Books, booklets & multimedia
Authors: Henrietta Bond
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Henrietta Bond is a freelance journalist and media consultant, specialising in children and family issues. Formerly BAAF's press officer, she has worked with numerous other children and young people's organisations including Fostering Network, Barnardo's, The Who Cares? Trust, NCH and Talk Adoption, A National Voice. She has written for Guardian Society, Community Care, Care and Health, Children Now and Young People Now. She is also the author of a new edition of BAAF's Advice Note, Fostering: Some questions answered.
Books that Henrietta Bond has written, edited or illustrated include (listed alphabetically):
 | If you don't stick with me, who will? The challenges and rewards of foster care
Edited by Henrietta Bond (BAAF, March 2005)
Price: £8.95
This collection of first person accounts tells the stories of complex forms of foster care and what it is like to foster children and young people who have experienced loss, trauma, abuse, or just a very difficult start in life. |
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Fostering a Child: A guide for people interested in fostering
Henrietta Bond (BAAF 2004)
Price: £8.50
This short guide describes the sorts of children needing to be fostered and why, as well as who can foster and what to do if you want to be a foster carer.
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Ten Top Tips for Preparing Care Leavers
By Henrietta Bond
(BAAF, July 2008)
Price: £7.95
A practical reference guide for all those working with young people who are preparing to leave care and step into life as independent young adults.
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Private Fostering - what it is and what it means
A guide for children and young people
by Henrietta Bond (BAAF, June 2005)
Price: £3.95
Colourful, illustrated and presented in accessible and jargon-free language, this booklet provides a good introduction to private fostering, the process, and what children can expect.
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Ten Top Tips on Managing Contact
By Henrietta Bond (BAAF, 2007)
Price: £7.95
This accessible, quick reference guide looks at some fundamental positive steps that social workers, adopters and carers can take to ensure that contact is a beneficial experience. The emphasis is on evidence from practice and useful checklists are provided throughout.
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