Adoption & Fostering

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence...

At eleven o' clock one night in 1997, four hungry, damaged young children arrive on foster carers Trisha and Mike Merry's doorstep. Two social work...

Nurturing Attachments Training Resource is a complete group-work programme containing everything you need to run training and support sessions for ...

Capturing the warmth and fun of forming close relationships with children, this book offers simple advice to parents of children who find it diffic...

· What is trauma?· How does it affect children?· How can adults help?Providing straightforward answers to these complex que...

From 1870 until after World War I, reformers led an effort to place children from orphanages, asylums, and children's homes with farming families. ...

Growing up in care is not just a part of childhood, but can have ongoing impacts across a persons life. Various inquiries have revealed accounts of...

A child's capacity to cope with adversity and 'stand on their own two feet' is seen as critical to their development, well-being, and future indepe...

Caleb invites you on a journey to learn about attachment and trauma in this interactive story and workbook intended for children and the adults who...

When you decide to foster, you are faced with many difficult decisions, dilemmas and questions: How do you navigate the daily struggles of foster p...

How can professionals work together with foster carers to create stable and therapeutic foster placements? Team Parenting for Children in Foster Ca...

Title IV-E of the Social Security Act provides federal support for foster care and adoption assistance programs. Since 2008, 5 tribes have been app...

About 14 percent of the more than 400,000 children in foster care nationwide lived in congregate care at the end of fiscal year 2013, according to ...

In the first chapter of Foster Care: Global Issues, Challenges and Perspectives of the 21st Century, the authors explore modern research regarding ...

Mariana the Mermaid is not like the other mermaids. Abandoned by a careless mother on the ocean floor, she has never laughed or played, and can bar...

One sunny day, Bomji the rabbit and his friend Spotty the cat meet something very scary while picking flowers in the woods. The friends manage to ...

Working with children in foster care is a demanding and rigorous aspect of social work practice. Difficult decisions in fast-moving and often compl...

Its late on Friday night when Caseys mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isnt Riley. Its a woman from the E...

This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a f...

Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the shocking and deeply moving true story of a young girl with severe behavioural problems. ...

At eleven o' clock one night in 1997, four hungry, damaged young children arrive on foster carers Trisha and Mike Merry's doorstep. Two social work...

In nearly all States, adoption records are sealed and withheld from public inspection after an adoption is finalised. This book discusses state law...

The book''''s premise is that not only do children and youth in foster care comprise a population very much at risk for school failure but also tha...

The fourth title from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Eight-year-old Spencer takes himself to social services and demands t...

Parents have the legal responsibility to protect and care for their children. However, recent media reports have illuminated a practice involving u...

Im going to love my baby and give her lots of attention, Jade said. Ill show my mum shes wrong. Jade, 17, is pregnant, homeless and alone...

Meaningful discussion about intercountry adoption (the adoption of a child from one country by a family from another country) necessitates an under...

Many people say being a parent is the toughest job there is. John DeGarmo, foster and adoptive parent, tells us just how tough it can be, having pa...

Bestselling author and teacher Casey Watson shares the horrifying true story of Kiera Bentley, a 12-year-old girl with a deeply shocking secret she...