Adoption & Fostering

· How does complex trauma differ from trauma?· What is dissociation?· How does it affect children?· How can you hel...

Adam Ferner's engaging and personal book explores the ethical dimensions of childcare in a world riven by conflict and inequality. He argues that w...

Listening to children is a vital aspect of social work practice. 'Let's talk to Barney; Listening to foster children's voices about staying connect...

From understanding what adoption is, through to step by step guidance on the entire process and the challenges that come up along the way, this is ...

If you are in a bad mood, dance. - Tony, owner of the Big Baboon Café and DiscoWe've all boiled and fumed and raged and screeched and roared and st...

I'm NOT going to school today!Riley the Brave is a little bear with big feelings. Some days he wakes up feeling cheerful and ready to brave the day...

All children need love, but for troubled children, a loving home is not always enough. Children who have experienced trauma need to be parented in ...

Children and young people in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and ...

Through words, pictures, photographs, certificates and other 'little treasures', a Life Story Book provides a detailed account of the child's early...

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 h...

Across Europe young people in public care are around five times less likely to attend tertiary education than those who have not been in care. This...

Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a useful introduction to the most common non-genetic learning disability, which is caused b...

Positive and practical, this guide is designed to offer a route to recovery from grief and loss after adoption or long-term foster care.Children gr...