption for Hispanic Christians and their Congregations,
Carol Flanders McPherson & Maria Ruggiero Whole Life Adoption Book, The:
Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family,
Jayne E. Schooler You're Our Child: The Adoption
Experience,
Franklin I. Miroff Telling the Truth to Your Adopted
and Foster Child,
Betsy Keefer & Jayne E. Schooler Issues In Gay And Lesbian Adoption:
Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Peirce-Warwick Adoption Symposium,
Ann Sullivan Too High a Price: The Case Against
Restricting Gay Parenting,
Leslie Cooper & Paul Cates Adopt The Baby You Want,
Michael R. Sullivan Exploiring the Option of Adoption,
Spaulding for Children Adoptive Kinship: A Modern Institution
in Need of Reform,
H. David Kirk Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope
for Families With Special-Needs Kids,
Gregory Keck & Regina Kupecky Becoming A Family: Promoting Healthy
Attachments with Your Adopted Child,
Lark Eshleman Being An Adopted Family,
Linda Cobb-McClain, Kris Henneman, Drenda Lakin Can This Child Be Saved? Solutions
for Adoptive and Foster Families,
Foster Cline Filling in the Blanks: A Guided
Look at Growing Up Adopted,
Susan Gabel First Steps for Strengthening
Adoptive Families,
Family Attachment Center of Minnesota Helping Youth Maintain Connections
Throughout Their Lives,
Family Connections Projects How To Raise An Adopted Child,
Judith Schaffer & Christina Lindstrom Making Sense of Adoption,
Lois Ruskai Melina Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping
Adoptive Families Heal and Grow,
Gregory C. Keck & Reginia M. Kupecky Raising Adopted Children,
Lois Ruskai Melina Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting
the Adopted Child,
Holly Van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb Taking the Plunge,
Laura Purdie Salas Talking To Your Child About Adoption,
Patricia Martinez Dorner Talking with Young Children About
Adoption,
Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish
Their Adoptive Parents Knew,
Sherrie Eldridge Working With Traumatized Children:
A Handbook for Healing,
Kathryn Brohl The Handbook for Single Adoptive
Parents,
Hope Marindin Single Adoptive Parents,
Hope Marindin Adoption Life Cycle: The Children
and Their Families Through the Years,
Elinor B. Rosenberg Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search
for Self,
David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall D. Schechter & Robin Marantz Henig A Child's Journey Through Placement,
Vera Fahlberg Journey of the Adopted Self: A
Quest for Wholeness,
Betty Jean Lifton Our Journey to Adoption,
Spaulding for Children The Broken Cord,
Michael Dorris Dandelion On My Pillow, Butcher
Knife Beneath,
Nancy Thomas, Terena Thomas & Beth Thomas How It Feels To Be Adopted,
Jill Krementz Losing Jessica,
Robby DeBoer Perspectives on a Grafted Tree:
Thoughts for Those Touched By Adoption,
Patricia Irwin Johnston Peter's Lullaby,
Jeanne Fowler African American Culture,
Spaulding for Children Black Boys are Wonderful,
Sandy Lawrence & Zena Oglesby The Strengths of African American
Families: Twenty-Five Years Later,
Robert B. Hill Assessing Attachment, Separation
and Loss,
Linda Bayless Attaching in Adoption: Practical
Tools for Today's Parents,
Deborah D. Gray Becoming Attached: First Relationships
and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love,
Robert Karen Handbook of Attachment Interventions,
Terry M. Levy Helping Children and Youths Develop
Positive Attachments (Homeworks #2),
