Books, booklets & multimedia

Tia’s Wishes
Words by Helen Kahn , illustrations by Sarah Rawlings (BAAF , December 2002)
Price: £10.95 (+£1.92 VAT)
Tia’s Wishes is intended to help girls aged 4 to 10 who are waiting to be placed for adoption to understand and cope with their feelings.

Testing the Limits of Foster Care: Fostering as an alternative to secure accommodation
by Moira Walker , Malcolm Hill and John Triseliotis (BAAF, October 2002)
Price: £10.00
This study looks at a pioneering scheme that offers fostering placements for young people whose behaviour would place them beyond the limits of ‘normal’ foster care.

Shaping Childcare Practice in Scotland: Key papers on adoption and fostering
By Professor Malcolm Hill (BAAF, September 2002)
Price: £5.00
In this guide, the authors examine how adoption practice has evolved and chart the changes.

Adoption Support Services for Families in Difficulty:
A literature review and UK survey
by Alan Rushton and Cherilyn Dance (BAAF, September 2002)
Price: £6.95
The survey is the first UK-wide research into the types of routine and specialist support services available for adoptive families.

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.

Nutmeg Gets Cross
by Judith Foxon (BAAF, July 2002)
Price: £10.00
Suitable for post-adoption work with children, this story offers a practical way to identify, explore and understand painful feelings that are likely to surface following adoption.

Adopting a Child
by Jenifer Lord (BAAF, 2008)
Price: £8.95
With over 60,000 copies already sold, this beginner’s guide is the book for anyone who is thinking of adopting a child or children. Now in its 8th edition it provides essential information and helps explain the adoption process.

Attachment, trauma and resilience: Therapeutic caring for children
by Kate Cairns (BAAF, reprinted 2006)
Price: £11.95
Offers an insight into family life with children who have experienced attachement difficulties, loss, abuse and trauma. Over 8,000 copies sold.