Essential Adoption Books

Essential books for those who are interested in adopting an older child and for
anyone else who can benefit from a greater understanding of adoption and foster care.
Recommended by the NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.

 

Adopting The Older Child by Claudia L. Jewett, The Harvard Common Press, 1978

Helping Children Cope With Separation And Loss by Claudia L. Jewett Jarratt, The Harvard Common Press, 1994

Parenting Your Adopted Older Child: How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child by Brenda McCreight, Ph.D., New Harbinger Publications, 2002

Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child by Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb, Crossroads Classic, 1995

The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao, Beacon Press Books, 1998

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past by Betsy E.Keefer and Jayne E. Schooler, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D. Gray, Perspectives Press, 2002

A Child's Journey Through Placement by Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D., Perspectives Press, 1991

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David Brodzinsky, Ph.D., Marshall Schechter, M.D. and Robin Henig, Anchor Books, 1993

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge, Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 1999 

Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma by Deborah D. Gray Perspectives Press, 2007

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