Eileen Mayers Pasztor & Maureen Leighton Helping Children and Youths Manage
Separation and Loss (Homeworks #1),
Eileen Mayers Pasztor & Maureen Leighton Helping Children and Youths Manage
the Impact of Placement (Homeworks #3),
Eileen Mayers Pasztor & Maureen Leighton 99 Ways To Drive Your Child Sane,
Brita St. Clair Attachment, Trauma, and Healing:
Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families,
Terry M. Levy & Michael Orlans Broken Hearts; Wounded
Minds: The Psychological Functioning
of Traumatized and Behavior Problem Children,
Elizabeth M. Randolph Children Who Shock and Surprise:
A Guide to Attachment Disorders,
Elizabeth Randolph Creating Capacity For Attachment,
Arthur Becker-Weidman & Deborah Shell High Risk Children Without A Conscience,
Ken Magid and Carole A. McKelvey Taming The Tiger While It's A
Kitten,
Nancy Thomas When Love Is Not Enough: A Guide
to Parenting Children with RAD,
Nancy Thomas Adoption & Disruption:
Rates, Risks, and Responses,
Richard P. Barth & Marianne Berry Adoption Disruptions,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Aging Out: Teens Leaving Foster
Care,
Roger Weisberg & Vanessa Roth As If Kids Mattered: What's Wrong
in the World of Child Protection and Adoption,
Marlene Webber The Charge for Special Needs Adoption:
Now and in the Future,
National Resource Center Child in Placement, The: Common
Behavioural Problems,
Vera Fahlberg Don't Get Mad, Get Powerful!:
A Manual for Building Advocacy Skills,
Mary L. Hines Families at Risk: A Guide to Understand
and Protect Children and Care Givers Involved in Out-Of-Home or Adoptive
Care,
Jodee Kulp Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility,
and the New World of Child Protection,
Elizabeth Bartholet The Impact of ASFA on Children
and Families of Color,
Child Welfare League of America Making A Difference,
Spaulding for Children Multiple Transitions: A Young
Child's Point of View on Foster Care and Adoption,
Michael Trout Parent Group Manual: Resources
and Ideas for Adoptive Parent Support Groups,
North American Council on Adoptable Children The Psychology of Adoption,
David M. Brodzinsky & Marshall D. Schechter Because...Somebody Loves Me,
Dottie Ward-Wimmer Benjamin Bear Gets A New Family,
Deborah Berry Joy Did My First Mother
Love Me? A Story For an Adopted Child,
Kathryn Ann Miller Families Are Forever,
Craig Shemin Finding The Right Spot: When Kids
Can't Live With Their Parents,
Janice Levy The Forever Child, The: A Tale
of Anger and Fear, Nancy A. Clark & Bryan Post The Forever Child: A Tale of Lies
and Love,
Nancy A. Clark & Bryan Post The Forever Child: A Tale of Loss
and Impossible Dreams,
Nancy A. Clark & Bryan Post Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing
Discovery for Adopted Children,
Sherrie Eldridge Guji Guji,
Chih-Yuan Chen Henry The Hermit Crab,
Deborah Berry Joy Little Bunnies Say Goodbye to
Birth Mom,
Sherri Malloy The Long Journey
Home,
Richard J. Delaney Me and My Volcano,
Deborah Hage Mostly I Can Do More Things Than
I Can't, Illinois Special Needs Adoption Project My New Family: A First Look at
Adoption,
Pat Thomas Parents Wanted,
George Harrar The Red Thread: An
Adoption Fairy Tale,
Grace Lin Sam's Sister,
Juliet C. Bond The Sea Chest,
Tony Buzzeo So You Want To Be A Prince?,
Deborah Hage So You Want to Be a Princess?,
Deborah Hage Tell Me Again About the Night
I Was Born,
Jamie Lee Curtis The Very Angry Day That Amy Didn't
Have,
Lawrence E. Shapiro W.I.S.E. Up! Powerbook,
Marilyn Schoettle Zachary's New Home: A Story for
Foster and Adopted Children,
