Suggested Books on Adoption / Foster Care / Parenting

**Resources on this list that are highlighted in yellow are currently available in the APAC Library and can be checked out free of charge and mailed to you immediately upon request. Please use the "contact us" link on the right.**

• Trust Building With Children Who Hurt  by Ruth Arent
• A Child’s Journey Through Placement by Vera Fahlberg
• Helping Children Cope With Separation and Loss by Claudetta Jewett-Jarratt
• Adopting the Older Child by Claudia Jewett
• Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child:  Making Sense of the Past by Betsy Keefer & Jayne  Schooler
  
• Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids by Gregory Keck, Ph.D. & Regina Kupecky, LSW 
• Walk A Mile in My Shoes:  A Book about Biological Parents for Foster Parents and Social Workers by Judith Lee & Danielle Nisivoccia
• Making Sense of Adoption: A Parent’s Guide by Lois Melina
• Transracial Adoption: Children and Parents Speak by Constance Pohl & Kathy Harris, MSW
• Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline, MD
• When Do I Go Home? Intervention Strategies for Foster Parents and Helping Professionals by Sally Hoyle
• Fostering or Adopting the Troubled Child:  A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Janet Clayton Glatz
• Can This Child Be Saved? Solutions for Adoptive and Foster Families by Foster Cline, MD & Cathy Helding