Resources

The children can’t do it alone. Neither can we.

Trusted Partners

• Adoption Advocacy of South Carolina
  www.adoptsc.com/

• Adoption and Attachment Therapy Partners LLC
  http://adoptattachtherapy.com/

• Adoption.com
  http://www.adopting.com/

• A Child Waits Foundation
  https://www.achildwaits.org/

• AdoptUSKids
  www.adoptuskids.org

• Children Awaiting Parents (CAP)
  www.capbook.org

• Child Welfare Information Gateway
  http://www.childwelfare.gov

• Child Welfare League of America
  http://www.cwla.org/

• National Adoption Center
  www.adopt.org

• Northwest Adoption Exchange
  http://www.nwae.org/

• The Adoption Exchange
  www.adoptex.org

• The National American Council on Adoptable Children
  www.nacac.org/

• Ohio Foster, Adoption, and Kinship Care (It Takes Heart)
  https://fosterandadopt.jfs.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/ofc/

• Open Homes
  https://www.openhomesohio.org

• Voice for Adoption
  https://voice-for-adoption.org

Adoption Related Books

• Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D. Gray

• Attaching Through Love, Hugs and Play: Simple Strategies to Help Build Connections with Your Child by Deborah D. Gray

• Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors 1st Edition by Heather T. Forbes , & B. Bryan Post

• Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control, Vol. 2 by Heather T. Forbes

• Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Siegel MD, Daniel J.

• Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

• Disconnected Kids: The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders (The Disconnected Kids Series) by Dr. Robert Melillo

• Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld , & Maté MD, Gabor

• It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn

• Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma 1st Edition by Deborah D. Gray

• Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive: 10th Anniversary Edition by Daniel J. Siegel, & Mary Hartzell

• Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues, Revised and Updated Edition by Lindsey Biel, Nancy Peske, & Temple Grandin (Foreword)

• Reaching & Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma by Barbara Sorrels

• Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency by Sharon Roszia, & Allison Davis Maxon

• Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past 2nd Edition by Keefer Smalley, Betsy

• The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing Paperback by Bruce D. Perry, & Maia Szalavitz

• The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family by Karyn B. Purvis , David R. Cross , & Wendy Lyons Sunshine

• The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Burke Harris M.D., Nadine

• The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder (The Out-of-Sync Child Series) by Carol Kranowitz

• The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder (The Out-of-Sync Child Series) Revised Edition by Carol Kranowitz , & Lucy Jane Miller (Preface)

• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel, & Tina Payne Bryson

• The Whole-Brain Child Workbook: Practical Exercises, Worksheets and Activities to Nurture Developing Minds by Daniel J Siegel, & Payne Bryson, Tina

• Theraplay Third Edition by Phyllis B. Booth

• Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families by Jayne Schooler , Keefer Smalley, Betsy , & Timothy Callahan