Geraldine M. Blomquist & Paul B. Blomquist Anger Outburst: Foster Parent
College,
Richard J. Delaney Bobbie's Story: A Feelings Workbook,
Brennan Lynn Mars Bobbie's Story: A Guide for Foster
Parents,
Brennan Lynn Mars Foster Care Solutions: Learning
to Problem-Solve,
Northwest Media, Inc. Foster Parents Speak
Out: Crossing Bridges & Fostering Change,
New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc. Heading Them Home,
Whaley Children's Center Helping Children When They Must
Move,
Vera Fahlberg I Miss My Foster Parents,
Stefon Herbert Lying: Foster Parent College,
Richard J. Delaney Making Room in Your Family,
Karen Jorgenson & Jane Schooler Practical Tools For Foster Parents,
Lana Temple-Plotz, Ted P. Stricklett, Christena B. Baker & Michael
N. Sterba A Safe Environment for Foster
Children Part 3: A Time And Place For Healing,
Vera Fahlberg Walk a Mile in My Shoes: A Book
About Biological Parents for Foster Parents and Social Workers,
Judith A.B Lee & Danielle Nisivoccia The Things I Want Most: The Extraordinary
Story of a Boy's Journey to a Family of His Own,
Richard F. Miniter Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge To
Your Child's Beginnings,
Cindy Probst The Complete Lifebook Workbook,
Jim Mooney Creating A Treasure For The Adopted
Child,
Beth O'Malley The Creative Journal For Children,
Gerald G. Jampolsky Here I Am: Lifebook Kit,
Susan Schroen Me, Myself & I,
Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange My Foster Care Journey,
Beth O'Malley The Real Me: A
Teen Life Book for Young Adults in Foster Care or Adoption,
Theresa McCoy SARK's Journal and Play! Book,
Sark When I'm Famous,
Beth O'Malley The World According To My Child,
C.J. Rilly & Suzette Tyler Your Foster Care Memory Book,
Adoption World Specialties Native American Children: Our
Most Valued Resource,
Human Services Information Center Dear Birthmother,
Kathleen Silber & Phylis Speedlin Open Adoption: The Experts Speak
Out,
Carol Land & Sharon Kaplan Open Adoption: The Sally Jesse
Raphael Talk Show,
Sally Jesse Raphael Talk Show Saying Goodbye to a Baby: Volume
1-The Birthparent's Guide to Loss and Grief in Adoption,
Patricia Roles Saying Goodbye to a Baby: Volume
2-A Counselor's Guide to Birthparent Loss and Grief in Adoption,
Patricia Roles The Spirit of Open Adoption,
James L. Gritter 62 Ways To Create Change In The
Lives of Troubled Children,
L. Tobin The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective
Families,
Stephen R. Covey A.D.D. not B.A.D., Audrey
Penn The A.D.D. Tool Kit,
Ruth Gauchman, Abie Wong & Lawrence E. Shapiro ADHD Handbook for Families: A
Guide to Communicating with Professionals, Paul Weingartner Adoption With Attitude: Affirmations
for Conscious Living as Adoptive Families, Dee A. Paddock The Angry Child: Regaining Control
When Your Child Is Out of Control, Tim Murphy & Loriann
Hoff Oberlin Angry Kids, Frustrated Parents:
Practical Ways to Prevent and Reduce Aggression in Your Children,
Terry L. Hyland & Jerry Davis Ask Nancy: 30 Questions with Nancy
Thomas about Parenting Challenging Children, Nancy Thomas Assertive Discipline For Parents,
Lee Canter with Marlene Canter Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity & Adoptive
Families: Hope, Help, Support, Lutheran Adoption Service Beneath the Mask: Understanding
Adopted Teens, Debbie Riley & John Meeks The Blending of Foster and Adopted
Children into the Family,
Heather Lehr Wagner and Marvin Rosen Can't You Sit Still? Adoption
and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Randolph W.
