Videos related to the topic of foster care since May is National Foster Care Awareness Month. DVDs reviewed are: “Annie,” “Tarzan Special Edition,” “Earth to Echo” and “Babe.” All are great videos to watch with your child(ren).
Books related to the topic of the birth mother experience which includes “The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades before Roe v. Wade”. Other books on this subject include: “Birthmothers,” “Adoption Reunions,” “Birth Bond,” Birthright,” “Mom, Dad, I’m Pregnant” and “Mother, Can You Hear Me?”
Books related to the topic of grandparents raising grandchildren. Books reviewed include “Grandparents as Parents: A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family.”
Books related to the topic of foster care and keeping children safe. Books reviewed include “Another Place at the Table: A Story of Shattered Childhoods Redeemed by Love,” “Murphy’s Three Homes: A Story for Children in Foster Care,” “Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights” and “Kids Need to be Safe: A Book for Children in Foster Care.”
A Home for the Holidays: TV Broadcast featuring Older Child Adoption
Book Review
Books related to the topic of 'TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION.' Book review of "Brown Like Me", "Rebecca's Journey Home", "We Adopted You Benjamin Koo", "Just Add One Chinese Sister" and "Families are Different."
Ask the Experts
Ellen Elias, Senior VP of Prevention and Community Services, Children's Aid and Family Services, offers advice about where to turn for help to a parent who suspects that his/her teen may be using drugs and/or alcohol.
Books related to the topic of 'FEELINGS.' Book Review of "Draw on your Emotions: Creative Ways to Explore, Express and Understand Important Feelings", ABC Feelings: A Learning/ Coloring Book", "All Feelings are OK: It s What you Do with Them that Counts" and "Double-Dip Feelings: Stories to Help Children Understand Emotions."
Ask the Experts
Ellen Elias, Senior VP of Prevention and Community Services, Children's Aid and Family Services, offers advice about where to turn for help to a parent who suspects that his/her teen may be using drugs and/or alcohol.
Report on International Adoptions: Concerns about the Sharp Decline in Foreign Adoptions
Scholarships: College or post-secondary school scholarship information
Adoptees Birthright Bill Update
Summer Camp Planning
E- Learning: Adoption Learning Partners
Adoption Tax Credit
Book Review
Books related to the topic of 'PRIVACY.' Book Review of "What Are You Doing in There? Balancing Your Need to Know with Your Adolescent's Need to Grow", "I Can't Believe You Went Through My Stuff! How to Give Your Teens the Privacy They Crave and the Guidance They Need", and "Becoming a Wise Parent for Your Grown Child: How to Give Love and Support without Meddling."
Keeping Safe: For Children and Teens with Rights in the US.
A Home for the Holidays: TV Broadcast featuring Older Child Adoption
Book Review
Books related to the Topic of 'AWARENESS.' Boor review of "Parents Wanted", "In The System and in The Life: A Guide for Teens and Staff to the Gay Experience in Foster Care", and "Help! I've Been Adopted."
Books related to the topic of Children Going to School. Book Review of "Starting School", "This is the Way We Go to School: A Book about Children around the World", "A B C: A Family Alphabet Book", "1 2 3: A Family Counting Book", and "Little Miss Spider: Sunny Patch School."
Ask the Experts
Rebecca Gallese, LCSW, Instructor at Rutgers School of Social Work, also Trainer/Consultant for NJ ARCH/Children's Aid and Family Services, offers advice to a parent who adopted from Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) and needs some additional counseling.
