Books, booklets & multimedia

Parenting a child who has been sexually abused
Jayne Hellett and John Simmonds (BAAF , April 2003)
Prices:
Training Programme: £14.95 plus (+ £2.61 VAT)
DVD - 90 minutes: £50.00 (+ £8.75 VAT)
This skills development training programme has been developed for caregivers who have children in placement who have been sexually abused.

Part of the Family: Pathways through foster care
By Gillian Schofield (BAAF, January 2003)
Price: £12.95
This book is based on the intriguing stories of 40 young adults who were fostered long-term.

Picnic in the Park
By Joe Griffiths and Tony Pilgrim
Illustrated by Lucy Pearce (BAAF, 2007)
Price: £8.95
A fully illustrated book for children which tells the story of Jason’s birthday picnic and the guests who help him to celebrate. In so doing, it introduces children to a range of family structures including two- and one-parent families, adoptive and foster families, gay and lesbian families, step families and more, showing a diverse range of adults and children.

The Plan for the Child – Adoption or long-term fostering
By Nigel Lowe and Mervyn Murch, Kay Bader, Margaret Borkowski, Rosalie Copner, Cathy Lisles and Jenny Shearman (BAAF 2002)
Price: £9.95
Examines the process which determines whether a looked after child is fostered or adopted and why “delay” occurs in implementing the plan. Looks at what measures local authorities have introduced to identify and combat delay, and examines possible reasons for the wide variation in their use of adoption.

Preparing children for permanence
A guide to undertaking direct work for social workers, foster carers and adoptive parents
Written by Mary Romaine with Tricia Turley and Non Tuckey (BAAF, January 2007)
Price: £14.95
Planned and focused direct work is an essential and integral part of preparing children for permanence. This guide contains a variety of activities to use in direct work, supported by case studies throughout. It will be a valuable resource for social workers and others who are planning, undertaking and evaluating direct work with looked after children for whom a permanent placement is being planned, as well as for foster carers and adoptive parents.

Preparing for permenence
Compiled and written by a BAAF working party (BAAF, 1998)
Understanding the assessment process £2.50
Assessment: Points to consider £1.95
Key issues in assessment £3.95

Preparing to Adopt - Training pack
Devised by Pat Beesley, Barbara Hutchinson, Ian Millar and Sushila de Sousa
Written by Eileen Fursland (BAAF, September 2006)
This new edition of BAAF’s established and highly respected training programme sets out a comprehensive approach to preparing adopters. It has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the legislative requirements for both procedure and practice in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and reflect the Adoption and Children Act 2002. The Trainer’s Guide includes imaginative exercises and reference to further reading as well as a CD-ROM containing presentations and handouts.
Trainer’s Guide: £35.00
Applicant’s Workbook: £23.00 (£20.00 + £3.50 VAT)
DVD/Video: £47.00 (£40.00 + £7.00 VAT)

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.

Promoting Resilience:
A resource guide on working with children in the care system
by Robbie Gilligan (BAAF, January 2001)
Price: £11.95
This book is packed with practical ideas for how to improve the quality of life of children in care.

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.

"Race" and Ethnicity - A consideration of issues for black, minority ethnic and white children in family placement
by Beverley Prevatt Goldstein and Marcia Spencer (BAAF, August 2000)
Price: £4.50
This Practice Guide examines practice experience, the legal framework in England & Wales and Scotland, and research findings about family placement.

Real Parents, Real Children – Parenting the adopted child
By Holly van Gulden and Lisa M Bartels-Rabb (Crossroad Publishing Co. 1993)
Price: £14.99
Takes parents and professionals through the stages of child development, explaining what adopted children at each age commonly think and feel about adoption and how parents can respond.

Recruiting, assessing and supporting lesbian and gay carers and adopters
by Gerald P. Mallon and Bridget Betts (BAAF, September 2005)
Price: £9.95
This book aims to provide social work practitioners with good practice guidelines for working with lesbian and gay foster carers and adopters. The authors provide an overview of relevant research and explore identities, policy and legislation.

Recruiting black and minority ethnic adopters and foster carers
Written by Gwen Rule, (BAAF, November 2006)
Price: £9.95
This Good Practice Guide will help social workers, social work managers and all those involved in the recruitment of adopters and carers from black and minority ethnic communities. It includes a wealth of imaginative ideas and tips that can be used in recruitment strategies across the UK, and features case examples from a voluntary agency, local authorities and consortia.

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.

Relative Benefits: Placing children in kinship care
by Bob Broad (BAAF, September 2005)
Price: £9.95
This book sets out the legal framework for kindship care in England and Wales. It also describes the different types of kinship care and gives detailed guidance on related issues.

