Lending Library List - PARC

Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Ellen Notbohm Veronica Zysk

1001 Great Ideas for Teaching & Raising Children with Autism or Asperger’s 2004 Parents & Professionals

Dave Pelzer

A Child Called “It” 1995 Parents & Teens

Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D.

A Child’s Journey Through Placement 1991 Parents and Professionals

A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents 2005

Edited by Pamela Kruger Jill Smolowe

Parents

Dave Pelzer

A Man Named Dave 1999 Parents & Adoptees

Mary Grossnickle

A Place in My Heart 2004 Children

A Practical Guide to Caring for Children and Teenagers with Attachment Difficulties

Chris Taylor

2010 Professionals and Parents

Acres of Hope: The Miraculous Story of One Family’s Gift of Love to Children without Hope

Patty Anglin With Joe Musser

1999 Parents

Danea Gorbett

Adopted Teens Only: A Survival Guide to Adolescence 2004 Adoptees

L. Anne Babb Rita Laws

Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child 1997 Parents and Professionals

Adopting Natasha: My First Year as a Mother

Carol Lee

2002 Parents

Post-Adoption Resource Center of Family Services Page 1 of 18

Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Adopting on Your Own: The Complete Guide to Adopting as a Single Parent

Lee Varon

2000 Parents

Gregory Keck, Ph.D.

Adopting the Hurt Child 1991 Parents and Professionals

Evelyn Robinson

Adoption and Loss-The Hidden Grief 2003 Birthparents & Professionals

Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg

Adoption and the Jewish Family 1998 Parents & Professionals

Adoption for Singles: Everything You Need to Know to Decide if Parenthood is for You

Victoria Solsberry

2008 Parents

Adoption is a Family Affair! What Relatives and Friends Must Know*

Patricia Irwin Johnston

2001 Parents

Sylvia Rohde

Adoption is Okay (English & Russian) 1999 Children

Marcia Rhone

Adoption Love Stories: True Stories by Birthmothers, Adoptive Parents… 1995 Birth and Adoptive Parents

Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America

Adam Pertman

2000 Parents & Professionals

Edited by Jean MacLeod & Sheena Macrae, Phd

Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections 2006-2007 Parents

Edited by James L. Gritter

Adoption Without Fear 1989 Parents and Adoptees


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Rae Simons

Adoptive Parents (non-fiction) 2010 Youth/Preteens/Teens

Alina’s Story: Learning How to Trust, Heal, and Jeff Krukar, Ph.D. Katie Gutierrez Hope* 2013 Children

All Kinds of Families 1976 Children

Norman Simon Joe Lasker Allen Say

Allison 1997 Children

Jill Smolowe

An Empty Lap: One Couple’s Journey to Parenthood 1997 Parents

An Insider’s Guide to Transracial Adoption 1998 Parents

Gail Steinberg Beth Hall Deborah Gray

Attaching in Adoption 2002 Parents and Professionals

Attachment, Trauma and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children and Families

Terry Levy Michael Orlans

1998 Professionals

Attachment, Trauma, and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children, Families and AdultsUpdated Second Edition

Terry Levy Michael Orlans


Chantal Sicile-Kira Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Temple Grandin Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, & Other ASD’s 2004 Parents and Professionals


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Patricia Polacco

Babushka’s Doll 1990 Children

Beating the Adoption Odds: Using Your Head and Your Heart to Adopt

Cynthia D. Martin, Ph.D. Dru Martin Groves, M.A.

1998 Parents

Lark Eshleman, Ph.D.

Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child 2003

Parents

Being Adopted: A Lifelong Search for Self 1993 Parents

Being an Adoptive Family: Information and Resources for Families Enhanced through Adoption* (booklet)

David M. Brodzinsky, Ph.D. Marshall D. Schechter, M.D. Robin Marantz Henig Linda Cobb McClain Kris Henneman Drenda Lakin

2000 Parents

Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens 2006

Debbie Riley Joan Meeks

Parents and Professionals

Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control Volume 1

Heather T. Forbes Bryan Post

2006 Parents and Professionals

Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control Volume 2

Heather T. Forbes Bryan Post


Judith S. Gediman

Birthbond 1989 Adoptees and Parents

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.


Arleta M James

Brothers and Sisters in Adoption 2009 Parents


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Building Self-Esteem in Children and Teens Who are Adopted or Fostered

Sue Cornbluth


Foster W. Cline, M.D. Cathy Helding

Can This Child Be Saved? Solutions for Adoptive and Foster Families 1999 Parents and Professionals

Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to American Academy of Pediatrics Age 5 2005 Parents

Celebrate! Holidays Around the World: Facts & Laurie Rozakis Fun for Ages 5 – 9 1993 Children

Chasing Hope: Your Compass for a New Normal*

Christine Walker


Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul 2008 Teens, Parents

Children Who Shock and Surprise: A Guide to Attachment Disorders (booklet)

Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen LeAnn Thieman Elizabeth Randolph Ph.D.


