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Published and updated regularly, these user-friendly study manuals are designed to help you successfully prepare for the SQE1 exams. They provide solid knowledge and understanding of fundamental legal principles and rules, while bringing the law and practice to life with example scenarios based on realistic client problems.
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The legal principles and rules contained within this study manual are stated as at 1 April 2023 (titles with tax elements to 30 April 2023)
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Adoption Life Story Book: A keepsake journal of an adopted child’s milestone moments | Memory book | High Quality | Large size | Animal Elephant Theme
Record and cherish all the wonderful moments in your adopted child’s first year with you.
Embark on a heartwarming journey with our high quality, large size ‘Adoption Life Story Book’—the perfect keepsake to cherish every milestone moment in your child’s unique journey.
Capture the essence of your adoption journey, from the initial decision to adopt to the first 12 months together. This beautifully illustrated memory book is more than a journal; it’s a treasure trove of memories, a family heirloom to document your child’s story.
With a child friendly format, so they can easily understand and cherish their personal life story.
Create a lasting legacy with pages dedicated to birth family, foster family, introductions, celebration day, and your child’s favourite things.
This comprehensive journal provides ample space for photographs and notes, ensuring you record every precious detail.
Make every memory count with our Adoption Life Story Book—a heartfelt celebration of your family’s love and journey together.
What’s covered:
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- Things they like
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- The Birth family and family tree
- Foster carers family
- Your child’s new home and bedroom
- Why you chose to adopt
- Your child’s milestone moments
- Why your child needed to be adopted
- Your journey to the child
- Adoption Introductions
- Your child’s favourite things and what they enjoy doing
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The Adoption Machine: The Dark History of Ireland’s Mother & Baby Homes and the Inside Story of How ‘Tuam 800’ Became a Global Scandal
A SURVIVOR’S LIFELONG QUEST FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICEMAY 2014. The Irish public woke to the horrific discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of most 800 babies in the ‘Angels’ Plot’ of Tuam’s Mother and Baby Home. What followed would rock the last vestiges of Catholic Ireland, enrage an increasingly secularised nation, and lead to a Commission of Inquiry.
In The Adoption Machine, Paul Jude Redmond, Chairperson of the Coalition of Mother and Baby Homes Survivors, who himself was born in the Castlepollard Home, candidly reveals the shocking history of one of the worst abuses of Church power since the foundation of the Irish State. From Bessboro, Castlepollard, and Sean Ross Abbey to St. Patrick’s and Tuam, a dark shadow was cast by the collusion between Church and State in the systematic repression of women and the wilful neglect of illegitimate babies, resulting in the deaths of thousands.
It was Paul’s exhaustive research that widened the global media’s attention to all the homes and revealed Tuam as just the tip of the iceberg of the horrors that lay beneath. He further reveals the vast profits generated by selling babies to wealthy adoptive parents, and details how infants were volunteered to a pharmaceutical company for drug trials without the consent of their natural mothers. Interwoven throughout is Paul’s poignant and deeply personal journey of discovery as he attempts to find his own natural mother.
The Adoption Machine exposes this dark history of Ireland’s shameful and secret past, and the efforts to bring it into the light. It is a history from which there is no turning away.
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Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies
Reveals the candid thoughts and feelings of those most directly involved in adoptions: the adoptee, the adopters, and the birth parents.Adoption Unfiltered authors Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent) interview more than 30 adoptees, 20 birth parents, a dozen adoptive parents, and several industry professionals―all sharing candidly about the challenges in adoption. While finding common ground in the sometimes-contentious space of adoption may seem like a lofty goal, it reveals the authors’ optimistic aim: working together with truth and transparency to move toward healing. Flipping the typical script, in which adoptive parents take the lion’s share of the narrative, this book leads with adoptee stories then moves on to stories of challenges and perspectives of birth parents―so often marginalized and silent. The third section offers narratives from adoptive parents who are working through their unique challenges. We also hear from adoption professionals, who share the challenges of operating ethically amid rampant unethical practices in the unregulated world of finding infants and children for homes. Finally, we hear from activists and adoption-competent therapists, offering their ideas to make adoption policies and practices better for all involved. Adoption is a beautiful experience but has challenges just like any other relationship or family system. The unique perspectives found here can help to smooth out the rough spots, celebrate the joys, and provide comfort and confirmation for everyone involved in the adoption journey.Read more
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Adoption Party Guest Book: Celebrating The Adoption of a New Child
This is an Adoption Party Guest Book with Gift Log! This adoption party guest book celebrating the adoption of a new child is themed for an adoption of a child of any age, boy or girl. It is the perfect keepsake to capture memories of this very special day and share with your child when he/she is older to understand. The guest book has a total of 54 pages that includes room for over 100 guests to sign their names and leave a message and includes a gift log to record gift giver names and gift(s) received. The guest book measures 8.25×6 inches with a beautiful matte finish. It is sure to be your favorite keepsake you will cherish forever.Read more
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Alien Adoption Agency: Collection 1 (Alien Adoption Agency – Collections)
If you like strong women, dragon-shifting warriors, adorable baby aliens, wild adventures, steamy sensual scenes, and happily-ever-afters, then you’ll love exploring exotic frontier worlds with the Alien Adoption Agency!This exclusive collection includes all three dragon-shifting warrior romances that take place on the frontier moon of Clothos:
Noxx:
The Alien Adoption Agency is going to make all of Luna’s dreams come true.
At least, that’s what Luna believes when she boards a rickety space craft headed for a frontier moon to meet the child she will raise in exchange for a hundred acres of land and a modest stipend. But she doesn’t count on the dangerous animals, the short but lonely nights, or the big blue warrior who informs her he is on permanent security duty for the baby.Kade:
She’s the target of an intergalactic bounty hunt. If he wants to protect her, first he’ll have to capture her heart.
Aurora Day is running from a crime she didn’t commit – or at least, she didn’t mean to commit. But the intergalactic soldiers on the hunt for the woman known as the Fox don’t care about the details. Hiding out on the remote frontier moon of Clotho is her only hope for survival. But to gain access, she has to adopt an alien baby. Aurora is shocked when she learns that a dragon warrior of the Invicta is part of the package.Tyro:
Phoebe has nothing but her secrets. Her grumpy alien protector is determined to lay them bare.
Phoebe arrives on the moon of Clotho with a trunk full of secrets and an imagination filled with preconceived notions about life on the frontier. She’s more than ready to scrap and fight for her own piece of farmland, and a future for the little one she is adopting. When her new land turns out to be underwater, and the baby shows up in the strapping arms of an Invicta dragon-guard, Phoebe doubles down on her promise to herself to live free, or die trying.Indulge in all five Alien Adoption Agency collections:
Collection 1: Clothos
Collection 2: Lachesis
Collection 3: Atropos
Collection 4: Han-2
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Alien Adoption Agency: Collection 5 (Alien Adoption Agency – Collections)
If you like strong women, dragon-shifting warriors, adorable baby aliens, wild adventures, steamy sensual scenes, and happily-ever-afters, then you’ll love exploring exotic frontier worlds with the Alien Adoption Agency!This exclusive collection includes all three dragon-shifting warrior romances that take place on the frontier moon of Sigg-3:
Jhon:
Will this steely dragon warrior choose duty over love?Jhon was taken from his family at a young age to become a member of the elite Invicta dragon force. Since that time, he has lived with one purpose, putting his duty to his brothers-in-arms before anything. And now he’s out on the tundra, contending with strange predators, mammoths, and islands that float in the sky. The last thing he has time for is love.
But the feelings Bo’s adoptive mother awakens in his dragon threaten to topple his duty, his self-control, and the very foundation of his sanity.
Rafe:
She’s determined never to be with another man. Can this gorgeous dragon-shifting guard change her mind?After being tricked into indentured servitude on the pleasure ships, Jade Gatlin is determined to avoid male attention for the rest of her days. The opportunity to adopt a little one and start a new life on a frontier moon, where she can heal the wounds of her tortured soul, sounds almost too good to be true. But the baby shows up in the arms of a rakish dragon guard, who holds Jade’s eyes too long and gives her unwanted shivers at every accidental touch.
Rafe has spent his career as a hotshot pilot for the Invicta dragon army. Handsome, fun-loving, and an ace with the ladies, Rafe is stunned when he realizes the serious Terran girl with the golden hair is his fated mate. And even more stunned when she tells him she’s not interested.
Kian:
Only a tiny baby alien could ever hope to bring together this grumpy, dragon-shifting warrior and the lighthearted pre-school teacher fated to be his mate…Silent and serious warrior Kian is being forced to leave his brothers-in-arms to watch over an Imberian baby and her adoptive mother. It’s bad enough to feel his ancient heart softening for the little whelp. But after one whiff of the beautiful Terran girl meant to be the baby’s mother, he is wrecked by the knowledge that this is his fated mate.
Their long trek across the frontier moon’s dangerous tundra will threaten their very lives.
But what good is Kian’s life when his soul is caught up in a fight against his nature, as he begs the gods to release him from the bond that pulls him tighter every day to the woman with the sparkling eyes and achingly soft curves?
If you like strong women, sexy aliens, wild adventures, steamy sensual scenes, and happily-ever-afters, then you’ll love the world of the Alien Adoption Agency!
Binge them all now!
Set on the moon of Clotho:
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Adoption Gifts for Adoptive Parents Adoption Took Time Love Arrived Instantly.: Blank Lined Journal | Foster Parent Gifts
It is a perfect gift for Adoptive Parents
Small diary/journal/notebook to write in. for creative writing. for creating lists, for Scheduling, Organizing and Recording your thoughtsMake an excellent gift idea for appreciation day, Christmas or any other occasion!
-Perfect sized at 6×9 inches
-110 page
-Softcover bookblinding
-Flexible Paperback
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Our Adoption Adventure: A Family’s Journey Through Infertility, Adoption, and Raising Adopted Kids: Real life stories about successfully adopting two young children.
This book is a must-read for anyone considering adoption, and their friends and family.It’s the true story of a couple adopting two children—taking you on their journey from the agony of infertility and endometriosis, through their whole adoption journey in detail, including timelines.
It’s an honest account, describing the whirlwind of emotions, the toll it took on their relationship, what social workers expect of you, what can go wrong when trying to adopt, and how to parent an adopted child.
Overall it’s a story of positivity, and the joy adoption can bring. Written from the separate viewpoints of a Mum, Dad, Grandmother, and also the children—it will give you a rare insight into the experiences of the whole family.
Authentic and easy to read, their journey shows what it’s really like preparing to be approved by the Adoption Panel, being ‘matched’ with a child, ‘Introductions’, and getting the Adoption Order to legally adopt your child in the UK.
The book also includes cases of other adopters experiences, to provide the whole picture of what it’s like to adopt. Some adopted due to infertility…others were single women with a strong urge to have children.
Adopting a baby or child for life is not a quick or easy endeavour—but it can be enormously rewarding.This journal helps you realise that you are not alone.
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Music Therapy in Adoption and Trauma: Therapy That Makes a Difference After Placement
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 families themselves.
Addressing topics such as contemporary adoption processes, potential resulting trauma, attachment and adoption breakdown, the book looks at why music therapy specifically can help. Throughout, it centres the value of lived experience in increasing understanding of trauma and effective support.
Following a decade of dramatic change within the adoption practice, this book is an invaluable resource for those looking to support individuals and families impacted by adoption.
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Life Story Books for Adopted and Fostered Children, Second Edition: A Family Friendly Approach
Through words, pictures, photographs, certificates and other ‘little treasures’, a Life Story Book provides a detailed account of the child’s early history and a chronology of their life.
Fully updated, this clear and concise book shows a unique family-friendly way to compile a Life Story Book which promotes a sense of permanency for the child, and encourages attachments within new families. Joy Rees’ influential model works chronologically backwards rather than forwards, aiming to reinforce the child’s sense of belonging and security before addressing the child’s past and early trauma. The book contains simple explanations of complex concepts, practical examples, helpful suggestions and includes some simple checklists. This new edition has been expanded to include fostered children and those living in kinship care or with a special guardian.
Perfect for social workers, adoption agencies, adoptive parents, foster carers and kinship carers, Life Story Books for Adopted and Fostered Children is a refreshing, innovative and common-sense guide.
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Therapeutic Parenting Jumbo Cards (Therapeutic Parenting Books)
This colourful pack of jumbo cards is the ideal resource for anyone who wants a fresh and creative way to explore what therapeutic parenting involves.
Designed to help parents of children who have experienced trauma, as well as the range of professionals who support them, this pack offers simple summaries of the key principles of therapeutic parenting. Each card features a cartoon and quote taken from the author’s bestselling book The Quick Guide to Therapeutic Parenting. Each explains a different element of therapeutic parenting, accompanied by a concise explanation on the back. Over 40 different issues are covered, from dysregulation and fear, to setting boundaries and parenting in the midst of trauma, and the cards are accompanied by a booklet which explains more about therapeutic parenting and how the pack can be used.
The resource has been designed to be used flexibly, so get creative! You may want to use as a playful conversation starter for talking about parenting, a learning tool for those wanting to develop their skills, or simply a source of inspiration – pinned to the wall for when things get tough!
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Lost Child: The True Story of a Girl who Couldn’t Ask for Help
From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes Lost Girl, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost little girl and an extraordinary educational psychologist’s courage and determination.
Jessie is nine years old and looks like the perfect little girl, with red hair, green eyes and a beguiling smile. She even has a talent for drawing gorgeous and intricate pictures. But Jessie also knows how to get her own way and will lie, scream, shout and hurt to get just exactly what she wants.
Her parents say they can’t take her back, and her social workers struggle to deal with her destructive behaviour and wild mood swings. After her chaotic passage through numerous foster placements, Jessie has finally received a diagnosis of an attachment disorder. Attachment disorders arise when children are deprived of the all-important close bonds with trustworthy adults that allow them to develop emotionally and thrive.
Finally educational psychologist Torey Hayden is called in to help. Torey agrees to weekly meetings with Jessie to try and uncover why she is acting out. Torey’s gentle care and attention reveal shocking truths behind Jessie’s lies. Can Torey and the other social workers help to provide the consistent loving care that has so far been missing in Jessie’s life, or will she push them away too?
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The Simple Guide to Attachment Difficulties in Children: What They Are and How to Help (Simple Guides)
· What are attachment difficulties? · How do they affect children? · How can you help? This book provides clear and concise answers to these important questions – and more. Much more than just a simple introduction to the subject of attachment, the book is also full of advice and practical ideas you can try. It tackles some challenging questions, such as ‘what is the difference between trauma and attachment?’, and explains how having an understanding of attachment is only part of the overall picture when it comes to caring for traumatized children. It is an essential read for any adult parenting or caring for a child who has experienced attachment difficulties. Author’s bio: Betsy de Thierry is a mum of four brilliant boys, a practising psychotherapist, a qualified primary school teacher, and founder of two organisations that offer therapy and therapeutic education in many cities in the UK. She lives in Bath.Read more
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The pink guide to adoption for lesbians and gay men 3rd edition
How easy is it for lesbian and gay couples to adopt? Can we adopt jointly? Is the adoption process any different from heterosexual adoption? Is it true that only hard-to-place children get placed with lesbians and gay men?The Pink Guide to Adoption is definitely the right read for anyone asking themselves these questions. It is an essential step-by-step guide for lesbians and gay men who are considering adoption in the UK, whether as single parents or jointly.
Illustrated throughout with quotations from those who have already experienced, or are currently involved in, the adoption process, this fully updated third edition also has useful points to consider for those wishing to embark on the adoption journey. Informative and inspiring, these stories bring to life the reality of what adoption means. They describe the highs and lows, the welcome they have received and also the prejudices encountered, the difficulties and the rewards. Many reveal how their lives have changed immeasurably since their adopted children moved in.
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Inside Adoption: A parent’s story
Adoption has changed hugely in the past few decades. These days, most children placed with adoptive families are not babies; by the time they meet their new parents they may have been exposed to a range of traumatic experience – in utero, within their birth families and within the state care system. Exposure to drugs or alcohol in the womb and abuse in early childhood are increasingly known to have significant effects on a child’s psychological and relational development. The effects can endure throughout the whole of their life, regardless of the loving care and stability they receive in their adoptive home. This poses very real challenges for people stepping forward into the role of adoptive parent. Unlike most books on adoption, Inside Adoption is written by someone who has both worked within the adoption `industry’ and is an adoptive parent himself. Philip Teasdale describes here his own experience, along with his wife Anne, of adopting Jemma as a baby. This is the story of the difficult and traumatising years that followed, as they struggled to provide a loving home around their emotionally volatile and often violent adoptive daughter. It also describes the failure of the statutory services to provide support for the family and psychological help for Jemma to enable her to manage her personal demons and impulses. Teasdale brings to this first-person account an insightful analysis and critique of the adoption process as it has developed over the past two decades, highlighting its abject failure to acknowledge significant social trends in any meaningful way. There is, he argues, still too little funding going into the post-adoption period; adoptive parents are still left to sink or swim as best they can, while the statutory agencies tick the box for another child `placed’ and wash their hands of further responsibility.Read more
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Our Adoption Adventure: A Keepsake Baby/Child Record Book and Journal for Adoptive Families | Safari Theme | Hardcover
A Wonderful Keepsake Journal for Adoptive Parents and their Adopted Child
Record the events and milestones of the adoption process continuing through the first year of your new “forever family”. Perfect for an adopted child – age infant up to elementary. Questions and prompts are suitable for International or Domestic Adoptions. Even though this book was not designed for the Foster to Adopt parents, it can be adapted by just answering the prompts that best suit your situation.
Whats Included:
- “Belongs To” page.
- “In The Beginning Section”: Journal prompts that address the why, how, when, and where aspect of your adoption journey. Includes a Timeline Section to record the dates and happenings of the adoption process from beginning to end.
- “Adoption Day Section”: place holders for photos and stats of the celebration day, and notes from family & friends.
- “Family” Section: Includes two FamilyTrees – one for birth family and one for the adoptive family, About Mommy & Daddy pages, and ample space for notes and greetings from family and friends.
- “First 12 Months Section”: prompts, photo place holder, and journal pages for each month of the first year of your child with their new forever family.
- A place to “Trace Your Child’s Hand and Foot” on Adoption Day and then again one year later for comparison.
- Listing pages for your child’s “Favorite Books and Movies”.
- “Photo Gallery” pages for adding photos of important milestones the first year in their forever home. There’s room for a few notes about each photo.
- A “Coloring Page” and an “Artwork Page” to showcase their talent for future reference.
- Ample space/pages throughout for additional journaling and notes.
Description:
- Matte Hardcover
- 100 pages perfectly bound
- Black & white interior
- Size: 7″x10″
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We Love You Hundreds and Thousands: A Children’s Picture Book about Foster Care and Adoption
A vibrant and touching children’s picture book about foster care, adoption and growing up in a diverse family.We Love You Hundreds and Thousands enables children who are fostered and adopted to frame their identity in a positive way from a very young age. Written by an adoptee who is now a mother, this vibrant and touching story is about belonging and having a strong sense of self.
The book aims to promote a strong sense of security and self confidence in children who are fostered and adopted. Embedded in it is a special message for them ─ you are loved enormously.
This unique children’s picture book is also a window into the life of a diverse family and an insight into the special bond between a child and their foster or adoptive parents. It will support parents, families, friends, classrooms and communities to talk about adoption and foster care in an open and loving way.
Why does Jasmine always have hundreds and thousands at her birthday parties and what makes her super special? You’re invited to some of her best birthday parties to find out…
In We Love You Hundreds and Thousands , Jasmine shows us that it’s the simple things in life that make you extra happy and that being fostered or adopted is a wonderful thing!
Jasmine is super special and so is this book ─ it will delight children and adults alike. So come on a fun-loving romp through Jasmine’s birthday parties and see what makes them so awesome!
About the Author
Dara Read was born in Australia in the 80s and was adopted by her mum and dad who love parties as much as she does. Did we mention that Dara loves parties? She does, especially if she can dance! Dara now lives by the beach in Sydney with her family. Her favourite things are cuddles with her kids, being in the ocean and almost anything that sparkles. On the more serious side, Dara is a writer and social justice lawyer. She has worked as a children’s lawyer and youth worker. She has also been a senior ministerial adviser for children who are adopted and in out-of-home care. For more info, see www.dararead.com
Praise for this book
“When I first read We Love You Hundreds and Thousands I was overwhelmed. Never had I read a book which spoke to contemporary adoption and permanent care so well. Through my networks of foster and adoptive parents I often hear of primarily school children struggling with telling their friends that they don’t live with their birth parents. These children see themselves as being just like all of the other children at school and they are proud of who they are. But their friends often don’t know how to react. This book speaks to those children. It speaks to their friends. It speaks to the parents of those friends. It is a book I love to read with my adoptive and biological children and a book I share with my family and friends who have connections with adoption or permanent care.” – Kelly – mum of Hope (age 6), Abigail (age 3) and Stevie (age 3)
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Our adoption journey A keepsake journal: A large, beautiful and unique journal with 120 detailed pages to log your adoption experience
Ideal for those who plan to adopt or have adopted a childDetailed interior prompts to write notes, outline family trees, memories, letters from parents, milestones, and much more
Detailed interior prompts with itineraries, checklists, amenties, meal planners, memories tracker, and much more
Large 8.5″ x 11 size, 120 detailed pages to document special memories easily
Can also be the perfect gift for a loved one or friend who is adopting a child
Use this premium adoption journal to provide a beautiful keepsake for your adopted child
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The Family Fairies
This magical rhyming storybook follows a special couple on their journey for a forever family through adoption.
The phrase “Family Fairies” imaginatively refers to social workers and foster carers and the book helps adopted children to understand the role these people play in making dreams come true by bringing families together in this way.
It covers the how, not the why, and gently references key stages of the adoption process in a positive and child focused way.
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The Simple Guide to Child Trauma: What It Is and How to Help (Simple Guides)
· What is trauma?
· How does it affect children?
· How can adults help?Providing straightforward answers to these complex questions, The Simple Guide to Child Trauma is the perfect starting point for any adult caring for or working with a child who has experienced trauma. It will help them to understand more about a child’s emotional and behavioural responses following trauma and provides welcome strategies to aid recovery. Reassuring advice will also rejuvenate adults’ abilities to face the challenges of supporting children.
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Taken: A True Story of the Pain and Scandal of Forced Adoption (Stolen Lives)
In 1972, Michelle Pearson gave up her son for adoption.
As ‘one of those girls’, she was expected to hide her shame with secrecy. No one should ever find out she’d had a child.
But she never forgot the son who was taken from her.
In the years that followed she struggled with PTSD, traumatic memory loss, agoraphobia and anxiety – impacting every area of her life.
This is Michelle’s story of love, loss and hope; of how over 50 years she has managed the consequences of living with her secret, survived the emotional pain, and finally, after being reunited with her son, the journey to rebuild their lives together.
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‘Interesting. Fascinating. I wanted to hold Michelle’s hand and say “We can do this”‘ Louise Allen
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The Family Book
The Family Book celebrates the love we feel for our families and all the different varieties they come in. Whether you have two moms or two dads, a big family or a small family, a clean family or a messy one, Todd Parr assures readers that no matter what kind of family you have, every family is special in its own unique way.
Parr’s message about the importance of embracing our differences is delivered in a playful way. With his trademark bold, bright colors and silly scenes, this book will encourage children to ask questions about their own families. Perfect for young children just beginning to read, The Family Book is designed to encourage early literacy, enhance emotional development, celebrate multiculturalism, promote character growth, and strengthen family relationships
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The Blanket Bears
A sensitive picture book endorsed by experts, that helps young children understand adoption by gently covering the complete adoption journey, from foster care to finding a forever family. Non-gendered characters and inclusive illustrations celebrate adoptive families of all kinds including single parents, same-sex parents and special guardians.Read more
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Two Dads: A book about adoption
Having Two Dads is double the fun! Many families are different, this family has Two Dads. A beautifully illustrated, affirming story of life with Two Dads, written from the perspective of their adopted child.Featured as a recommended book to buy in Gay Times Magazine, Huffington Post, Diva Magazine, New Family Social, Adoption UK Magazine.”uses heartwarming illustrations and delightful rhymes to celebrate the beauty found in all kinds of families — particularly those on the LGBT spectrum.” Adoptive Families MagazineAverage 4.41 out of 5 on Goodreads.comRead more
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Worried Whippet: A Book of Bravery: A Book of Bravery (For Adults and Kids Struggling with Anxiety)
There’s so much to be anxious about in this world: meeting new people, unfamiliar sounds, and worst of all, the seagulls that try to steal your chips. Worried Whippet counters that anxiety with humor and heartfelt inspiration.
Worried Whippet is a whimsically illustrated book that inspires you to take a cue from one anxious little dog, to muster up your courage, and step out into the world with hope. Follow along as one fearful little whippet named Jess, made popular on TikTok and Instagram, journeys out of her cozy bed to join her friends and conquer all the things that scare her most.
In these pages, you fill find:
- Simple, yet profound, short stories on bravery, featuring Jess and her friends
- Encouraging messages for adults coping with anxiety (that kids will also understand)
- Inspiration for overcoming irrational fear and becoming a little braver every day
- Musings on friendship, love, and happiness
- Illustrations featuring English beaches and countrysides that will translate worry into whimsy for adults and kids
This is a fantastic gift to give for graduations, birthdays, holidays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, National Dog Day, National Brave Day, pet adoptions, as a gift of encouragement, or for anyone who loves dogs.
Keep Calm and Whippet On.
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Officially Adopted: Cute Teddybear Guest Book for Adoption Celebration Party to Sign in, Write Messages and Well Wishes, Gift Log, Invitation List,Photo Pages, Blue Theme
Officially Adopted Guest Book with a cute Teddybear Theme to create a memorable keepsake book to cherish forever for this special event.
Your guests can write their Wishes on these spacious lined Messages and Well Wishes Pages. If you are using Instant Photo Cameras you can add them to the many Blank Photo Pages. This book is a perfect addition to your adoption party decorations !
Leave on your arrival table or place copies around the room for your guests to write and help make a fun memento of the party.
Features of this Cute Officially Adopted Guest book are:
- Teddy Bear Theme
- Personalize the Introduction Page with your special event details.
- Guests to write their personal message and well wishes.
- Photo pages to place your instant photos of your friends or photos from your past!
- Gift Log Tracker Pages – help you organise your ‘Thank You Notes’
- Guest List / Invitation Pages A lovely reminder who came and celebrated your milestone birthday
- 109 Pages Size 8.5 Square
- If you have it available on your PC/Tablet you can see the decorated interior pages with the ‘Look Inside’ feature.
Have a wonderful celebratory party!
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The IGLOO guide to Foster Care and Adoptions: A guide to difficult conversations for 5-12 year olds
This book is a friendly guide to help kids navigate tricky questions about their Foster Care or Adoptive home. For the little ones, it’s all about diving into the book together, sparking their thoughts about the questions they encounter, and how they could respond in various scenarios. They get to pick from these cool IGLOO choices that guide them. And guess what? This book serves up straightforward explanations, packed with real-life examples and helpful suggestions that kids can make their own!Written by an experienced foster and adoptive father, who tried other methods for his children, but needed a simple way to help them at school, or in public when confronted with difficult questions when he wasn’t there.
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Adopting Alfred: A story about adoption from the birth child’s perspective
Adopting Alfred is an insight about adopting a child with an existing birth child. In child friendly terms, and based from the birth child’s perspective, the story describes the adoption process and having a new sibling. This story includes people who may be involved and the emotions that may be felt during such a life changing and special time within a family.Read more
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Reparenting the Child Who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments
Finally, a parenting book which demystifies the latest thinking on neurobiology, physiology and trauma and explains what the research means for the everyday life of parents of children who hurt.
As experts on adoption and fostering who are adoptive parents themselves, Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon explain how this knowledge can help parents to better understand and care for their child. They explain why conventional parenting techniques are often not helpful for the child who has experienced early trauma and explore why therapeutic reparenting is the only way to help repair the unhealthy neurobiological and behavioural patterns which affect the child’s development. They do not shy away from how difficult reparenting is, acknowledging how hard it can be to recognise our own fallibility as parents and to change our own parenting patterns. The authors also offer hard-won advice on a range of common parenting flashpoints – from defusing arguments and aggression to negotiating bedtimes and breaks in routine, and making sure that special occasions are remembered for all the right reasons.
Reparenting the Child Who Hurts is a humane, no-nonsense survival guide for any parent caring for a child with developmental trauma or attachment difficulties, and will also provide information and insights for social workers, teachers, counsellors and other professionals involved in supporting adoptive and foster families.
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Adoption Certificate: Puppy Cat or Any Pet Adoption Certificates for Parties or for Breeders | Puppy Dog Adoption Certificates | Dog Party Favors and Supplies | 20 Certificates
Full color premium design certificates for dog breeders, or dog adoption parties so they can give them to new puppy owners.
Notebook with 40 pages of 60lb/90 GSM paper / 20 certificates.
Save time and supplies by the certificates already having been printed.Pages are 8,25″x6″, and must be extracted from the notebook. When cut, size will be 8″x6″.Read more
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The Forever Family
One night, Little Bear was cosied up on Mama Bear’s knee. “I want to tell you a story” she said. “Now, listen carefully.”In this exquisitely illustrated and touching story, featuring charming woodland animals and lyrical prose, a little bear learns from his mama bear about how he became a part of their family.
She shares that are many reasons that mamas and papas can be unable to take care of their young, and that when a little baby bear was found alone, all of the forest creatures came together to search for him a forever family. A family who would care and protect, feed and bathe, tickle and cuddle, teach and play – and especially give lots of love. The little bear was lucky to have a nurturing foster mama who did all of these things during the search…until the perfect family was found. A family whose dearest wish came true with the arrival of the little bear.Author and illustrator Sue Banner’s eloquent storytelling and painterly illustrations in gentle muted and earthy tones create a calm and soothing read-aloud that all families and educators of young children will love – those whom this story resonates on a personal level and those for whom the story provides a better understanding of the loving families formed through the adoption and foster care experience.
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Stella’s Story (Thrown Away Children) (Thrown Away Children, 1)
‘Absorbing and brilliant… this book is an absolute must-read not only for the general public but for foster carers and social workers alike’ Sarah Anderson, Independent Foster Carers Alliance
‘Stella is just like a tiny bird. This is my first impression of her. A quiet little sparrow of a girl.’
In her brand new series ‘Thrown Away Children’, Louise Allen shares the harrowing stories she is exposed to as a foster mother. The first in the series, Stella’s Story, tells the astonishing true story of a young girl scarred by an abusive past.
Named after the lager that christened her at birth, Stella’s life is characterised instability and neglect. Her teenage mother abandons her in the first few weeks of her life, and left in the ‘care’ of her father, she ends up lying deserted in a house with no food, no water, no clothes, and no warmth.
She eventually lands in the care of foster carer Louise, who is determined to change her life for the better. Things seem to be going well – but when Stella has a startling response to having her photo taken, it becomes clear the scars of her abuse run deeper than anyone could have ever guessed.
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The Adopted Dragon: A Story About Adoption: 60 (My Dragon Books)
A Cute Children’s Book about Adoption (My Dragon Books – Volume 60)Join Drew and his dragon Diggory Doo in this uplifting story to understand adoption and what it means to be adopted.
Your children will learn alongside Diggory Doo as he faces relatable issues children have when being adopted and the underlying grief that most adopted kids can’t give a name to.
Parents and educators will find this book a great tool to open up a great discussion about adoption, the love of adoptive parents and siblings, the different types of families and how families are made, and much more…
Get this book to explain adoption, and give children the empowering affirmation that they are accepted, needed, included, and loved.
GET THIS BOOK NOW!
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Honestly Adoption: Answers to 101 Questions About Adoption and Foster Care
Discover What Adoption and Foster Care Really Look Like
If you are considering adoption or foster care or are already somewhere in this difficult and complicated process, you need trusted information from people who have been where you are.
Mike and Kristin Berry have adopted eight children and cared for another 23 kids in their nine-year stint as foster parents. They aren’t just experts. They have experienced every emotional high and low and encountered virtually every situation imaginable as parents. Now, they want to share what they’ve learned with you.
Get the answers you need to the following questions, and many more:
Should I foster parent or adopt? How do I know?
What is the first step in becoming an adoptive or foster parent?
What are the benefits of an open versus closed adoption?
How and when do I tell my child that he or she is adopted?
How do I help my child embrace his or her cultural and racial identity?
Honestly Adoption will provide you with practical, down-to-earth advice to make good decisions in your own adoption and foster parenting journey and give you the help and hope you need.
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The Primal Wound: Understanding the adopted child
Since its original publication in 1993, The Primal Wound has become a classic in adoption literature and is considered the adoptee’s bible. It is a must read for adopted people, adoptive families, birth parents and adoption professionals. CoramBAAF worked with the author to produce the first British edition of this classic title.The Primal Wound has revolutionised how we think about adoption. Over the years, thousands have read this classic and found in it profound insights and revelations on what being adopted means to adopted people.In this book, Nancy Verrier, a psychotherapist and adoptive mother, elaborates on what she calls the primal wound the wound that results when a child is separated from his or her mother and the trauma that it causes. She examines the life-long consequences this can have for adopted people, as they are growing up and into adulthood, underpinning this with information about pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding, and the effects of loss.
This is a demanding book. It can be a difficult and painful read because of the emotions it evokes in all members of the adoption triad. But it can also bring relief as it can be a great help in acknowledging, understanding, and validating the wounds created by the trauma of separation between mother and child. This understanding can help adopted people, adoptive parents and birth parents. It can provide validation for the experiences and feelings of adoptees, who have often felt misunderstood; it can bring solace to birth mothers, who have long been denied the truth of their loss; and it can be a source of information for adoptive parents, so that they can better understand and respond to their children.
The Primal Wound offers adopted people validation for their feelings, explanations for their behaviour, and a context in which to situate and make sense of their experiences. It is a must for anyone struggling with unexplained feelings and insecurities caused by adoption, and has been described as life changing , a light bulb experience , a revelation and a journey of discovery.
The insights which it brings to the experiences of abandonment and loss will contribute not only to the healing of adoptees, adoptive families, and birth parents, but will bring understanding and encouragement to anyone who has ever felt abandoned. This is essential reading for anyone involved in adoption.
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Pocket Commando Dad: Advice for New Recruits to Fatherhood: From Birth to 12 Months
Let training commence
Attention! In your hand is an indispensable pocket-sized training manual for new dads. Written by ex-Commando and father of three Neil Sinclair, this no-nonsense guide will teach you everything you need to know to prepare for your biggest mission yet: parenthood. With step-by-step advice and Commando Dad Top Tips, this book will ensure you’re ready to parent with military precision.
Learn how to:
– Prepare base camp for your baby trooper’s arrival
– Survive the first 24 hours
– Establish feeding and sleeping routines
– Pack a survival kit for everything from light missions to long-term deployments
– Transport the troops successfully on manoeuvres
– Treat ailments and injuries with basic first-aid training
– Keep base camp tidy and square away tasks along the way
– Maintain morale in the ranks
And much, much more.Designed to be used in the field from birth to 12 months, this resource provides the foundation to all the practical skills needed to become the ultimate protector to your newest trooper. As used by Prince William himself, this is the go-to training manual for fatherhood recruits!
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Eddy Finds a Family
Flossy and Frank Flamingo are unable to have a chick of their own. Eddy Emu is in foster care and in need of a loving home. Join this wonderful trio in a charming and engaging story and follow their journey as they find each other and become a family.Eddy Finds a Family is a beautifully illustrated book that takes the sensitive and emotional subject of adoption and makes it fun and engaging for all children to enjoy. It is also a great tool for parents, guardians, school and nurseries to openly discuss adoption. Children can connect with the wonderful characters and truly understand how different families are created. Love makes a family.
This is the first in “The Flamingo Family” series, a collection of books that explain some of the most important milestones families experience during the adoption process. From the start of the matching process, to the first introductions, to going home to live with their new family and getting the adoption placement granted. These are all significant stages and ones that are important to.
Signed hardbacks are available at www.theflamingofamily.co.uk
Testimonials
“This heart-warming story gently explores the path to adoption for both parents and children. Told through a colourful cast of characters, the simple narrative will help a child identify and express their thoughts and feelings around their own adoption story.” Dr Sue Armstrong-Brown Chief Executive Officer, Adoption UK“This is such a brilliant way to share the emotional ups and downs of adoption. Brilliant writing and lovely illustrations. Lots for children to find on the pages and a gentle way to start conversations. I’m really looking forward to meeting Eddy again and learning more.” Michael Heppell, International Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author
“Sweetly illustrated and perfect for schools looking for books on fostering and being adopted. A RED RIBBON WINNER and highly recommended”’ The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
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Our Beautiful Chaos: An Adoption Memoir
“An important read for prospective adopters in the UK as well as the professionals who support them.” Anna, Social Worker“For anyone going through or considering the adoption process, it is a must read. As an adopter, it makes you feel validated. Thank you Rachael for sharing your journey.” Louise, Adopter
Our Beautiful Chaos is an inspiring, confronting and an evocative read. Combining clear experience and knowledge, we follow the heartwarming true account of one couple who found they were achieving all of their life goals except the one thing they wanted most; a family.
Navigating infertility and ultimately the adoption process, Rachael writes about bringing their children home with a well balanced sensitivity and striking honesty. Heart-wrenching and emotional, there are moments of hope and relief in which you feel the struggles and triumphs alongside this family.
Told with a raw authenticity, both thought-provoking and moving, you find yourself engaged as their lives transforms physically, emotionally and mentally. As well as an insight into the UK adoption process, the powerful voice captures the depth of love for their children and the beautiful family dynamic they have created.
“Not just for adopters, this is a must read for anyone finding they are struggling to adjust to the parenting load.” Liz, Foster Carer
“This is the book I wish we had before we started out. It fills in so many gaps in training that social workers either don’t have the time to tell you or worry will scare you off. I loved this book; your honesty about the process, our own hidden expectations, other’s expectations, the frustrations had me laughing, crying and having rants with my partner.” Jem, adoptive parent.
“I love that you were so honest about the pressures of being a Mum … it gave the good and bad of adoption and also so informative. I am going into this process with open eyes” Helen, prospective adopter.
“I went through several tissues during this book. Thank you Rachael, I can’t wait to share this with my friends and family who just don’t get it.” Nicola, adoptive parent.
“I couldn’t stop reading it, it was honest, not pretentious and gave the good and bad of adoption but also so informative. I would definitely recommend.” Jen, prospective adopter.
“Beautifully written, open and honest account of the highs and lows of building a family through adoption. The statistics and facts add to the background, however the detail and personal memories shared build the story.” Jo, adoptive parent.
“Honest and thought provoking and so vividly written I could feel every emotion as if I were in your shoes. I will be recommending to all of my future adopters.” Olivia, adoption social worker.
“As a fellow adopter, it validated experiences we’ve had and we were able to resonate with it all – infertility through to family of five. A truly wonderful memoir, it felt like we were alongside you for the ride.” Charlotte, adoptive parent.
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My Family, My Journey: A Baby Book for Adoptive Families (Susie Ghahremani)
For the growing audience of adoptive families, Chronicle Books is proud to offer a baby book thatsuits the wide array of experiences and choices that bring a family and their new child together. This lovely keepsake album contains sections to record all the joyful milestones and cherished family moments that mark a new baby’s life, pages to chart the adopted child’s unique journey, as well as a sturdy pocket in which to store important documents and memorabilia. Inside the pocket are over 60 stickers you can use to customize the family tree pages. As the pages of the journal fill with memories,My Family, My Journey will stand as a lasting testament of love for the entire family.Read more
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I Wished for You: An Adoption Story (Marianne Richmond)
“Mama,” said Barley. “Tell me again how I’m your wish come true.”
Thus begins this beautiful story for adoptive families. I Wished for You: An Adoption Story follows a conversation between a little bear named Barley and his Mama as they curl up in their favorite cuddle spot and talk about how God chose them to be a family. Barley asks Mama the kinds of questions many adopted children have, and Mama lovingly answers them all.
With endearing prose and charming watercolor illustrations, I Wished for You is a cozy read that affirms how love is what truly makes a family.Read more
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