Books, booklets & multimedia

A guide for medical advisers -
Advocating, promoting and protecting the health of looked after children in Scotland
by Ian Millar with Eileen Fursland (BAAF, March 2006)
Price: £6.95
Many medical advisers to adoption, fostering and permanence teams and panels have little direct experience of adoption and fostering, and can find the surrounding legal and social work context intimidating. This guide sets out the main issues surrounding the work of the medical adviser, looking particularly at the work of the medical adviser in Scotland, where the legal system has a significant effect on practice.

Adopting or fostering a sexually abused child
by Catherine Macaskill (BAAF, 1997)
Price: £16.95
Essential reading for social workers and adoptive and foster families.

Carer Held Health Record
By Elaine Greaves, Gill Appolinari and Carol Watson (BAAF 2008)
Price: £8.50 (+ £1.49 VAT)
A practical record book designed to store a child’s vital health information consistently and confidentially. It should be maintained by the adults looking after a child but, importantly, the record should accompany a child when he or she moves on to another placement or returns home.

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.

Doctors For Children In Public Care - A resource guide advocating, protecting and promoting health
by Mary Mather, Daphne Batty and Heather Payne (BAAF, 2000)
Price: £10.00
This resource guide for doctors looking after children in public care focuses on, and tackles a range of issues they need to be aware of.

Feeling Safe - Tina's story
by Sheila Byrne and Leigh Chambers , illustrated by Sarah Rawlings (BAAF, 1998)
Price: £4.00
Part of the "My Story" series of books. This title tells a story about a girl who is sexually abused at home and has to go into foster care.

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.

Taking Extra Care - Respite, shared and permanent care for children with disabilities
by Hedi Argent and Alile Kerrane (BAAF, 1997)
Price: £5.00
This is a practice guide about assessing the needs of children with disabilities.

Whatever Happened to Adam
by Hedi Argent (BAAF, 1998)
Price: £4.95
This remarkable book tells the stories of 20 young people with disabilities and the families who chose to care for them.