A for Adoption: An Exploration of the Adoption Experience for Families and Professionals (Roy Alison)(Paperback)

A for Adoption: An Exploration of the Adoption Experience for Families and Professionals (Roy Alison)(Paperback)

The experience of adoption--both adopting and being adopted--can stir up deep emotional pain, often related to loss and early trauma. A for Adoption provides insight and support to those families and individuals facing these complex processes and challenges. Drawing on both a psychoanalytic,

Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches (Updated and Expanded Edition) (Moore Russell)(Paperback)

The doctrine of adoption--God's decision to adopt sinful men and women into his family--stands at the heart of Christianity. In light of this, Christians' efforts to adopt beautifully illustrate the truth of the gospel. In this popular-level and practical manifesto, Russell Moore encourages

How to Create a Successful Adoption Portfolio: Easy Steps to Help You Produce the Best Adoption Profile and Prospective Birthparent Letter (Melcher Madeleine)(Paperback)

How do you create an adoption portfolio that will show prospective birth families why you are the perfect adoptive parent for their child? Do you know which pictures to include and which to leave out? Do you really understand what prospective birth parents care about? This is a step-by-step guide

What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices (Guida-Richards Melissa)(Paperback)

The White Fragility for transracial adoption--practical tools for nurturing identity, unlearning white saviorism, and fixing the mistakes you don't even know you're making. If you're the white parent of a transracially or internationally adopted child, you may have been told that if you try your

Can I Tell You about Adoption?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Salaman Rosy)(Paperback)

Meet Chelsea - a young girl who was adopted. Chelsea invites you to learn about adoption from her perspective and introduces us to two friends of hers who were also transracially adopted. Chelsea and her friends help children understand what it means to be adopted, the experiences and challenges

All You Can Ever Know - A memoir of adoption (Chung Nicole (Author))(Paperback / softback)

A warm, candid memoir about interracial adoption, and the author's hunt for her story of

Guarded Life - My story of the dark side of An Garda Siochana (Moynihan Majella)(Paperback / softback)

A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR

Related by Adoption - A Handbook for Grandparents and Other Relatives(Paperback / softback)

The Cloud Adoption Playbook: Proven Strategies for Transforming Your Organization with the Cloud (Abdula Moe)(Paperback)

The essential roadmaps for enterprise cloud adoption As cloud technologies continue to challenge the fundamental understanding of how businesses work, smart companies are moving quickly to adapt to a changing set of rules. Adopting the cloud requires a clear roadmap backed by use cases, grounded in

Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption (Sjblom Lisa Wool-Rim)(Paperback)

Who owns the story of an adoption? Thousands of South Korean children were adopted around the world in the 1970s and 1980s. More than nine thousand found their new home in Sweden, including the cartoonist Lisa Wool-Rim Sj blom, who was adopted when she was two years old. Throughout her childhood

Lesbian and Gay Foster Care and Adoption, Second Edition (McDermott Janet)(Paperback)

Featuring a spectrum of families from diverse backgrounds, this book reveals the joys and challenges of adoptive and foster parenting. The authors outline how the experience of adopting and fostering has changed for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people over the years, major changes

Effective Communication and Engagement with Children and Young People, Their Families and Carers (Dunhill Alison)(Paperback)

This book focuses on providing information and guidance for professionals involved in the newly emerging multi-agency, interdisciplinary children′s workforce. It does so by helping them to understand the theory behind the issues relating to communication and engagement in multi-agency settings

A Practitioners' Tool for Child Protection and the Assessment of Parents (Fowler Jeff)(Paperback)

A practical tool for the assessment of children and their families, this guide enables professionals to make informed decisions about child protection issues. Firmly rooted in current practice, it draws on the expertise of a practising consultant and experienced qualified social worker Jeff Fowler,

Gay Children, Straight Parents: A Plan for Family Healing (Cohen Richard)(Paperback)

Hope and Healing for Families. Out of his own experience and the experience of many of those he has served in his counseling practice, Richard Cohen sets out a step-by-step plan that offers a path toward renewed family relationships grounded in love, faith and mutual respect. 'Richard is movingly

Principles of Assessment and Outcome Measurement for Allied Health Professionals: Practice, Research and Development (Laver-Fawcett Alison J.)(Paperback)

The revised and updated second edition of Principles of Assessment and Outcome Measurement for Allied Health Professionals offers an authoritative guide for allied health professionals and students. The authors, noted experts on the topic, explore the assessment process that encompasses the data

Accelerating Cloud Adoption: Optimizing the Enterprise for Speed and Agility (Kavis Michael)(Paperback)

Many companies move workloads to the cloud only to encounter issues with legacy processes and organizational structures. How do you design new operating models for this environment? This practical book shows IT managers, CIOs, and CTOs how to address the hardest part of any cloud transformation:

A Road Back from Schizophrenia: A Memoir (Lauveng Arnhild)(Paperback)

A powerful memoir for sufferers, their families, and the professionals who care for them. For ten years, Arnhild Lauveng suffered as a schizophrenic, going in and out of the hospital for months or even a year at a time. A Road Back from Schizophrenia gives extraordinary insight into the logic (and

Appearance Anxiety: A Guide to Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder for Young People, Families and Professionals (Service)(Paperback)

The first book for teens that explains the causes and impact of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). The book is interspersed with accounts and artwork from young people with BDD, along with perspectives of their families. BDD is a debilitating mental health disorder, and this book gives advice on

Children Looked After in England (Including Adoption and Care Leavers) Year Ending 31 March 2015 (Department for Education)(Paperback / softback)

Preparing for Adoption: Everything Adopting Parents Need to Know about Preparations, Introductions and the First Few Weeks (Thornbery Hugh)(Paperback)

The ideal first book for prospective adopters.When you decide to adopt a child, you might assume that all the important work begins when the child comes to live with you. In fact the preparation stage before is crucial in ensuring that the adopted child will arrive to a safe and secure family

What to Expect When You're Adopting... - A practical guide to the decisions and emotions involved in adoption (Palmer Dr Ian (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Drawing on extensive research and the authors own experience of being adopted, 'What to Expect When You're Adopting' does not gloss over the realities of the adoption process, but rather leads parents through the many stages and emotional aspects

Attention, Balance and Coordination: The A.B.C. of Learning Success (Blythe Sally Goddard)(Paperback)

An updated edition of the definitive handbook on the physical basis for learning for professionals involved in education and child development, written by the respected author of acclaimed titles in the field. A comprehensive overview of the relationship between neuromotor maturity and physical

Coming home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up (Verrier Nancy N.)(Paperback)

Coming Home to Self is a book about becoming aware. It is written for all members of the adoption triad: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents as well as those who are in relationship with them, including professionals. It explains the influence imprinted upon the nuerological system and,

Create, Produce, Consume: New Models for Understanding Music Business (Bruenger David)(Paperback)

Create, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to break into the music industry. Building on the concepts of his previous book, Making Money, Making Music, David Bruenger provides readers with a basic framework for