Classroom Heroes: One Child’s Struggle with Bullying and a Teacher’s Mission to Change School Culture*

Jeff Krukar, Ph.D. Pamela DeLoatch


Creating Capacity for Attachment* 2005 Parents & Professionals

Cross-Cultural Adoption 2004 Parents and Professionals

Arthur Becker-Weidman Deborah Shell Amy Coughlin Caryn Abramowitz


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Daddy, Papa, and Me 2009 Children

Leslea Newman Carol Thompson Ben Sonder

Dangerous Legacy 1994 Parents and Professionals

Daughter from Afar: A Family’s International Adoption Story 2002

Sarah Lynn Woodard

Parents

Dialogues About Adoption: Conversations Between Parents & Their Children

Linda Bothun

1994 Parents and Children

Dr. Darlene Powell Hopson Dr. Derek S. Hopson

Different and Wonderful: Raising Black Children in a Race-Conscious Society 1992 Parents

Don’t Call it Love: Recovery from Sexual Addiction*

Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.


Don’t Touch My Heart: Healing the Pain of an Unattached Child

Lynda Gianforte Mansfield


Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos: How to Help the Child who is Bright, Bored, and Having Problems in School

Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D.


Everyday Games for Sensory Processing Disorder: 100 Playful Activities to Empower Children with Sensory Differences 2016

Barbara Sher, OTR

Parents & Professionals

E. Wayne Carp

Family Matters 1998 Parents and Professionals


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Feeling Good About Me 1980 Professionals

Ken Morrison Marcia Thompson Julianna Fields

Foster Families (non-fiction) 2010 Youth/Preteens/Teens

Jackie Silberg

Games to Play with Babies 2001 Parents

Gay Adoption: How to Adopt as a Same-Sex Couple

Gavin Hsieh

2015 Parents

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity 2001

David Allen

Parents

Hard to Place: One Family’s Journey through Adoption 2009

Marion Goldstein

Parents

Healing for Adults Who Grew Up in Adoption or Foster Care: Positive Strategies for Overcoming Emotional Challenges

Renee Wolfs

2015 Adoptees

Heroes in the Classroom: An Activity Book about Bullying*

Kristin Westberg

2014 Children

Holly Keller

Horace 1991 Children

James L. Gritter

Hospitious Adoption 2009 Parents

How Do We Feel About Adoption?: The Adoption Club Therapeutic Workbook on Feelings and Behavior

Regina M. Kupecky

2014 Children & Parents


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Jill Krementz

How it Feels to be Adopted 1982 Teens, Parents & Professionals

Shane Clester Kristin Westberg

How to Be a Hero: A Comic Book about Bullying* 2014 Children

How to Open an Adoption: A Guide for Parents Patricia Martinez Dorner and Birthparents of Minors 1998 Birth & Adoptive Parents and Professionals

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

Adele Faber Elaine Mazlish

1999 Parents

I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a RaceConscious World

Marguerite A. Wright


In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

Rita J Simon Rhonda M Roorda

2000 Teens, Parents, Professionals

Insatiable: A Prader-Willi Story* 2014 Parents & Professionals

Inside Transracial Adoption: Strength-based, Culture-sensitizing Parenting Strategies for Inter-country or Domestic Adoptive Families that Don’t “Match”

Debbie Frisk Chelsea McCutchin Beth Hall Gail Steinberg

2013 Parents, Professionals and Adoptees

Michele N-K Collison

It’s All Good Hair: The Guide to Styling & Grooming Black Children’s Hair 2002 Parents

Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues 2002

Jayne E Schooler Betsie Norris

Teens and Parents


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Katya’s Comet: An Adoption Journey of the Heart

Scott Roos

2004 Parents

Kids Are Worth It! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline

Barbara Coloroso

1999 Parents

Martin L Kutscher Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger’s, Tourette’s, Bipolar, and More!: The Robert R Wolff Tony Attwood One Stop Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Other Professionals 2007 Parents and Professionals

James L. Gritter

Life Givers: Framing the Birthparent Experience in Open Adoption 2000 Birth & Adoptive Parents

Beth O’Malley

Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure For the Adopted Child 2000 Parents

