Table of Contents for Harden House Adoption Program Library

In this beautifully written, highly spiritual book, adoption worker James Gritter shows us that adoption can be so much more than “acquiring” children. 1997

ADOPTING OLDER CHILDREN

Adopting the Older Child 2

Claudia L. Jewett

This book explains just what is in store for those who decide to open their hearts to a waiting child. 1979

Forever Parents

James E. Kloeppel

Darlene A. Kloeppel

A book that presents with honesty and warmth the complications and the rewards of adopting older children. 1995

Older Child Adoption

Grace Robinson

A realistic picture of the challenges—and opportunities—that adoptive parents of older children must face. 1998

Our Own 2

Trish Maskew

Adopting and Parenting the Older Child. 1999

Parenting Your Adopted Older Child

Brenda McCreight, Ph.D.

How to overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child 2002

GENERAL ADOPTION ISSUES

Finding Families for the Children by Patricia Ryan and Bruce Warren

Adoption Awareness (A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, Nurses and Caring Others) by Jeanne Lindsay and Catherine Monserrat

Communicating Through Play: Techniques for Assessing & Preparing Children for Adoption by Judith Cipolla/Dorothy Benson/Mary Anne Yanulis

Adoption Resources for Mental Health Professionals by Pamela Grabe

Core Issues in Adoption VIDEO

ASAP

Adoption

Steve Humerickhouse

A Guide for Military Family Service Center Staff and Civilian Social workers.

ADOPTION a Second Chance

Barbara Tizard

She Challenges society’s misconceptions about adoption in this compassionate account of a group of children who spent their infancy in an institution and were then adopted, placed in foster homes or returned to their natural parents. 1977

ADOPTING After Infertility

Patricia Irwin Johnston

Looking at adoption as an alternative to treatments and life without children. 1992

Adoption Guide to the Internet

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

This guide is designed to help those new to the Internet or new to the field of adoption to locate information quickly and efficiently in their areas of interest.

ADOPTION CRISIS

Carole A. McKelvey

Dr. JoEllen Stevens

The Truth Behind Adoption And Foster Care. 1994

ADOPTION DIGEST

Tim O’Hanlon

Rita Laws

Stories of Joy, Loss, and the Journey 2001

Adoptees Come of Age

Ronald J. Nydam

This book provides an intelligent and accessible description of the distinct emotional and spiritual challenges faced by adoptees and their families. 1999

Adoption is a Family Affair!

A book that offers you information about who can adopt, why they consider adopting, how they adopt, how kids understand adoption as they grow up. 2001

Adoption LifeBook

Cindy Probst, Med, MSW, LCSW

A Bridge to Your Child’s Beginnings. 2001

ADOPTING The Hurt Child

Gregory C. Keck Ph.D.

Regina M. Kupecky LSW

Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids. A Guide for Parents And Professionals. 1995

An Unlit Path

Deborah L. Hannah

One Familys Journey Toward The Light of Truth

After Adoption

Jeanne A. Howard

Susan Livingston Smith

The needs of adopted youth. 2003

Adoption and Privatization

Child Welfare League of America

Privatization of Adoption Services. 1998

Adoption Subsidy

Him O’Hanlon, Ph.D.

A Guide for Adoptive Parents. 2002

Adoption Videos and Tapes Catalog

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

Deals with children and families of color

Becoming a Family by Lark Eshleman

Being Adopted

David M. Brodzinsky, Ph.D.

Marshall d. Schechter, M.D.

Robin Marantz Henig

The Lifelong Search for Self. 1992

Clinical and Practice Issues in Adoption by Victor Groza and Karen Rosenberg

Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make

Sherrie Eldridge

Children Who Lose Their Parents to HIV/AIDS

Lisa Merkel-Holguin

Agency Guidelines for Adoptive and Kinship Placement. 1996

A Child’s Journey Through Placement by Vera Fahlberg MD

Creating Ceremonies

Cheryl A. Lieberman, Ph.D.

Rhea K. Buffered, LICSW

Innovative Ways to Meet Adoption Challenges. 1998

Designing Rituals of Adoption for the Religious and Secular Community

Mary Martin Mason

When a passage is marked and punctuated, experienced in true reality so that one can be born to new life. These rituals do just that! 1995

Dialogues About Adoption

Linda Bothun

Conversations Between Parents and Their Children 1994

Embryo Donation & Adoption

Nightlight Christian Adoptions

Sharing the Hope for Building a Family. Donor and Adoptive Parent Edition

Ethics in American Adoption by L. Anne Babb

The Family of Adoption

Joyce Maguire Pavao

In this healing and powerful Ms. Pavao shows us why adoptive parents, as well as all who work with children, must come to understand these stages as normal—though challenging—for adopted children. 1998

The family nobody wanted

Helen Doss

A remarkable and true story of a couple who adopted twelve children, ten of them considered “unadoptable” because of mixed racial parentage. 2001

Federal Tax Benefits for Foster and Adoptive Parents and Kinship Caregivers

Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support

Tax Benefits for 2001 Tax Year. 2001

Filling in the BLANKS 2

Susan Gabel

A Guided Look at Growing Up Adopted. 1988

GETTING Ready for Adoption

Theresa L. McCoy, MSW

This guide will assist you in your pre-adoption work with school-age children. It addresses not only the mechanical process, but the feelings, fears, and questions that may arise in the child about being adopted. 1993

