The following
books are strongly recommended for individuals pursuing a
first, second or third adoption! Reading will help you
prepare for your adoption. You may purchase the books for
your home library(and may find yourself keeping them as a
handy reference for years), or they are all available
through your local library.
Parenting
With Love and Logic : Teaching Children Responsibility.
Foster Cline, MD and Jim Fay.
Raising
Adopted Children: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every
Adoptive Parent. Lois Ruskai Melina
Adopting
the Hurt Child : Keck & Kupecky
Attaching In Adoption : Deborah Gray
Helping Children Cope With Separation and Loss,
Revised Edition : Claudia Jewett
Parenting From the Inside Out : Daniel Siegel
Parenting the Hurt Child : Keck & Kupecky
Touchpoints: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral
Development : T. Berry Brazelton
Toddler Adoption, The Weaver's Craft : Mary
Hopkins-Best
With Eyes Wide Open: A Workbook for Parents Adopting
International Children Over Age One :
Margi Miller and Nancy Ward (Available at
www.childrenshomeadopt.org)