Severson A Candid Talk About Loss in Adoption,
Lutheran Adoption Service Dangerous Kids: Boys Town's Approach
for Helping Caregivers Treat Aggressive and Violent Youth,
Michael Sterba & Jerry Davis Different and Wonderful: Raising
Black Children In a Race-Conscious Society,
Darlene Powell Hopson & Derek S. Hopson The Difficult Child,
Stanley Turecki Eating Disorders: Training for
Adoptive, Kinship and Foster Parents,
Richard J. Delaney The Face in the Mirror: Teenagers
and Adoption, Marion Crook Finding A Mental Health Therapist,
Maria Piantanida & Sherry Anderson Fire-Setting: Training for Adoptive,
Kinship and Foster Parents,
Richard J. Delaney Go to Your Room! Consequences
That Teach,
Shari Steelsmith Good Night, Sweet Dreams, I Love
You: Now Get Into Bed And Go To Sleep!,
Patrick C. Friman Grounded for Life: Stop Blowing
Your Fuse and Start Communicating,
Louise Felton Tracy Healing Power of the Family: Illustrated
Overview of Life with the Disturbed Foster or Adopted Child,
Richard J. Delaney Helping Children Cope With Separation
and Loss,
Claudia L. Jewett The Helping Hand, Cynthia
Brinson Helping Kids Manage
Grief, Fear, Anger,
Terri Akin, David Cowan, Susanna Palomares, Dianne Schilling Holding Time,
Martha G. Welch How Difficult Can This Be? The
F.A.T. City Workshop: Understanding Learning Disabilities,
Richard D. Lavoie How to Help the Angry and Defiant
Child,
B. Bryan Post The Hyper Active Child,
Grant Martin The Measure Of Our
Success,
Marian Wright Edelman Parenting Children With ADHD:
10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach, Vincent J. Monastra Parenting Resource Manual,
Susan Cunningham Parenting the Strong-Willed Child:
The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds,
Rex Forehand & Nicholas Long Parenting To Build Character In
Your Teen, Michael S. Josephson, Val J. Peter & Tom
Dowd Parenting With Love And Logic,
Foster Cline & Jim Fay Parenting Your Adopted Older Child:
How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy
Child,
Brenda McCreight Raising a Moody Child: How to
Cope with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, Mary A. Fristad
and Jill S. Goldberg Arnold Raising Cain: Caring for Troubled
Youngsters/Repairing our Troubled System,
Richard J. Delaney Residential Treatment: A Tapestry
of Many Therapies,
Vera Fahlberg Simple Secrets of Parenting: Easy
as ABC,
John Q. Baucom SOS: Help for Parents,
Lynn Clark Success In Parenting,
Foster Cline & Benjamine W. Brucker That's My Child: Strategies for
Parents of Children with Disabilities,
Lizanne Capper Therapeutic Parenting: It's A
Matter of Attitude!,
Deborah Hage Troubled Transplants: Unconventional
Strategies for Helping Disturbed Foster and Adopted Children,
Richard J. Delaney & Frank R. Kunstal Understanding & Helping Adopted & Foster
Children with Emotional Problems,
Michael M. Katz A Volcano In My Tummy: Helping
Children to Handle Anger,
Eliane Whitehouse & Warwick Pudney What Children Need When They Grieve:
The Four Essentials: Routine, Love, Honesty, and Security,
Julia Wilcox Rathkey When Love Is Not Enough DVD Seminar:
Mastering Steps to Reach Children with RAD, ADD, ODD, Bipolar or
PTSD,
Nancy Thomas When the Chips are Down: Strategies
for Improving Children's Behavior,
Richard D. Lavoie When Your Child Drives You Crazy:
Advice from the Child-Care Experts,
Eda LeShan Achieving Permanence for Every
Child: A Guide for Limiting the Use of Long-Term Foster Care as a
Permanent Plan,
Kate Welty Adoption and Disclosure: A Review
Of The Law,
Madelyn DeWoody Adoption and the Family System:
Strategies for Treatment,
Miriam Reitz & Kenneth W. Watson Adoption Resources for Mental
Health Professionals,
Pamela V. Grabe Adoption Support and Preservation
Curriculum,
Spaulding for Children 1996 Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening:
A Professional Guide to Evaluations,
James L. Dickerson and Mardi Allen After Adoption: A Manual for Professionals
Working with Adoptive Families,
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon & Kenneth W. Watson Children Can't Wait: Reducing
Delays in Out-Of-Home Care,
Katharine Cahn & Paul Johnson Cline/Helding Adopted & Foster
Child Assessment: Manual and Individual Record,
Foster Cline & Cathy Helding Communicating Through Play,
Judith Cipolla, Dorothy Benson McGown & Mary Anne Yanulis Courtwise: Making Optimal Use