Grover G. Graham and ME

Mary Quattilebaum

Ben is an eleven-year-old who has just arrived at his eighth foster home. He finds it hard to blank out the people at his new home, especially the baby, Grover G. Graham. Grover is just over a year old. Ben gets a chance to go out on his own, so

he takes Grover with him. 2001

Guide to Adoption

Adoptive Families of America

This guide will help you bet all the information you need before you adopt. 1998

Growing Up Adopted

Maxine B. Rosenberg

Adoptees young and old, parents, and social service workers—will equally benefit from these candid conversations. 1989

The Handle and the Key

John Neufeld

This novel creates a realistic portrait of the adoption of an older child, exploring the needs and emotions of these two very different children with honesty and depth. 2002

How It Feels TO BE ADOPTED

Jill Krementz

Straightforward accounts of what it means to children to be adopted. 1982

How to Make ADOPTION an Affordable Option

National Endowment for Financial Education

This book is for people who would like to consider adoption but are reluctant because they believe that the process is too expensive. 1997

Insight Into Adoption 2

Barbara Taylor Blomquist

What Adoptive Parents need to Know About the Fundamental Differences Between a Biological and an Adopted Child- and Its Effect on Parenting. 2001

Journey of the Adopted Self 2

Betty Jean Lifton

A book for adoptees and to those who would understand the adoption experience, explores further the inner world of the adopted person. 1994

Journeys After Adoption

Jayne E. Schooler

Betsie L. Norris

Understanding Lifelong Issues. 2002

Love Stories

Published by ADOPTION ASSOCIATES, INC.

These love stories from real birth parents are evidence, once again, that adoption truly is the loving option.

Making Sense of Adoption

Lois Ruskai Melina

A Parents Guide – When to tell, What to tell, and How to tell. 1989

Meditations for Adoptive Parents

Vernell Klassen Miller

Joyfully dedicated to the first one who addressed his heavenly Father precisely as he did his adopted father---“Abba” (Daddy). His name is Jesus. We thank him for providing adoption for our family and for walking through it with us—for he has been this way before. 1995

National Adoption Awareness Month Guide

Diane Riggs, M.A.

Kate Welty, M.A.

Gene Marault

This Guide strives to achieve both outcomes—honor adoptive families and seek new families for the thousands of children who wait. 1998

Necessary RISK

Trudy Festinger

A Study of Adoptions and Disrupted Adoptive Placements. 1986

Perspectives on a Grafted Tree

Patricia Irwin Johnston

Thoughts for those touched by adoption. 1983

Post Adoption Family Therapy: A Practice Manual by Cherly Prew/Susan Suter/Jan Carrington

Post Adoption Services

Casey Family Services

Emerging themes, Issues and Interventions.

Promoting Successful Adoptions by Susan Smith and Jeanne Howard

Raising Adopted Children 2

Lois Ruskai Melina

Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent 2002

REAL PARENTS, REAL CHILDREN

Holly van Gulden

Lisa M. Bartels Rabb

Parenting the Adopted Child from infancy through Adulthood. 2000

SECRET THOUGHTS OF AN ADOPTIVE MOTHER

Jana Wolff

Addresses adoption issues with honesty and humor as no one else does. 2000

Self-Awareness, Self-Selection and Success

Wilfred Hamm

Thomas Morton

Laurie M. Flynn

A Parent Preparation Guidebook for Special Needs Adoptions. 1985

Strengthening Families and Communities

Casey Family Services

An Approach to Post-Adoption Services.

Supporting an Adoption

Pat Holmes

About adoption for everyone who wants to help adopting families and newly-adopted children. 1998

SWINGS hanging from every tree

Compiled and Edited by Ramona Cunningham

Collection of encouraging, inspirational words and experiences from and for foster and adoptive parents and those who care for them and their families. 2001

Talking To Your Child About Adoption

Patricia Martinez Doner, M.A., L.P.C.

This book is designed to acquaint pre-adoptive families and those new to adoption issues with the most important questions which children will need to resolve as they grow up.

Talking with Young Children about Adoption

Mary Watkins

Susan Fisher

Talking with young children about adoption. 1993

Telling The Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child

Betsy Keefer

Jayne E. Schooler

Making Sense of the Past. 2000

The Things I Want Most

Richard F. Miniter

The Extraordinary Story of a Boy’s Journey to a Family of His Own. 1998

They Cage the Animals At Night

Jennings Michael Burch

Jennings story is about his lost childhood. But it is also the triumphant tale of a little boy who finally gained the courage to reach out for love—and found it waiting for him. 1984

Think About Adopting or foster Parenting Special Needs Children

Laura Adame Trickey

Bill Trickey

A Self Assessment Tool for Prospective Adoptive or Foster Parents. 1998

Three Concurrent Planning Programs

Mary ford, M.S.W.

How these Programs benefit Children and Support Permanency Planning Families.

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew

Sherrie Eldridge

The voices of adopted children tell a familiar story of Loss, Fear, and Hope. 1999

Under HIS Wings

Sherrie Eldridge

Creating A Safe Place for Adoptees to Talk About Adoption. 2000

VOICES from the HEART

North American Council on Adoptable Children

Personal Stories for Adoptive Families. 1996

The Whole Life ADOPTION Book

Jayne E. Schooller

Realistev Advice For Building A Healthy Adoptive Family. 1993

“Why Didn’t She Keep Me?” 2

Barbara Burlingham-Brown

This book presents invaluable insight into the life experiences of women who placed their children for adoption. 1994

When Friends Ask About Adoption

Linda Bothun

Question & Answer Guide for Non-Adoptive Parents and Other Caring Adults. 1996

Wasn’t Love Supposed to Be Enough?

