Lessons of Hope from Children and Families in Crisis
"Every child's way of being can open doors to wisdom, compassion, and human connection. We need only to listen."
This is among the conclusions that the authors, one of whom is an experienced foster parent and the other a professor of developmental psychology, draw as a result of working with a diverse ......
Life story work is one of the key therapeutic approaches to working with adopted or fostered children. While it sounds simple, there is more to this work than producing photo albums or memory boxes for children.This accessible book is full of tested techniques and creative ideas for professionals who may have little time and few resources, but who ......
Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children
Adopted children whose early development has been altered by abuse or neglect may form negative beliefs about themselves and parents, and may resist connecting with others. This book outlines how therapeutic stories can help children to heal and develop healthy attachments.With a thorough theoretical grounding, the book demonstrates how to create ......
Sherrie Eldridge is an award-winning author of seven books, including best-selling Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew. Eldridge founded Jewel Among Jewels Adoption Network, Inc., a non-profit, faith-based educational organization which offers resources to anyone touched by adoption--foster care and adoptive parents, birth ......
Written for professionals working with birth parents whose children have been adopted,this book aims to increase understanding of the needs of birth parents and to identify theforms of support that really work.With contributions from birth parents and professionals in the field, this book articulatesthe huge emotional challenges and pain faced by ......
An Attachment-Informed Model for Assessing Emotional Needs and Treatment
Bringing together the latest research and theory about a child's inner world and the impact of the world around them, this is a guide to understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatised children.
Founded on the principle that traumatised children do not have a secure sense of self and therefore ......
How can we help heal children who have been abused or neglected?
Healing Child Trauma Through Restorative Parenting details how children can be helped to recover with the use of Restorative Parenting, an innovative model informed by psychological and neurological understanding of trauma and its effects. It ......
101 Stories about Forever Families and Meant-to-Be Kids
A reissue of Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul, this updated collection has even more heartwarming and encouraging stories—your favorites from the original, plus new bonus stories—all about the joy of adoption. Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Adoption will encourage and uplift you with its touching, personal stories about forever families ......
As an adoptee, do you have mixed feelings about your adoption? If you do, you are not alone - adoptees often experience complex feelings of grief, anger, and questions about their identity.
Sherrie Eldridge is an adoptee and adoption expert, and in this book she draws on her ......
