Books, booklets & multimedia

Linking and Introductions: Helping Children Join Adoptive Families
by Sheila Byrne (BAAF, December 2000)
Price: £6.50
This guide addresses the vital phase of linking children with new families prior to placement, and provides a child-centred framework for thinking through the major stages of linking and introducing children to potential families.

Making Good Assessments: A practical resource guide
BAAF Working Group (BAAF, 1999)
Price: £14.95
This is an invaluable guide for adoption and fostering workers, panel members, decision makers and those tasked with making placements of children.

Novices, Old Hands, and Professionals: Adoption by single people

by Morag Owen (BAAF, 1999)
Price: £5.95
The first major study of single-person adoption, both descriptive and analytical.

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)