Books, booklets & multimedia

A Bibliography of Family Placement Literature
Edited by John Sudbery, Stephen Hicks, Sheila Thompson, Hugh McLaughlin and Carole Bramley with Katrina Wilson (BAAF, May 2005)
Price: £7.95
A guide to publications on children, parents and carers.

The Cost of Foster Care
Investing in our children’s futures
by Robert Tapsfield and Felicity Collier (BAAF, 2005)
Price: £9.95

A campaigning report that assesses the expenditure which is required to transform foster care services across the UK in order to give children in public care the same opportunities to have a successful future as other children in society.

Delivering Foster Care
by John Triseliotis, Moira Borland and Malcolm Hill (BAAF, December 1999)
Price: £12.95
This book discusses comprehensively the changing nature of fostering from the perspective of recruitment and retention.

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.

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.

Fostering Changes: How to improve relationships and manage difficult behaviour
by Clare Pallett, Kathy Blackeby, William Yule, Roger Weissman and Stephen Scott (BAAF, 2005)
Price: £100 (discount for two or more copies)
A unique training course to help foster carers of children under 12 manage behavioural difficulties and form positive relationships.

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!

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.

Fostering: What it is and what it means
by Shaila Shah (BAAF 2003)
Price: £3.95
This colourful and informative guide clearly explains in jargon free language what fostering means. Over 10,000 copies sold.

Growing up in foster care
by Gillian Schofield , Mary Beek , Kay Sargent and June Thoburn (BAAF, November 2000 - reprinted 2004)
Price: £14.95
This book is essential reading for all social workers, managers, guardians and other professionals concerned for the welfare of children in long-term care.

If you don't stick with me, who will? The challenges and rewards of foster care
Edited by Henrietta Bond (BAAF, March 2005)
Price: £8.95
This collection of first person accounts tells the stories of complex forms of foster care and what it is like to foster children and young people who have experienced loss, trauma, abuse, or just a very difficult start in life.

Lesbian and gay fostering and adoption
Edited by Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998
Price: £16.95
This immensely readable book will be of enormous encouragement to lesbians or gay men considering adoption or fostering.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Very Private Practice - A report into private fostering
By Terry Philpot (BAAF, 2001)
Price: £5.00
This campaigning report shows how good practice can make a difference to better protecting children in private foster care.

We Are Fostering
by Jean Camis (BAAF, November 2003)
Price: £12.77 (+£2.23 VAT)

A workbook to help birth children to know themselves and their role in a fostering family.