Barbara D. VanSlyck, M.S.Ed.

Ellen Wristen, J.D.

Alan Dupre-Clark, D.Min.

Richard Nague, Ph.D.

Rosemary Haggerty

Biographies of a Long-Term Adoptive Parent Support Group and Services for Adoptive Families. 1998

Wrongful ADOPTION

Madelyn Freundlich

Lisa Peterson

Law, Policy, and Practice. 1998

INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION

China Program (N)

EAC Pamplet

China,s Special Babies….Special Needs (N)

EAC Pamplet

European Adoption News---Storybook Edition (N)

European Adoption Consultant,s, Inc.

4189 adoptions----and still counting!

European Adoption Consultants, Inc. (N) (S)

A Non-Profit, 501 (3), Licensed Adoption Agency

EAC DADS (N)

European Adoption Consultants, Inc. Pamplet

From Frustration…to Fulfillment (N)

Jamrs L. Sagarin

An Adventure in Russian Adoption

Project Sushine (N)

A Humanitarian Aid Program for Orphans Pamplet

Waiting for Parents Alex,s Angels Older Children (N)

SINGLE PARENTS ADOPTION

Adopting on Your Own

Lee Varon

The Complete Guide to Adopting as a Single Parent. 2000

The Complete SINGLE MOTHER

Andrea Engber

Leah Klungness, Ph.D.

Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Concerns. 1995 2000

The Handbook for Single Adoptive Parents

Hope Marindin

An indispensable guide for singles who are considering adoption. 2000

TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION/RACE ISSUES

Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg/Beth Hall

Black Boys are Wonderful VIDEO

Assessing A Family’s Ability to Adopt Transracially VIDEO

Dr. Joseph Crumbley

The Special Needs Minority Children Adoption Transracially VIDEO

Dr. Joseph Crumbley

The Impact of Transracial Adoptions on the Adopted Child and Adoptive Family VIDEO

Dr. Joseph Crumbley

Parenting Tasks in Transracial Adoptions VIDEO

Dr. Joseph Crumbley

BOYS into MEN

Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Ph.D.

A. J. Franklin, Ph.D.

Raising our African American Sons. 1993

Children of Color

Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Larke Nahme Huang

Psychological interventions with culturally diverse youth.

Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline in Black Children

Jawanza Kunjufu

In addition to the problem of self-esteem, Mr. Kunjufu addresses the problem of discipline confronting children in general, and specifically discipline as it relates to the African-American Child.

Famous African Americans

Rennie C. Weber

An Educational Coloring Book.

In Their Own Voices

Rita J. Simon

Rhonda M. Roorda

Transracial Adoptees tell their stories. 2000

Inside Transracial Adoption

Gail Steinberg

Beth Hall

This book provides creative, confident, pro-active, and provocative guidance for parents who are experienced or who are considering transracial adoption for the first time. 2000

Loving Across The Color Line

Sharon E. Rush

A White mother learns about Race 2000

More That Equals

Spencer Perkins

Chris Rice

Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel. 1993

The Strengths of African American Families: Twenty-five Years Later

Robert B. Hill

This 25-year uses a holistic framework to study African American families. 1997

Transracial Adoption and Foster Care

Joseph Crumbley

Practice Issues for Professionals. 1999

Transracial Adoption and Foster Care by Joseph Crumbley

Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? Parents Guide to raising Multiracial Children by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Section 2

Learning Disabilities/Other Disability-Disorders

ADD/ADHD and LEARNING DISABILITIES

Impulse Control , Stop and Think by Tonia Caselman

The Survival Guide for Kids with ADD and ADHD by John F. Taylor PhD

50 Activities and Games for Kids with ADHD by Patricia Quinn and Judith Stern

A Blueprint for Success

Shire US Inc.

ADHD and the Family. 2002

ADHD 102 Practical Strategies for “Reducing the Deficit” by Kim Frank, Susan Smith-Rex

The ADD/ADHD Checklist

Sandra Rief, M. A.

A reminder that it is never too late to help a child with ADD/ADHD. When we work together, each and every one to our children can succeed.

ADHD in the Classroom VIDEO / MANUAL

Russell A. Barkley

Strategies for the Teacher

Complete Guide to ADHD

Thom Hartmann

Help for Your Family at Home, School and Work 2000

ADHD Handbook for Families

Paul L. Weigartner

A Guide to Communicating with Professionals. 1999

Attention Deficit Disorder

Jim Fay

Ray Levy, Ph.D.

Children with Attention Deficit disorder can control their inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive behavior! 1 audiocassette 1993

ADHD What Can We do? VIDEO / MANUAL

Russell A. Barkley

Program Manual

ADHD What Do We Know? VIDEO/MANUAL

Russell A. Barkley

Program Manual

Can’t You Sit Still?

Randolph w. Severson

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

In Their Own Words…

Linda Grillo

Dee Meaney

Christine Rich

Children with Serious Emotional Disorders: The Effect on Families 1999

From Chaos to Calm

Janet E. Heininger, Ph.D.

Sharon D. Weiss, M. Ed.