of the Legal Process to Insure Early Permanence for Children,
Linda Katz, Norma Spoonemore, & Chris Robinson Cultural Competence Self-Assessment
Instrument,
Child Welfare League of America Delivering Post Adoption Services:
The Role of the Public Agency,
Kenneth W. Watson Expanding the Role of Foster Parents
in Achieving Permanency: Toolboxes for Permanency (Toolbox Number
2),
Susan Dougherty Family Forever: Reunification
Through Family-Focused Foster Care : A Discussion Guide,
Child Welfare League of America Finding Families,
Ann Hartman Finding Forever Families,
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption First, They're Children: Permanency
Planning,
Spaulding for Children & Michigan Department of Mental Health A Framework For Foster
Care Reform,
Kate Welty Getting Ready For Adoption,
Theresa McCoy Guide to Teaching Early Child
Development,
Grace C. Cooper Helping Parents Help Their Kids:
A Clinical Guide To Six Child Problem Behaviours,
Ennio Cipani How Difficult Can This Be? The
F.A.T. City Workshop: Understanding Learning Disabilities: Discussion
Leader's Guide,
Richard D. Lavoie How to Stay Cool,
Calm & Collected When the Pressure's on: A Stress
Control Plan for Businesspeople,
John Newman PATH (Parents As Tender Healers),
Rosemary P. Jackson & Karal Wasserman Pathways To Permanence,
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Post Adoption Family Therapy:
A Practice Manual,
Cheryl Prew Self-Awareness, Self-Selection
and Success: A Parent Preparation Guidebook for Special Needs Adoptions,
Wilfred Hamm Shortening Children's Stays: Innovative
Permanency Planning Programs,
Kate Welty, Mary Boo, Charlotte Vick & Joe Kroll Smart Talk: The Art of Savvy Business
Conversation,
Roberta Roesch The Special Needs Adoption Curriculum,
Spaulding for Children 1991 Strengthening Resources & Decreasing
Stressors in Adoptive Families: The
Post-Legal Special Needs Adoption Family Preservation Treatment Team
Project,
Maryann Basista & Linda Persse Transracial Adoption and Foster
Care: Practice Issues for Professionals,
Joseph Crumbley Understanding Adoption,
Social Science Education Consortium Who Adopts Children With Special
Needs?,
National Adoption Center Working With Adoptive Families
Beyond Placement,
Ann Hartman Working with Afro
American Families #1: Verbal & Non-Verbal Communications,
Spaulding for Children Working with Afro American Families
#2: A Cultural Approach (Strengths of Black Families),
Spaulding for Children Understanding Search,
Union & Aftermath,
Lutheran Adoption Service Adoption and the Sexually Abused
Child,
Joan McNamara & Bernard H. McNamara The Adoptive Family
as a Healing Resource for the Sexually Abused Child,
Deborah H. Minshew & Chrisan Hooper The Safe-Team Curriculum
(Adoption and the Sexually Abused Child),
Joan McNamara & Bernard H. McNamara Sexualized Behavior: Foster Parent
College,
Richard J. Delaney Sexualized Child in Foster Care:
A Guide for Foster Parents and Other Professionals,
Sally G. Hoyle Tangled Feelings,
Joan McNamara What Only a Mother Can Tell You
About Child Sexual Abuse,
Karen Schaefer Caring for Drug Affected Infants,
Altschul Group Corporation Cocaine Kids: Their
Problem is Our Problem,
Altschul Group Corporation Recognizing and Managing Children
with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects: A Guidebook,
Brenda McCreight Training Tape for Caretakers of
Drug Babies,
Spaulding for Children When Drugs Came To Josh's Street,
Carl E. Nestor Assessing A Family's Ability To
Adopt Transracially, Joseph Crumbley Black Baby White Hands: A View
From the Crib, Jaiya John The Impact of Transracial Adoptions
on the Adopted Child and Adoptive Family, Joseph Crumbley In Their Own Voices: Transracial
Adoptees Tell Their Stories, Rita J. Simon & Rhonda
M. Roorda Parenting Tasks In Transracial
Adoptions, Joseph Crumbley Preparing Children For Cross-Cultural
Placement, Jaiya John The Special Needs of Minority
Children Adopted Transracially, Joseph Crumbley Struggle For Identity,
New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc. Transracial Adoptive Parenting:
A Black/White Community Issue, Leora Neal & Al Stumph Transracial Parenting Project:
Self Awareness Tool, North American Council on Adoptable
Children Where Do Black Children Belong?,
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