Right from the Start - Best practice in adoption planning for babies and other children
Jennifer Cousins and Marjorie Morrison with Sushila de Sousa (BAAF, September 2003)
Price: £7.95
In this guide, the authors examine how adoption practice has evolved and chart the changes.

The Role of Concurrent Planning - Making permanent placements for young children
by Elizabeth Monck , Jill Reynolds and Valerie Wigfall (BAAF, February 2003)
Price: £9.95

This study provides an independent evaluation of the first innovative child-centred, concurrent planning programmes introduced into England.

Safer Caring
A training programme
Kate Cairns and Eileen Fursland (BAAF, 2007)
Price: £39.95
Foster carers who take on the risk of caring for troubled children need and deserve the best help available. And agencies owe it to them to prepare them as well as possible. This training course aims to give foster carers the knowledge they need to prevent, recognise and get the right treatment for secondary traumatic stress disorders and to assess and manage risk and work as part of a team to provide safer caring.

Safe Contact – Children in permanent placement and contact with their birth relatives
By Catherine Macaskill (Russell House Publishing 2002)
Price: £17.95
Considers the impact of face-to-face contact with birth parents, grandparents, siblings and other relatives on adopted children and on the smaller number in permanent fostering. Provides a host of insights into what helps contact succeed, as well as some of the pitfalls.

Searching for Family Connections
National Organisation for the counselling of Adoptees and Parents (NORCAP 2000)
Price: £15.00
A detailed step-by-step guide to birth records searching, from the experience of those who have been through it themselves, aimed at adopted people but also invaluable for counsellors.

Searching Questions: Identity, origins and adoption
by Julia Feast and Terry Philpot (BAAF, November 2003)
Book Price: £12.95
This book is based on a detailed investigation into why some adopted people search for their birth parents while others do not.

See You Soon – Contact with children looked after by local authorities
Edited by Hedi Argent (BAAF 1995)
Price: £9.95
Explores planning and managing appropriate contact from a variety of viewpoints including: the legal framework; contact in the local authority setting; contact with children who have been abused; and planning for permanence with contact.

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.

Siblings in Late Permanent Placements
by Alan Rushton, Cherilyn Dance, David Quinton and Deborah Mayes (BAAF, January 2001)
Price: £5.00
The first major interview-based study of sibling relationships in permanent placement follows a sample of 133 children in middle childhood placed with 72 new families.

Signposts in Adoption:
Policy, practice and research issues
Edited by Malcolm Hill and Martin Shaw (BAAF, 1998)
Price: £5.00
This unique anthology brings together seminal papers published in BAAF's quarterly journal, Adoption & Fostering.

Signposts in Fostering – Policy, practice and research issues
Edited by Malcolm Hill (BAAF 1999)
Price: £5.00
Brings together seminal papers that have contributed to shaping fostering practice. They cover the organisation of services, recruitment, assessment and training, short-term placements, meeting the needs of siblings, the importance of external relationships, and placement endings.

Spark Learns To Fly
Written by Judith Foxon, illustrated by Rachel Fuller (BAAF, 2007)
Price: £9.95
This engaging picture book, designed for use with young children, looks at the difficult issue of domestic violence and what this could mean for the children involved. Spark the little dragon lives happily with his parents and baby sister, Flame, until his mum and dad start fighting. When the children get injured, they have to go and live with a foster carer, who helps them understand their situation and come to terms with their problems and painful emotions.

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.

Special Guardianship: What it is and what it means
By Mary Lane and Shaila Shah
BAAF (2007)
Price: £3.95
This practical guide for children and young people provides easily accessible information on special guardianship and answers many of the key questions surrounding what can be a difficult concept.

Special & Odd
James Mulholland (BAAF, 2007)
Price: £8.95
In this extraordinarily witty, revealing and candid memoir, James Mulholland explores the impact of growing up adopted, searching for and finding his birth mother 29 years after being given up for adoption, and the effect this had on him and his adoptive family. The story begins on a beach in Cornwall and ends when his adoptive parents and birth mother join James in a rehab clinic in the Arizona desert!

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.

Supporting Adoption - Reframing The Approach
Directed by Professors Nigel Lowe and Mervyn Murch (BAAF, 1999)
Price: £10.95
Supporting Adoption offers the most comprehensive review of adoption services in England and Wales in the 1990s.

Surveying Adoption
A comprehensive analysis of local authority adoptions 1998-1999 (England)
by Gilles Ivaldi (BAAF, October 2000)
Price: £5.00
The most comprehensive picture of the numbers, characteristics and histories of looked after children who were adopted in England during 1998/99.