This practical book offers three important points of view—the parent’s; the therapist’s: and the child’s—to help you. 2001

Max’s World

McNeil Corporation

Information for parents and patients about advances in treating ADHD. 2002

The Parent’s Guide to Attention Deficit Disorders

Stephen B. McCarney, Ed.D.

Angela Marie Bauer, E.Ed.

Intervention Strategies for the Home 1999

Putting on the Brakes

Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.

Judith M. Stern, M.A.

Young People’s Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

The “Putting on the Brakes” ACTIVITY BOOK for Young People With ADHD

Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.

Judith M. Stern, M.A.

Self-Control VideoSkits

Berthold Berg, Ph.D.

Dealing with Inattention, Impulsivity and Hyperactivity. Video

Taking Charge of ADHD

Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.

This book, although aimed at parents, has something for everyone involved with ADHD kids. 2000

Understanding Depression

Pfizer Inc.

The first thing to know about depression is that it is treatable. 2001 Video

ATTACHMENT DISORDER

Becoming Attached by Robert Karen PhD

Assessing Attachment, Separation and Loss

Linda Bayless

A guide for Foster and Adoptive Practice

Attaching in Adoption

Deborah D. Gray

Practical Tools for Today’s Parents

Attachment, Trauma, and Healing

Terry M. Levy

Michael Orlans

Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families 1998

Basic Training for Parents of Attachment Disordered Children

Paula Pickle

Equip parents for their difficult job of parenting children with Attachment Disorder. 1997

Becoming Attached 2

Robert Karen, Ph.D.

First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love 1998

Becoming Your Own Parent – A Journey of Self-Discovery

Neil Feinberg MSW

Jeri Aldridge

This book is designed to help you explore who you are and what it means to be an adult. 1987

Broken Hearts; Wounded Minds

Elizabeth M. Randolph, MSN, Ph.D.

The Psychological Functioning of Severely Traumatized and Behavior Problem Children 2001

Broken Spirits—Lost Souls

Jane E. Ryan

Loving children with attachment and bonding difficulties. 2002

Building the Bonds of Attachment

Daniel A. Hughes, Ph.D.

Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children 1998

Can This Child Be Saved?

Foster W. Cline, M.D.

Cathy Helding

Solutions for Adoptive and Foster Families 1999

Children who Shock and Surprise: A Guide to Attachment Disorders 2

Elizabeth Randolph, MSN, Ph.D.

This Booklet is designed to provide you with a complete, yet concise description of the causes and symptoms of Attachment Disorder. 1994

Cline/Helding Adopted & Foster Child Assessment

Foster w. Cline, M.D.

Cathy Helding

A comprehensive evaluation tool designed to meet the growing needs of this special population. 1999

Dance of Attachment

Holly Van Gulden and Charlotte Vick

An Adoptive Parent,sGuide to Fostering Healthy Development.

Does Attachment Therapy Work?

Elizabeth Randolph, MSN Ph.D.

This research is the result of three studies completed by Dr. Randolph. 2000

Fostering Changes – Treating Attachment-Disordered Foster Children

Richard J. Delaney, Ph.D.

A practical book for those who care for, treat, and live with emotionally disturbed foster children. 1998

Had We Known then What We Know now….

Presented by Beatitude House Ministries

Real Life Experiences from Adoptive parents about adoption and attachment disorder. 1998

Handbook of Attachment Interventions

Edited by Terry M. Levy

This handbook provides information on diverse patient populations across different therapeutic philosophies, while providing specific techniques for treating attachment disordered children and their families. 2000

Handbook for Treatment of Attachment-Trauma Problems in Children 2

Beverly James

A book for all who work with children and families, offering theory, technique and intervention infused with heart, compassion, and spirit. 1994

Healing Trust

Nancy Thomas

2 audiocassettes Love alone cannot heal an unbonded child.

HIGH RISK children without a conscience

Dr. Ken Magid

Carole A. McKelvey

Here is a book that addresses one of our society’s greatest problems. 1987

HOPE for High Risk and Rage Filled Children

Foster W. Cline, M.D.

Reactive Attachment Disorder – Theory and Intrusive Therapy 1992

Manual for the RANDOLPH ATTACHMENT DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE

Elizabeth M. Randolph, MSN, Ph.D.

Parent Education Text series (What Shall We do With This Kid?

Foster W. Clone, M.D.

An explanation of why parents, after having all available material, still tend to have unhappy times with their children and raise rebellious, unhappy adolescents. 1982

Parenting the Hurt Child

Gregory C, Keck, Ph.D.

Regina M. Kupecky, LSW

Helping Adoptive Families heal and grow. 2002

The PRIMAL WOUND

Nancy Newton Verrier

This book gives children, whose pain has long been unacknowledged or misunderstood validation for their feelings, as well as explanations for their behavior. 2002

Survival Tactics

The Attachment Center at Evergreen

The goal is to help parents find the rest and relaxation and the reinforcements they need to restore the joy of childhood to these children. 1997

Troubled Transplants 2

Dr. Richard Delaney

Dr. Frank Kunstal

Provides insights into the negative impact of the disturbed child on the foster or adoptive family. 1997

Understanding and Treating the Difficult Child series (What Shall We Do With This Kid?

Foster W. Cline, M.D.

Understanding and treating difficult children and their parents 1979

Understanding and Treating the Severely Disturbed Child series (What Shall We Do With This Kid?

Foster W. Cline, M.D. 1979

When Love is Not Enough

Nancy L. Thomas

A Guide to parenting children with reactive attachment disorder-RAD 1997

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND HEALTH ISSUES

What to do When You Worry Too Much (Overcoming Anxiety) by Dawn Huebner PhD

Uncommon Voyage: Parenting A Special Needs Child by Laura Shapiro Kramer

Talking Back to OCD by John S. March MD

What’s Eating You by Tammy Nelson

Adoption and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Madelyn Freundlich

Lisa Peterson

About balancing the rights of adults with the best interests of the child 2000

Asperger Syndrome

Teresa Bolick, Ph.D.

Helping preteens and teen get ready for the real world. 2001

Out Of Silence

Russell Martin

An Autistic Boys Journey into Language and Communication.

Autism-Asperger’s & Sexuality

Jerry Newport

Mary Newport

Puberty and beyond. 2002

Brain Builder

C D and Manual

Building a Strong Family

PACER Center

A Handbook for Hispanic/Latino Parents

CHOICES Opportunities For Life

Carolyn Anderson, Parent Advocate

For Parents of young Children with Disabilities 1999

Handling the Young Cerebral Palsied Child At Home

Nancie R. Finnie, F.C.S.P.

This guide for parents, nurses, Therapists, doctors, social workers and others involved in caring for young children with cerebral palsy has widened in scope. 1975

Helping your handicapped child through play

Siegried A. Centerwall, MD. MPH

Willard R. Centerwall, MD. MS. ,MPH

Pamphlet

An Introduction to your child who has CLUBFOOT

Willard R. Centerwall, M.D., M.S., M.P.H

Rodney K. Beals, M.D.

Pamphlet

An Introduction to Down Syndrome

Siegried A. Centerwall, M.D., M.A., M.P.H.

Willard R. Centerwall, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.

Pamphlet

An Introduction to your child who has MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

William m. Fowler, Jr., M.D.

Siegried A. Centerwall, M.D., M.P.H.

Willard R. Certerwall, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.

Pamphlet

An Introduction to your child who has SPINA BIFIDA

or Other Neural Tube Defect

Willard R. Centerwall, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.

Seigried A. Centerwall, M.D., M.P.H.

Barry N. French, M.D.

Pamphlet

The Listening Program

8 C D’s and Manual

Parents’ Questions about the North Mississippi Regional Center

Mississippi Department of Mental Health

Pamphlet

MISSISSIPPI Healthy Futures County Data Book

Mississippi State Department of Health

Ed Thompson, Jr. MD, MPH State Health Officer 1993

Mostly I Can Do More Things Than I Can’t

Illinois special Needs Adoption Project

Information, issues, strategies, and methodologies which have been found to be helpful in planning adoptions for children with developmental disabilities.

Tiny Titan

Ann Yurcek

Child with Rare Genetic Disorder, and a Family Struggling to Survive

The Tender Years

Jill Duerr Berrick

Barbara Needell

Richard P. Barth

Melissa Jonson-Reid

Toward Developmentally Sensitive Child Welfare Services for Very Young Children. 1998

Unique Challenges, Hopeful Responses

PACER Center, Inc.

A Handbook for Professionals Working with youth with disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System. 1999

FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME and DRUG EXPOSED CHILDREN

Adoption & Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure

Edited by Richard P. Barth

Madelyn Freundlich

David Brodzinsky

This book addresses the issues of prenatal substance exposure on children in the adoption process or who are available for adoption. 2000

ALCOHOL Research & Health

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Alcohol-Related Birth Defects: An Update. 2001

The best I can be (living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Effects

Liz Kulp

Liz brings hope to those living with FASE. This book has given new understanding of kids who misbehave. 2000

The Challenge of FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME

Ann Streissguth

Jonathan Kanter

Experts describe how to help people with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. A summary of recent findings and recommendations is presented by the team who conducted the largest study ever done on people of all ages.

Children With Prenatal Alcohol and/or Other Drug Exposure: Weighing the Risks of Adoption

Susan B. Edelstein

Designed primarily for professionals, this book offers practical suggestions, recommendations, and food for thought for preparing, counseling, and working with those who are adopting an infant or child who has been prenatally exposed to alcohol and/or other drugs. 1995

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders:

New York State Office Of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services

Compendium of Resource Materials 2004

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects

Minnesota Department of Health

Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs

The information in this book is meant to supplement the advice of a health provider or health professional. 1999

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute

Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Information on Fetal alcohol Syndrome/Effects from: a grassroots partnership of parents and professionals working together to identify, understand and care for individuals disabled by prenatal alcohol exposure and their families.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Kathleen Favenner Mitchell, MHS, LCADC

Practical Suggestions and Support for Families and Caregivers. 2002

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Screening Training Manual

Larry Burd, Ph.D.

A rapid screening tool designed for community wide use to determine children who are at low and high risk for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Other Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure

Florida Resource Guide

Florida State University Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy. 2003

Hard To Place

Katherine Norgard

A Crime of Alcohol

LAST CALL

Crime Prevention Resources

The Sobering Truth About Drinking During Pregnancy. 2001

Living With FASD

Sara Graefe

A Guide for Parents

Maternal Risk Assessment

Larry Burd, Ph.D.

For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol Related Birth Defects and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

NURTURE:

Victoris McKinney

Linda La Fever

Jocie DeVries

The Essence of Intervention for Individuals with FAS. 2005

Our FAScinating Journey

Jodee Kulp

The Best We Can Be Keys to Brain Potential Along the Path of Prenatal Brain Injury 2002

Recognizing and Managing Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects: A Guidebook

Brenda McCreight

For any parent or professional who needs to work with children with fetal alcohol syndrome/effects, this guide offers practical advice and solid information. 1997

Recognizing and Managing Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects: Guidebook by Brenda McCreight

Recovering Hope

DHHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.

Recovering Hope is an intimate and evocative hour-long video about the mothers and families of children who are affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).

Project SOS: Seeds of Success

Parent Advocacy Workbook

Creating Success one child at a time, one step at a time.

SENSORY INTEGRATION ISSUES

The Out-Of-Sync Child

Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.

If you child has been labeled with words like difficult, picky, oversensitive, clumsy, or inattentive…there may be a new explanation—and new hope. 1998

Sensory Processing for Parents (VIDEO)

From Roots to Wings

HEALTH ISSUES

Burden of a Secret (A Story of Truth and Mercy in the Face of Aids) by Jimmy Allen

Section 3 Child Abuse and Trauma

CHILD ABUSE AND CHILDHOOD TRAUMA

The Drama of the Gifted Child (The Search for the True Self) by Alice Miller

Treating the Aftermath of Sexual Abuse (Handbook for working with Children in care) by Margaret Osmond, Duane Durham, Andrew Leggett, John Keating

Consequences of Child Abuse Allegations for Foster Families (report of a Symposium) by Rosemarie Carbino

Victims No Longer (Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse) by Mike Lew

The Courage to Heal (A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse) by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

Tender Mercies (Inside the World of a Child Abuse Investigator) by Keith Richards

Violence in the Lives of Adolescents by Martha Straus

Counseling Abused Children by Emily McFadden

Treating Traumatized Children (New Insights and Creative Interventions) by Beverly James

Understanding Suvivors of Abuse (Stories of Homeless and Runaway Adolescents) by Jane Powers and Barbara Jaklitsch

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine

A Teen’s Guide to Overcoming Sexual Abuse: It Happened to Me by Wm. Lee Carter

Identifying and Treating Youth Who Sexually Offend by Robert Geffner PhD, Kristina Crumpton Franey, PsyD, Teri Geffner Arnold MSSW, Robert Falconer MA

Violent Times DVD and BOOK

Attainment Company

Adoption and the Sexually Abused Child

Joan McNamara

Bernard H. McNamara

To healing families and children. 1990

The Adoptive Family as a Healing Resource for the Sexually Abused Child

Deborah H. Minshew

Chrisan Hooper

This Training manual helps adoptive families prepare for the challenges of parenting sexually abused children. 1990

Beginning to Heal

Ellen Bass

Laura Davis

For all women just beginning to heal from child sexual abuse. 1993

Beyond Sexual Abuse: The Healing Power of Adoptive Families

Wayne D. Duehn, Ph.D.

Maria Piantanida, Ph.D.

Sherry Anderson, M.S.W.

A guide for Adoptive Parents. 1990

Bobbie’s Story

Brennan Lynn Mars

A Guide for Foster Parents 1999

Bobbie’s Story

Brennan Lynn Mars

A Feelings Workbook 1999

Children Changed by Trauma

Debra Whiting Alexander, Ph.D.

Dr. Alexander offers the parents of traumatized children workable strategies to help them recover form these traumas. 1999

Children and Trauma

Cynthia Monahon

A guide for Parents and Professionals who deal with thousands of children traumatized each year by disasters, accidents, or violence. 1993

A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: A Basic Manual

Diane DePanfilis

Marsha K. Salus

The increased knowledge has improved our ability to intervene effectively in the lives of “at risk” children and their families. 1992

A Child Called “IT”

Dave Pelzer

An account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history 1993

(2) The Lost Boy

Dave Pelzer

A foster Child’s Search for the Love of a Family. 1997

A Man Named Dave (Conclusion to A Child called “IT” and The Lost Boy) by Dave Pelzer

Help Yourself

Dave Pelzer

Celebrating the Rewards of Resilience and Gratitude. 2000

The Privilege of Youth

Dave Pelzer

A teenager’s story of longing for acceptance and friendship. 2004

Feeling SAFE Feeling STRONG

Susan N. Terkel

Janice E. Rench

How to Avoid Sexual Abuse and What to do If It Happens To You. 1984

First Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts (Tiddlers and Toddlers)

Caroline Archer

Primarily for adoptive parents, but of considerable use to foster careers of young children, this publication approaches attachment and developmental issues arising when even the smallest child is in your care. 1999

Ghosts from the Nursery

Robin Karr-Morse

Meredith S. Wiley

Tracing the roots of violence. 1997

How Long Does it Hurt?

Cynthia L. Mather

Kristina E. Debye, LCSW-C, ACSW, DCSW

A guide to recovering form incest and sexual abuse for teenagers, their friends, and their families. 1994

In Their Own Words

Lulie Munson

Karen Riskin

A Sexual Abuse Workbook for Teenage Girls. 1995

Juvenile Sexual Offending (Causes, Consequences and Correction) By Gail Ryan and Sandy Lane

Paper Dolls and Paper Airplanes

Geraldine Crisci, M.S.W., Marilynn Lay, M.S.W., Liana Lowenstein, M.S.W.

Therapeutic Exercises for Sexually Traumatized Children 1998

Protecting Children in substance-Abusing Families

Vickie Kropenske

Judy Howard

The User Manual Series. 1994

Safe Kids

Joan McNamara

Karen E. Pellaton

A handbook for parents and Children on sexual abuse. 1986

The Sexualized Child in Foster Care

Sally G. Hoyle

A guide for Foster Parents and other Professionals.

The Talking, Feeling, & Doing Game

Richard A. Gardner, M.D.

A Psychotherapeutic Game for Children 1998

Treating the Aftermath of Sexual Abuse

Margaret Osmond

Duane Durham

Andrew Leggett

John Keating

A handbook for working with children in care who have been sexually abused 1998

Treatment for Abused and Neglected Children

Anthony J. Urquiza

Cynthia Winn

The User Manual Series Infancy to Age 18.

What Children Can Tell Us

James Garbarino

Frances M. Stott

Eliciting, Interpreting, and Evaluating Critical Information from Children. 1992

GRIEF, SEPARATION AND LOSS

What Children Need When They Grieve by Julia Wilcox Rathkey

A Childs’ View of Greif (video) by Rachel Hungerford

The Saying Goodbye Game by Sunburst Visual Media

Memory Garden: A Bereavement Card Games by Bright Spots

ALEX The Life of a Child

Frank Deford

A father recalls his daughter’s courageous struggle with cystic fibrosis. 1997

Coping with DEATH & GRIEF

Marge Eaton Heegaard

Much of the book consists of informal case studies about children who are faced with the consequences of death. With occurrences of change and loss as aspects of everyday life. 1990

Guiding Your Child Through Grief

Mary Ann Emswiler, M.A., M.P.S.

James P. Emswiler, M.A., M.ED.

A highly praised program for grieving children, takes away the uncertainty and helpless feelings we commonly feel as we reach out to children who mourn. 2000

Good Grief: A kids guide for dealing with Change and Loss by Kim Frank

The Grieving Child

Helen Fitzgerald

Death shatters the seemingly secure world of childhood; with this book, caring adults can make it whole again. 1992

Let’s Talk About When Your Parent Is In Jail by Maureen K. Wittbold

The Magical Thoughs of Grieving Children by James A Fogarty (Treating Children w/Complicated Mourning and Advice for Parents)

You Can Help Someone Whos Grieving

Frigo-Fisher- Cook

Commonsense Advice After The Death of a Loved One

Healing Activities for Children in Grief by Gay McWhorter M.Ed. (2)

Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss

All About Me

Lynn Burwash

Cie McMullin

A special book written for adoptive children by adoptive parents and children. 1998

MENTAL HEALTH

Cognitive Therapy for Depressed Adolescents by TCR Wilkes/Gayle Belsher/A.Rush/Ellen Frank

When Living Hurts (Directives for Treating Depression) by Michael Yapko

Dissociative Disorder (A Clinical Review) By Spiegel; Kluft, Loewenstein, Nemiah, Putnam, Steinberg

Bipolar Child by Demitri Papolos and Janice Papolos

Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

John S. March

Precise detail, clinical expertise, and demanding research standards shape each chapter.

The Bipolar Child

Demitri Papolos, M.D.

Janice Papolos

The Definitive and reassuring Guide to childhood’s most misunderstood disorder 2000

Brief Therapy and Eating Disorders

Barbara McFarland

A Practical Guide to Solution-Focused work with Clients. 1995

The BOOK

Speaking of Women’s Health Educating women on the significance of preventive health care.

The Childhood Depression Sourcebook

Jeffrey A. Miller, Ph.D.

Everything you need to know about: Diagnosing the symptoms of childhood depression—problems that occur with depression--- parenting strategies to reduce depression. 1998

The Challenging Child

Stanley Greenspan

A parenting guide that reassures parents that they do not simply have to “live with” their child’s temperament but can fit their parenting style to their child’s unique personality and help each child build on their strengths. 1995

Clinician’s Thesaurus 4^th Edition

Edward L. Zuckerman, Ph.D.

The fourth edition of this guidebook has been updated expended and is fully compatible with DSM-IV. 1995

Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs

Kalyna Z. Bezchlibnyk-Butler, BScPhm

J. Joes Jeffries, MB, FRCPC

The Clinical Handbook is a user-friendly and very practical resource guide on the use of psychotropic drugs. 2000

Common Solutions for the Uncommon Child

Kimberley Haag

Keith Kasper

Elizabeth Dziak Kryst

Edith Young

This book gives teachers quick, effective strategies for dealing with twenty-five different profiles. 1995

Coping With Bed Wetting

Orchard’s Children’s Services

Video information on bed wetting.

Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth

Liana Lwenstein, M.S.W., C.S.W., CPT-S

The activities are based on sound developmental principles and grounded in a rich understanding of the psychological issues that children and youth struggle with. 1999

Dangerous Kids

Michael Sterba, M.H.D.

Jerry Davis, Ph.D.

Boys Town’s Approach for Helping Caregivers Treat Aggressive and Violent Youth. 1999

Depression Is the Pits, But I’m Getting Better

E. Jane Garland, M.D.

Clinical depression can strike at any age. When it happens during adolescence—a confusing time under the best of circumstances—it can be especially baffling and heart-wrenching for both the young person and his or her parents. 1997

Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV

American Psychiatric Association

The most important feature of DSM-IV is its provision of diagnostic criteria to improve the reliability of diagnostic judgments. 1994

The Difficult Child

Stanley Turecki, M.D.

Leslie Tonner

How to help – and cope with – the difficult child 2000

Documenting Psychotherapy

Mary E. Moline

George T. Williams

Kenneth M. Austin

Essentials for Mental Health Practitioners. 1998

DSM-lll-R Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

American Psychiatric Association

This book reflectsthe most current state of knowledge regarding mental disorders. 1987

Eating Disorders

John Bradshaw

Three (3)Videos --- Obsessions with Food - The Danger of Diets – Ten components of Non-Addictive Eating

Eating Problems

Orchard’s Children’s Services

Video information on eating disorders.

Group Activities for Kids Who Hurt

Sally Jo Blair

This insightful resource provides concrete, usable tools to help kids come face to face with painful issues. 2001

The Healing Power of the Family

Richard J. Delaney, Ph.D.

A tribute to foster and adoptive parents and to their potent influence upon the disturbed children who have joined their families 1997

Helping the Child Who Doesn’t Fit In

Stephen Nowicki, Jr.

Marshall P. Duke, Ph.D.

These children have a form of learning disability that prevents them form properly using or understanding nonverbal communication. 1992

How to Handle a Hard-to-Handle Kid

C. Drew Edwards, Ph.D.

Some children are simply more challenging than others. If you’re parenting one of these high-maintenance kids, this book is for you. 1999

It Couldn’t Happen Here

Cathy Corder

Kathryn Brohl

Recognizing and Helping Desperate Kids. 1999

Infertility Option…Adoption!

Eac Pamplet

The Inner Child Workbook

Cathryn L. Taylor M.A., M.F.C.C.

What to do with your past when it just won’t go away.

The Insider’s Guide to Mental Health Resources

John M. Grohol, PsyD.

Resources in psychology, psychiatry, and related areas such as self-help and patient education. 2000-2001

Living Well With Bipolar Disorder

Video

For People with Bipolar illness and those who care about them

Living With Tourette Syndrome

Elaine Fantle Shimberg

This book presents solid information on coping with all aspects of the disease from diagnosis to treatment. 1995

Love Is A Choice

Dr. Robert Hemfelt

Dr. Frank Minirth

Dr. Paul Meier

Your first step toward real freedom from codependency! 1989

The Magic Daughter

Jane Phillips

Living with Multiple Personality Disorder

The Oppositional Child

O. Randall Braman, Ph.D.

Learn how to recognize and change children’s self-defeating behavior through discussion, diagnosis, case studies, drawings and more! 1997

Forms for Helping the Oppositional Child

Whitney Roban, Ph.D.

Best Practices – Short-term Therapy. 1998

The Mental Health Challenge of Special Needs Adoption

Children’s Psychiatric Center Oregon Health Sciences University

This Handbook is a way for mental health professionals to better understand what those needs are and how they might be addressed. 1989

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

Department of Health and Human Services

The Center for Mental Health Services; Substance abuse and Menatal Health Services Administration. 1999

Mental Health, United States, 2002

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Mental Health Services. 2002

A Minute in the Morning

Pat Baker

150 Devotions for Women. 1977

More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth

Liana Lowenstien

Full of practical techniques that provided a playful, yet effective means to engage children in the therapeutic process, and assist them in working through their treatment issues in a safe and non-threatening manner. 2002

Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts (Tykes and Teens)

Caroline Archer

It looks at potential hazards, such as addictive behavior, sexual acting-out and dreg and alcohol use, all now, arguably, the birth-right of any parent. 2002

No One Saw My Pain

Andrew E. Slaby, M.D.

Lili Frank Garfinkel

Why teens kill themselves. 1994

Parents and Teachers as Allies

Joyce Burland, Ph.D.

Recognizing Early-onset Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents.

Play in Family Therapy

Eliana Gil

Eliana shows us how to use all family members’ capacities for expressive play simultaneously. 1994

Pediatric Psychopharmacology

LeAdelle Phelps

Ronald T. Brown

Thomas J. Power

Combining Medical and Psychosocial Interventions. 2002

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D.

A Complete Treatment Guide 1994

Prescription Drugs

Cheryl Nunn-Thompson, Pharm.D.,BCPS

Mary Lynn Moody, R.Ph.

Joan Stachnik, Pharm.D., BCPS

This book tells you everything you need to know about more than 1,200 brand-name products, including the latest on Prozac. 1997

The Problem-Solving Workbook

Tracy Zimmerman

Children Become Master Detectives at Solving Their own Problems. 1995

RELAX -- Ten Minutes

Three compact Discs & Informative Booklets

The Scared Child

Barbara Brooks, Ph.D.

Paula M. Siegel

Helping Kids Overcome Traumatic Events. 1996

Six (6) Relaxation Cassette Tapes

Way of the Bear (Harmony)

The Star Within (Self-esteem)

Good Night (Sleep well)

The Healing Heart (Comfort)

Way of the Leaf (Acceptance)

Energy & Me ( Relaxation)

Social Skills VideoSkits

Berthold Berg, Ph.D.

Making Friends Cooperating, Responding Positively and Communicating Needs. Video

Taking Charge

PACER Center

A Handbook for Parents Whose Children Have Emotional Handicaps. 1994

Treating Depressed Children

Charma D. Dudley, Ph.D.

A Therapeutic Manual of Cognitive Behavioral Interventions. 1997

Troubled Transplants

Richard J. Delaney, Ph.D.