For Children
The rich selection of ‘non-social work’ materials: children’s story books, fables, activity books, nursery rhymes, DVD’s, films, T.V. programmes, music, dolls, play people, finger puppets, play dough, paints, etc. (Useful website: Kids Like Me)
- Helping Children with Feelings Series: A Nifflenoo Called Nevermind, The Frog who Longed for the Moon to Smile, Ruby and the Rubbish Bin, etc. – Margot Sutherland
- Alex and the Scary Things – Moses and MacEachern
- A Place in My Heart – Relyea and Grossnickle
- Adopted like me. My book of adopted heroes – Thomas and Angel
- Can I tell you about Adoption? - Salaman and Brodzinsky
- The Mulberry Bird; An Adoption Story - Brodzinsky
- Morris and the Bundle of Worries – Seeney and Fuller
- A safe place for Rufus – Jill Seeney
- Elfa and the Box of Memories – Bell and Fuller
- Picnic in the Park – Griffiths and Pilgrim
- Finding a Family for Tommy – Rebecca Daniels
- Spark learns to Fly – Judith Foxton
- Beaver and the Echo – Amy MacDonald
- Where is Poppy’s Panda - David Pitcher
- Dennis Duckling and Dennis and the Big Decisions - Paul Sambrooks
- Billy Says Series - Joanne Alper
- Moving Pictures – Hedi Argent
- How are you feeling today baby bear? – Jane Evans
- Daddy, Papa and Me – Newman and Thompson
- Mommy, Mama and Me – Newman and Thompson
- Dad, David, Baba Chris and me –Ed Merchant
- And tango makes three – Richardson and Parnell
- Josh and Jaz have three mums – Hedi Argent
- Tale of Two Mommies – Oelschlager and Blanc
- It’s Okay to be Different – Todd Parr
- The Feelings Book - Todd Parr
- The Family Book – Todd Parr
For Adoptive Parents and Professionals:
- Life Story Books for Adopted Children; a family friendly - Joy Rees
- Life Story Work with Children Who are Fostered or Adopted – Wrench and Naylor
- New Life Work Model - Edith Nicholls
- Life Story Work: A Practical Guide to Helping Children Understand Their Past – Ryan and Walker
- Digital Life Story Work – Hammond and Cooper
- Life books: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child (Inter country) – Beth O’Malley
- Direct Work with Vulnerable Children –Wosu and Tait
- Attachment in common sense and doodles - Silver
- Using stories to build bridges with traumatized children - Kim Golding
- Using Stories as a Therapeutic Tool with Children – Margot Sutherland
- Building the Bonds of Attachment – Dan Hughes
- Nurturing Attachments, Supporting Children who are Fostered or Adopted – Kim Golding
- Talking with Young Children about Adoption –Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher
- Adoption Conversations. What, when and how to tell - Renee Wolfs
- Talking about Adoption to your Adopted Child – Chennells and Morrison
- It Was that One Moment - Dan Hughes
- Brain-Based Parenting – Hughes and Baylin
- First Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts. Tiddlers and Toddlers – Caroline Archer
- Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts. Tykes and Teens – Caroline Archer
- New Families Old Scripts – Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon
- Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self - David Brodzinsky
- The Science of Parenting –Margot Sutherland
- A Child’s Journey Through Placement - Vera Fahlberg
- Parenting from the Inside Out – Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell
- Building the Bonds of Attachment – Dan Hughes
- It Was that One Moment - Dan Hughes
- The Out of Sync Child – Recognising and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder – Carol Stock Kranowitz.
- The Out of Sync Child has Fun - Carol Stock Kranowitz.
- Why Love Matters - how affection shapes a baby’s brain – Sue Gerhardt
- Inside I’m Hurting – Practical Strategies for Supporting Children with Attachment Difficulties in Schools – Louise Bomber
- Big Steps for Little People - Celia Foster
- Bothered: helping teenagers talk about their feelings - Margot Sutherland
For more information about above and other relevant books see Jessica Kingsley Publishers, BAAF or Speechmark Websites and look on Amazon.