Books, booklets & multimedia

Thinking of joining a fostering panel?
By Pat Beesley (BAAF, January 2010)
Price: £2.50
This pamphlet provides advice and information for anyone who may be thinking about joining, or going to join, a fostering panel in England.

A guide to writing panel minutes
By John Pratt (BAAF, January 2010)
Price: £2.50
This pamphlet will help panel minute takers to meet statutory requirements and produce accurate and high quality minutes.

Dad David, Baba Chris and ME
Written by Ed Merchant (BAAF, January 2010)
Illustrated by Rachel Fuller
Price: £8.95
A brightly illustrated book for children aged 5-10 years old which tells Ben’s story of his ordinary life with his adoptive gay parents, Dad David and Baba Chris.

Pushing the Boundaries of Assessment
By Jennifer Cousins (BAAF 2010)
Price: £11.95
A practical workbook and training DVD which present a creative and imaginative range of assessment and preparation techniques for social workers to use with prospective adopters.

Linking and Matching – A survey of adoption agency practice in England and Wales
By Cherilyn Dance, Danielle Ouwejan, Jennifer Beecham and Elaine Farmer (BAAF, 2010)
Price: £12.95
Captures a snapshot of current linking and matching practice, revealing varying costs and outcomes for children, innovative practice and diametrically opposed views about this subject amongst practitioners.

Holding on and Hanging in
By Lorna Miles (BAAF, January 2010)
Price: £7.95
An honest and heartfelt account which tracks the journey of a young boy called Wayne from first being fostered by Lorna at the age of seven, in a therapeutic fostering placement, through nearly five years of family life.

The Most Precious Present in the World
Written by Becky Edwards, illustrated by Louise Comfort (BAAF January 2010)
Price: £8.95
A colourful picture book to introduce young children to the concept of adoption.