Useful resources

Great places for information:

• The National Association of Therapeutic Parenting
• The Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma
• Inspire Training Group
• Adoption UK 
• The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting: Strategies and Solutions by Sarah Naish
• Why Can’t My Child Behave?: Empathic Parenting Strategies that work for Adoptive and Foster Families by Dr Amber Elliott
• First Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers by Caroline Archer
• Next Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts: Tykes and Teens by Caroline Archer

Books for Children:

Some of these books are just generic books about families, or love, but they are all really positive books to share with Adopted children.

• Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
• The Family Book by Todd Parr
• I’ve Loved you Since Forever by Hoda Kotb
• We Belong Together by Todd Parr
• The Most Precious Gift in the World by Becky Edwards
• A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
• I Wished for You by Marianne Richmond
• Nutmeg Gets Adopted by Judith Foxon (for older children)
• And Tango makes Three by Justin Richardson (for Gay families)
• A Kissing Hand for Chester Racoon by Audrey Penn