| Joan Moore
Once upon a time... provides help and resources for those undertaking direct work with children. It contains a rich compendium of stories and drama - original, adapted, popular and made up by children - which explore how using storytelling and play in direct work with children can help both parents/carers and their child to build rapport and improve their relationship.
| Donald Forrester
This book is part of CoramBAAF’s Parenting Matters series which explores many of the health conditions commonly diagnosed in looked after children. This guide explores general issues around substance misuse and children entering care, as well as the impact on children of exposure to substances during pregnancy, and possible effects on children at different ages and stages of development. It provides expert knowledge coupled with facts, figures and guidance presented in a straightforward and accessible style.
| Chris Stanway and Lorna Miles
This book is part of CoramBAAF’s Parenting Matters series which explores many of the health conditions commonly diagnosed in looked after children. This book focuses on dyslexia. If you are looking to adopt a child, this guide will give you practical and realistic information on what this condition may mean for your child, along with their symptoms, prognosis and treatment.
| Dan Hughes
This book is part of CoramBAAF’s Parenting Matters series which explores many of the health conditions commonly diagnosed in looked after children. For adopters and foster carers, this guide provides practical and realistic information on caring for a child with emotional and behavioural difficulties. It covers symptoms, prognosis and treatment and offers personal insight and advice from adoptive and foster families.
| Catherine Jackson
This book is part of CoramBAAF’s Parenting Matters series which explores many of the health conditions commonly diagnosed in looked after children. This book focuses on mental health issues. If you are looking to adopt a child, this guide will give you practical and realistic information on what this condition may mean for your child, along with their symptoms, prognosis and treatment.
| Paul Adams
This Good Practice Guide is designed to assist social workers and managers in planning for contact. It aims to help practitioners to formulate well thought out contact plans; make informed decisions resulting in improved outcomes for children; present well-argued and reasoned justifications for the contact plans set out in written reports, and feel more confident in recommending particular contact plans
| David Quinton
This groundbreaking conceptual and research review summarises the beliefs and principles on which matching is currently based, the evidence of its effectiveness, and the research that can guide the development of the matching process. It provides essential and thought-provoking reading for practitioners which will spark a rethinking of matching practice.
| Hilary Saunders and Julie Selwyn
This research study examines adopters’ experiences of parenting a large sibling group, as well as the views of staff in adoption agencies who need to recruit and support adopters willing to take siblings. The study is based on in-depth interviews undertaking with 37 sibling group adopters and staff in 14 adoption agencies, which aimed to identify best practice in placing sibling groups for adoption, and what works and what doesn’t work for children, adopters and agencies.
| Gordon and Jeannie Mackenzie
When Jeannie adopted Gordon, their new family would not be without its problems. Gordon was 10 years old, and had been living in a psychiatric hospital for three years, with undiagnosed mental health issues. Jeannie was adopting as a single parent, with all the challenges this can bring. In this moving account, published as part of the Our Story series, mother and son look back on how the adoption came to be, and how both their lives were changed for the better.
