Please note that not all BAAF books are yet listed here. If you can't find the book you are looking for, please try looking in our full catalogue.
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The Adoption Reunion Handbook
by Liz Trinder, Julia Feast and David Howe (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, December 2004)
Price: £12.99
'The first reunion handbook I've ever read that I couldn't put down. Essential and illuminating reading for anyone involved in adoption reunion.'
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Nutmeg Gets A Little Help
by Judith Foxon (BAAF, December 2004)
Price: £12.00
This story focuses on adoption support and life story work, and how these can aid adopted children. Now Nutmeg is settled with his adoptive family, powerful feelings have resurfaced about his past, which confuse and worry him...
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Welcoming Children into your Neighbourhood
by Jane Espley (BAAF, December 2004)
Price: £3.50
This colourful, short booklet explains to neighbours and other members of the community what might be going on when some unruly, noisy children move into the neighbourhood...
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SpeakEasy CD Rom
by Bridget Betts (Information Plus, 2004)
Price: £64.00 (+£11.20 VAT)
This CD-ROM provides an exciting and engaging way for children to express their thoughts and feelings about being in care, and provides a novel way for children to participate in their reviews.
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Bridget's taking a long time CD Rom
by Bridget Betts and Nicky Ball (Information Plus, 2004)
Price: £34.00 (+£5.95 VAT)
This CD-ROM contains an interactive story for children aged 5 to 12 dealing with adoption issues from the point of view of children in an adopting family.
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Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care
Research, theory and practice
Edited by Elsbeth Neil and David Howe (BAAF, 2004)
Price: £14.95
This book gathers together the latest thoughts and research findings of many of the leading authorities on the subject of contact in adoption and permanent foster care.
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The Adopter’s Handbook: Information, resources and services for adoptive parents
by Amy Neil Salter, (BAAF, March 2006)
Price: £13.95
This practical guide helps adopters help themselves through the adoption process and beyond. Easy-to-access information will help users handle the ups and downs of the adoption experience, and prepare them for what is likely to happen along the way. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to into account new legislation and initiatives including the Adoption and Children Act 2002. It will help everyone involved in the adoption process to better help and support adopted children.
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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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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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Learn the Child - Helping looked after children to learn
By Kate Cairns and Chris Stanway (BAAF, July 2004)
Price: £25.00
This resource recommends ways in which looked after children - and any other traumatised children - can be best supported in their learning.
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Children Exposed to Parental Substance Misuse: Implications for family placement
Edited by Rena Phillips (BAAF 2004)
Price: £14.95
At a time of rising concern about parental substance misuse, this book tackles practice, policy and research issues.
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 | Fostering Now: Current law including regulations, guidance and standards
by Fergus Smith and Chris Brann with Deborah Cullen and Mary Lane (BAAF, June 2004)
Price: £6.00
This handy, spiral-bound pocket book is a must for all fostering workers! |
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Fostering Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking and Refugee Children:
A training course for foster carers
By Selam Kidane and Penny Amerena (BAAF, May 2004)
Price: £10.00
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding foster care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children.
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Fostering Attachments: Long-term outcomes in family group care
by Brian Cairns (BAAF, February 2004)
Price: £9.95
Where do separated children develop "better"? This compelling book tells how one family set out to provide some answers.
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Providing a Secure Base in Long-Term foster Care
by Mary Beek and Gillian Schofield (BAAF, February 2004)
Price: £13.95
A study which will inspire social workers, foster carers and other professionals concerned with the stability and security of children in long-term foster families.
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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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Talking about Adoption to your Adopted Child: A guide for adoptive parents (4th edition)
by Marjorie Morrison (BAAF 2007)
Price: £8.50
A popular and comprehensive guide outlining the whys, whens and hows of telling the truth about an adopted child’s origins. It is the only publication of its kind in the UK.
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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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