Adoption & Fostering

Life story work is an approach designed to enable traumatized children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future by strengthening attachment with their carers and providing the opportunity to...

* How does complex trauma differ from trauma?* What is dissociation?* How does it affect children?* How can you help?These questions and more are answered in this guide to understanding the nature of complex trauma and...

A hilarious story of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington - now a major movie star! When Paddington and Mr Gruber visit Hampton Court Palace they are joined by a group of tourists who all expect to come back home with them for tea! Luckily,...

From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes Lost Girl, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost little girl and an extraordinary educational psychologist's courage and determination.Jessie is nine years old...

In the much-anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times bestseller Trapped, foster carer Rosie Lewis tells the heartbreaking true story of 13-year-old Zadie. When the young teenage girl runs away from home and is discovered hiding on the city...

Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate. Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is...

What should you expect when you're expecting to foster? This book is a guide to taking the first critical steps of your fostering journey, explaining what fostering is, how to become a foster carer and what it takes to thrive.Combining invaluable advice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623175825Author Melissa Guida-RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.

Gritty, heartrending and unputdownable - the story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War II. Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789553802Author Rosemary LucasFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 89g

Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she's asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case. ...

Breaking new ground in the areas of attachment and child development, Sue Jennings introduces the concept of 'Neuro-Dramatic-Play' exploring the sensory experiences that take place between mother and child during pregnancy and the first few months after...

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child. Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother's alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and...

'I am in awe of the woman who grew from the child in this book ... The pure character necessary to grow through this dark entangled forest of childhood is the stuff of legends. Bravissima' LEMN SISSAY, author of My Name is WhyEight Weeks is a deeply...

Foundations for Attachment Training Resource is a six-session programme to help parents and carers to nurture attachments with their child. It is designed specifically for those caring for children whose capacity to emotionally connect has been...

The Definitive Guide to Theraplay (R) for Practitioners, officially endorsed by the Theraplay (R) InstituteTheraplay is an intervention that focuses on enhancing the connection, trust and joy between a child and a parent. It involves interactive, playful...

**Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022!**A COSMOPOLITAN, BBC, STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and GUARDIAN BEST BOOK PICK!'Astounding. Heart-breaking but hopeful, and a fresh new voice' PANDORA SYKES'Moving and beautifully written'...

The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help. The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. It is the first time Laura has been out since the birth of her baby when Cathy sees her in the school...

The true story of runaway child with a secret. A devastating discovery that changes everything.Melissa is a sweet-natured girl with a disturbing habit of running away and mixing with the wrong crowd. After she's picked up by the police, and with nowhere...

A collection of true short stories from Sunday Times bestselling foster carer Maggie Hartley.Book InformationISBN 9781409195801Author Maggie HartleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint TrapezePublisher Orion Publishing CoWeight(grams) 300g

Children and young people in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and developmental needs.This book provides a model of care for traumatized children and young people, based on...

From understanding what adoption is, through to step by step guidance on the entire process and the challenges that come up along the way, this is the only book you will need to read on adoption.Written by an author who was adopted herself, who has...

Through words, pictures, photographs, certificates and other 'little treasures', a Life Story Book provides a detailed account of the child's early history and a chronology of their life. Fully updated, this clear and concise book shows a unique...

The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, on parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs. 'We had such a...

A highly accessible resource for students and professionals as well as parents, Building the Bonds of Attachment presents a composite case study of one child's developmental course following years of abuse and neglect. Weaving theory and research into a...

After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old. At first, she's no trouble at all, that is until she falsely accuses another carer, Jan, of acting...

Tried nagging, shouting, taking away screen time, but with no success?Dr Amber Elliott explains why children who have experienced early trauma need something different - therapeutic parenting - a kind of everyday 'superparenting' which champions empathy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514007044Author Cameron Lee SmallFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened 'unfosterable' children who do not know what it means to be loved. This is the third book in the series. The shock that...

Based on the pioneering Seven Core Issues model, this resource is an accessible and age-appropriate way to support children and teens who have experienced early adversity, to strengthen understanding and healing. The Seven Core Issues are Loss,...

A Practical Guide to Fostering Law is an accessible, jargon-free guide to the key elements of the law that concern foster carers and the professionals who work with them.It aims to help foster carers understand where they fit into the complex web of...

'The best piece of nature writing since H is for Hawk, and the most powerful work of biography I have read in years' Neil Gaiman'Wonderful - I can't recommend it too highly' Helen Macdonald'One of those rare, enchanted books' Isabella Tree'Beautiful - it...

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Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to keep...

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a moving story of hope and forgiveness, and an international bestseller.The Victorians used flowers to express emotions: honeysuckle for devotion, azaleas for passion, and red roses for love. For Victoria...

This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733570343Author Catherine a YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Granite Swan PressPublisher Granite Swan PressWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm)...

Ashley is a young single mum raising her daughter, Eden, and working hard to do the very best job she can - until one night she can't find a babysitter and makes the decision to leave Eden home alone for a couple of hours, asleep inside a wardrobe. It is...

Children who have experienced trauma, loss or separation early in life need more than just special care and attention; they need to be parented with love and security in a way that allows them to heal and rebuild emotional bonds. This comprehensive book...

A heartbreaking and moving true story of two sisters separated at birth, and their journey towards finding each other, celebrating the true meaning of family.Helen Edwards grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties...