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Hedi Argent is an independent adoption consultant, trainer and freelance writer. She is the author of a number of books for BAAF, both for children and adults.
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Dealing with disruption
by Hedi Argent and Jeffrey Coleman (BAAF, May 2006)
Price: £7.95
This Good Practice Guide is concerned with children who move into permanent placements and then have to move again contrary to expectations. It considers various aspects of disruption, using case studies throughout to illustrate the points made, and useful appendices include a sample of a disruption report. This guide will be invaluable for professional involved in making permanent placements for children.
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Kinship Care: What it is and what it means
By Hedi Argent
BAAF (2007)
Price: £3.95
This short and colourful booklet for children provides an explanation of “kin” and explores why some young people live in kinship care and what is special about it.
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Josh and Jaz have three mums
By Hedi Argent (BAAF, 2007)
Price: £8.95
This brightly illustrated book for young children tells the story of Josh and Jaz, five-year-old twins who have been adopted by a lesbian couple. They are worried that everyone in their class will laugh because they live with two mums and wish that they were like other children who just have one mum and dad. The story helps to explain the diversity and “difference” of family groups and encourages an understanding and appreciation of same sex parents.
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Life Story Work: what it is and what it means
by Shaila Shah and Hedi Argent (BAAF, January 2006)
Price: £3.95
A guide for children and young people
This new addition to BAAF's ever-popular children's guide series explains what life story work actually is. It describes the actual process of undertaking life story work, including when to do it, who can help and how, what can go into a life story book and who owns the work. The guide also shows how life story work can be done using imaginative techniques and different media, and that it can be fun!
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Related by Adoption: A handbook for grandparents and other relatives
by Hedi Argent (BAAF 2004)
Price: £6.50
A brief handbook that gives grandparents-to-be and other relatives pertinent information about adoption today.
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Models of Adoption Support - What works and what doesn’t
By Hedi Argent (BAAF, April 2003)
Price: £9.95
This timely anthology will contribute to, and inform the debate about adoption support and its role in modern adoption practice.
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One of the family: A handbook for kinship carers
by Hedi Argent(BAAF, August 2005)
Price: £6.50
This handbook aims to give families and friends who are kinship carers, or may become kinship carers, information about the choices they can make, the assessment process, the legal framework, the child care system, the support they can expect and the financial help available.
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Staying Connected: Managing Contact In Adoption
Edited by Hedi Argent (BAAF, August 2002)
Price: £9.95
This book illuminates the experiences and best practices in making and managing the contact that adopted children have with their birth parents.
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Taking Extra Care - Respite, shared and permanent care for children with disabilities
by Hedi Argent and Alile Kerrane (BAAF, 1997)
Price: £5.00
This is a practice guide about assessing the needs of children with disabilities.
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Ten Top Tips for Placing Children in Permanent Families
Written Hedi Argent (BAAF November 2006)
Price: £7.95
This quick reference guide explores the issue of child placements, with an emphasis on evidence from practice and experience. It provides clear and concise accounts of what works and what does not, and includes the views of children and families. Each of the ten chapters explores a key theme – such as finding a family and agreeing a support plan - in an accessible, straightforward and highly readable style.
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Ten Top Tips for Placing Siblings
By Hedi Argent
(BAAF, July 2008)
Price: £7.95
A practical guide to placing looked after brothers and sisters, which emphasises the importance of getting to know each individual child as well as considering the needs of the sibling group as a whole.
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Ten Top Tips for Supporting Kinship Placements
By Hedi Argent (BAAF, September 2009)
Price: £7.95
This practical reference guide looks at some of the fundamental positive steps that workers can take to ensure that kinship care is as successful as possible for the children and carers involved.
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What happens in court? - A guide for children
by Hedi Argent and Mary Lane (BAAF 2003)
Price: £3.50
A user-friendly guide to help children understand the role that a court might play in their lives.
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What is contact? A guide for children
By Hedi Argent (BAAF, September 2004)
Price: £3.95
This colourful and easy to understand booklet explains how contact can be made and how a child might like to maintain contact with their birth family.
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| What is a disability? A guide for children
By Hedi Argent (BAAF, September 2004)
Price: £3.50
This guide for children explains what disabilities are, and what it can mean for children who might have them.
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Whatever Happened to Adam
by Hedi Argent (BAAF, 1998)
Price: £4.95
This remarkable book tells the stories of 20 young people with disabilities and the families who chose to care for them.
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