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  • Inside Kinship Care

    Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support

    by Lucie Cluver, Sadie Young, Don Operario, Andrew Turnell, James Gleeson, Erica Flegg, Jackie Wyke, Geraldine Crehan, Caroline Kuo, Anna Gough, Elaine Farmer, Nick Banks, Sarah Meakings, Paula Hayden, Tom Hawkins, John Simmonds, Graham Music, Susie Essex, Jeanne Ziminski, Amy O'Donohoe, Marilyn McHugh ...
    Kinship care – the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends – is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than 'stranger' foster carers.This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members that are involved in kinship care, including ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • Hot Blooded

    by Lisa Jackson ...
    Series series A Bentz/Montoya Novel
    A cunning serial killer torments a New Orleans radio host in this thriller series debut by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Afraid to Die.A prostitute lies strangled in a seedy French Quarter hotel room. Miles away, in a rambling plantation house on Lake Ponchartrain, late-night radio host Dr. Samantha Leeds receives a threatening crank call. But who would think to link the two?As more ... Read more

    $8.29 USD

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  • All the Light We Cannot See

    A Novel

    by Anthony Doerr ...
    *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Gray Mountain

    A Novel

    by John Grisham ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From America’s favorite storyteller comes “one of his best legal dramas” (Associated Press): a gripping thriller about a former big-city lawyer who finds herself up against Big Coal—and under attack.“Yes, Gray Mountain is fiction. But after reading the book, you’ll believe heroic action must be taken.”—USA TodayThe year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Damaged

    The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

    by Cathy Glass ...
    The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there is one last hope: Cathy Glass…As Jodie begins to trust Cathy and make progress, shocking details about her past come to light. No one had noticed the glaring signs of abuse by those who were supposed to love her most.One ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Learning to Love Amy

    The foster carer who saved a mother and a daughter

    by Mia Marconi ...
    Series series HarperTrue Life – A Short Read
    The second in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi.India was a child who was destined to end up in care. She came to foster carer Mia Marconi’s house when she was three; she’d already been in care for five months by then. But her mum Amy didn’t get on with her carer and threatened to kill her so India was moved.But no matter how inadequate parents are, children in care love ... Read more

    $5.49 USD

  • Toddler Adoption

    The Weaver's Craft

    by Mary Hopkins-Best ...
    Toddler Adoption looks at the unique joys and challenges of adopting and parenting a toddler. When a child aged is adopted between the ages of 12 to 36 months, they often show signs of cognitive and emotional immaturity, which can cause behavioral and relational issues. This book offers support and practical tools to help parents prepare for and support the toddler's transition between the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Fostering Nation?

    Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage

    by Veronica Strong-Boag ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
    Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage explores the missteps and the promise of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments. It is the first volume to offer a comprehensive history of what life has meant for North America’s most disadvantaged Aboriginal and newcomer girls and boys.Gender, class, race, and (dis)ability are ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Young People

    An Attachment and Trauma-Informed Model for Practice

    by Patrick Tomlinson, Rudy Gonzalez, Susan Barton ...
    Children and young people in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and developmental needs.This book provides a model of care for traumatized children and young people, based on theory and practice experience pioneered at the Lighthouse Foundation, Australia. The authors explain the impact of trauma on child development, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • A Practical Guide to Caring for Children and Teenagers with Attachment Difficulties

    by Chris Taylor ...
    This book guides childcare professionals through attachment theory and provides techniques for caring for children with attachment difficulties.It explains what attachment is, what different patterns of attachment look like in children and young people, how early attachment experiences affect their lives, and how this understanding can help childcare workers to develop therapeutic ways of caring. ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Foster Parent Handbook

    by Mary R. Rapshaw ...
    BECOME A FOSTER PARENT A mom, dad, house and dog do not make a home. Everyday, there are children who experience this sad fact when they are removed from their home due to neglect or abuse. Not every foster child has a foster family. In some regions, foster children must wait for long periods of time in shelter care. More than one-half million children in the United States rely on foster families ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children

    A Model for Practice

    by Richard Rose ...
    Life Story Therapy is an approach designed to enable children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future through strengthening attachment with their carers and providing the opportunity to develop a healthy sense of self and a feeling of wellbeing.This comprehensive overview lays out the theory underlying life story therapy, including an ... Read more

    $31.99 USD