Adoption & Fostering

This new book from life work expert Joy Rees explains the value of effective and meaningful life work with children who are fostered and adopted, and how best to carry this out.This book will help social work professionals, foster carers and adopters to...

Between the Mountain and the Sky shows us the goodness that is possible when a single person--regardless of age--takes action to help another and, in the process, changes the lives of hundreds. Maggie's story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a...

Mississippi, 1967. It's the Summer of Love, yet unwed mothers' maternity homes are flourishing, secret closed adoptions are routine, and many young women still have no voice. In You'll Forget This Ever Happened, Laura Engel takes us back to the Deep...

Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences. New Families, Old Scripts is an accessible introduction to understanding these...

The Girl and the Ghosts is the third book from well-loved foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Angela Hart.'So, is it a girl or a boy, and how old?' Jonathan asked as soon as we were alone in the shop.My husband knew from the animated look on...

A Guide to Therapeutic Child Care provides an easy to read explanation of the secrets that lie behind good quality therapeutic child care.It describes relevant theories, the 'invisible' psychological challenges that children will often struggle with and...

Music therapy is a valuable method of support and treatment for those dealing with trauma within the adoption community. Music Therapy in Adoption and Trauma offers a timely and much-needed perspective for music and creative arts therapists, as well as...

Written for busy foster carers and adoptive parents, this book provides a concise introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and how to support a child with a diagnosis. It emphasises the common strengths children with ASD have, as well as offering...

The perfect family. The perfect chance. The perfect lie. A stunning novel about motherhood and betrayal, for readers who love Sarah Vaughan and Louise Candlish. 'Deliciously dark...

'Oi, Hilda, the sign outside says you're frying today but I ain't seeing nothing done in ere!' The voice cut through my daydream, startling me into remembering where I was: standing in the fish-and-chip shop I worked in. We opened for business at 5 p.m...

The book describes the experiences that people have had when tracing their birth parents, as well as offering practical advice on how to go about searching and what to expect emotionally. Each section has an advice box which summarizes key points, notes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907585708Author Pamela BartramFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher CoramBAAFWeight(grams)...

A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together... The Watsons are no strangers to sibling placements but when Casey takes the call from her supervising social worker one frosty January...

'I'm so sorry, Casey,' my link worker John said, sounding weary. 'I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.' It's the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the...

Assessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurized time frame.Currently, assessments draw substantially on interviews, which can generate a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Critics Circle Awards.Book InformationISBN 9780143038979Author Ann FesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam...

Casey's Unit is, as ever, full of troubled, disaffected pupils, and new arrival Leo is something of a conundrum. Thirteen year old Leo isn't a bad lad - in fact, he's generally polite and helpful, but he's in danger of permanent exclusion for...

'Embraces the spirit and the message of the movie...A must-read' Karolyn Grimes, actress, 'Zuzu' in 'It's a Wonderful Life' 'Beautiful and uplifting...Written with such heart it warms the soul' Claudia Carroll 'A compelling,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950741038Author Kim FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Inky's Nest PublishingPublisher Inky's Nest PublishingWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737205203Author Marti SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Marti Smith SeminarsPublisher Marti Smith Seminars

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999606421Author Ann GigantiFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Ann Widick GigantiPublisher Ann Widick GigantiWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780920979Author Helen OakwaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm *...

Up until yesterday I knew who I was. Up until yesterday my life wasn't a lie. Rosa Fisher is the smart girl, the good girl. At twenty-five and mid-way through a PhD in the psychology of fraud, she thinks she has herself all figured out. Until that night,...

This innovative book brings together a wide range of therapeutic approaches, techniques and models to outline recent developments in the practice of supporting children in out-of-home care. It sheds light on the significance of schools, sports and peer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578366838Author Lisa CoppolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Boston Post Adoption Resources, Inc.Publisher Boston Post Adoption Resources, Inc...

Krish Kandiah wants us all to take seriously Jesus's call to 'suffer the little children' by engaging with the needs of the many thousands of children up and down the country who are in care and whom the church could and should be helping.Krish and his...

'The word "mesmerising" is frequently applied to memoirs, but seldom as deservedly as in the case of Girl With Dove' Financial Times 'Reading is a form of escape and an avid reader is an escape artist...' ...

'I defy any reader, once they've taken the smallest nibble, not to gobble it all down' Sunday ExpressIn wartime Suffolk, Caroline Hunterton fell in love. Now, decades on, that love becomes the only connection between a tragic Hollywood accident in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739850609Author Jo HorsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Jo HorsleyPublisher Jo HorsleyWeight(grams) 254g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847514363Author Beryl MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn House Publishers LtdPublisher Severn House Publishers LtdWeight(grams) 312g

Officially supported and endorsed by the Theraplay Institute, this handbook provides concrete assistance from international experts on deepening Theraplay knowledge and skills in much-needed and requested areas of practice.With up-to-date information on...

Don't miss the new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author of Careless'An emotional rollercoaster' GRAZIA'A rare new talent' THE GUARDIAN''So real, and so very moving' JESSICA RYN'A second heartfelt triumph' ANSTEY HARRISLucy Banbury is fine...

Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Harley is a troubled 13-year-old girl who wants to end her own life and there's only one woman who can find out why. When...

This book offers a thorough examination and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its influence on development, and attachment disorders. In Part One, the authors outline attachment theory, the influence of sensitive and insensitive caregiving and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310366683Author Andy StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 217gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 141mm * 25mm

Don't miss the new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author of Careless'An emotional rollercoaster' GRAZIA'A rare new talent' THE GUARDIAN''So real, and so very moving' JESSICA RYN'A second heartfelt triumph' ANSTEY HARRISLucy Banbury is fine...

From the author of the phenomenal Sunday Times bestsellers 'One Child' and 'Ghost Girl', comes a startling and poignant memoir of three people's victimisation and abuse - and their heartbreaking but ultimately successful steps to recovery, with the help...

A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first time.What a story. So vivid, honest and moving' Andrea Levy, author of Small Island'When I stepped off...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905664351Author Renee WolfsFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher CoramBAAFWeight(grams)...

If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a Gay Dad This Book is for You!Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ...