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If you’re looking for an all-encompassing guide, Adopting a Child by Jennifer Lord offers everything you need to know about adoption. From the process involved in adopting a child, to…
Building the Bonds of Attachment uses a case study to show how a child can heal after severe abuse and neglect. Hughes – an eminent clinician and attachment specialist with…
The Simple Guide to Child Trauma: What it is and How to Help (2016) by Betsy de Thierry explains what attachment difficulties are, how they affect children and ways to…
Children who are cared for in and out of home placements are in need of support and stability. A Child’s Journey Through Placement by Vera Fahlberg offers practical advice and…
The Adopter’s Handbook by Amy Neil Salter is a practical guide to help adopters help themselves through the adoption process and beyond. It offers a wealth of easy-to-access information to…
This is the true story of Sally and Rob Donovan, who built a family by adopting two children after struggling with infertility. It follows the couple from infertility to approval…
Nurturing Natures, written by experienced child therapist Graham Music, draws on extensive research from multiple disciplines to offer an exploration of child development. This book is a widely used overview…
This short, 30-page illustrated BAAF booklet is for children whose family is adopting another child – a brother or sister, helping them understand what adoption means and how it might…
Flying Solo is a short, first-person memoir from a single adopter, published by CoramBAAF. Inspiring and accessible, this book describes the realities of life as a solo adopter with an…
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