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s

John Elder Robison

2008 Parents

Ross W. Greene

Lost at School 2008 Parents and Professionals

Love Me, Feed Me: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Ending the Worry About Weight, Picky Eating, Power Struggles and More

Katja Rowell, MD

2012 Parents

Loved by Choice: True Stories that Celebrate Adoption

Susan Horner Kelly Fordyce Martindale

2002 Adoptees, Birth & Adoptive Parents

Making Room in Our Hearts: Keeping Family Ties through Open Adoption* 2007

Micky Duxbury

Adoptive & Birth Parents


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Megan’s Birthday Tree: A Story about Open Adoption

Bill Farnsworth

2005 Children

Terry L. Garlock

Melanie and Me: A Chinese Daughter Transforms Her Adoptive Dad 2001 Parents

Meltdown: Asperger’s Disorder, Challenging Behavior, and a Family’s Journey Toward Hope*

Jeff Krukar, Ph.D. Katie Gutierrez


Jeff Krukar, Ph.D. Katie Gutierrez

Melting Down: A Comic for Kids with Asperger’s Disorder and Challenging Behavior* 2013 Children/Teens

Shannon G. Turner

Miracles for Marlee 2002 Parents

Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger’s, Depression, and Other Disorders 2005 Parents & Professionals

Moments of Grace 1998 Parents

Mommy, Mama, and Me 2009 Children

James T Webb, Ph.D. Edward R. Amend, Psy.D. Nadia E Webb, Psy.D. Jean Goerss, M.D., M.P.H. Paul Beljan, Psy.D. F. Richard Olenchak, Ph.D. Jennifer Petry Berns Lauren Mittermann Leslea Newman Carol Thompson Anne Braff Brodzinsky

Mulberry Bird 1996 Children

My Beautiful Bow: An Adoption Story 2010 Children

Lauren Goldman Marshall Hannah Marschell


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Pat Thomas Lesley Harker Never, Never, Never Will She Stop Loving You Jolene Durrant

My New Family 2003

Children

1999 Children

Deborah D. Gray

Nurturing Adoption 2007 Parents and Professionals

Nancy D’Antonio

Our Baby from China 1997 Children

Our Native American Child: A Guide for Those Who Adopt and Their Supporters* (booklet)

Carolyn Flanders McPherson Jeremy Mario Minton

1994 Parents

Painful Lessons, Loving Bonds: The Heart of Open Adoption (booklet)

Marcy Wineman Axness

1999 Parents

Parenting Adopted Adolescents: Understanding & Appreciating Their Journeys

Gregory C Keck


Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

Dale McGowan


NACAC

Parenting Resource Manual: Transracial Parenting Project 1998 Parents

Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow

Gregory C Keck Regina Kupecky


Parenting with Love and Logic 1990 Parents

Foster Cline Jim Fay


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Darin J. DeBlander Terese E. DeBlander

Parents by Choice: An Insightful Guide Exploring Adoption to Build Your Family 2004 Parents

Robert L. Ballard

Pieces of Me: Who do I Want to Be 2009 Teens and Parents

Post Permanency Services 2003

Professionals and Parents

Raising Adopted Children

Madelyn Freundlich Lois Wright Lois R. Melina

1986 (revised edition 1998) Parents

Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic 1991 Parents

William S. Pollack, Ph.D.

Real Boys’ Voices 2000 Parents

Real Parents, Real Children 1993 Parents

Holly Van Gulden Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb Mary Bradford Clark

Reconnections 2000 Adoptees and Parents

Red in the Flower Bed: An Illustrated Children’s Story about Interracial Adoption

Andrea Nepa

2008 Children

Reparenting the Child Who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments

Christine Gordon Caroline Archer

2012 Parents

Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D.

Self-Esteem Revolutions in Children: Understanding and Managing the Critical Transitions in Your Child’s Life 1996

Parents


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

Adele Faber Elaine Mazlish

1987 Parents

Richard Delaney, Ph.D.

Small Feats: Unsung Accomplishments & Everyday Heroics of Foster & Adoptive Parents 2003

Parents

Barbara Melosh

Strangers and Kin: The American Way of Adoption 2002 Parents and Professionals

Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Peter S. Jensen


Supporting Families After Adoption: Information for Professional Helpers Working with Adoptive Families* (booklet)

Linda Cobb McClain Kris Henneman Drenda Lakin

2000 Professionals

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born

Jamie Lee Curtis

1996 Children

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past

Betsy Keefer Jayne E. Schooler

2000 Parents

The ADD Answer: How to Help Your Child Now 2004

Dr. Frank Lawlis

Parents

Laura Christianson

The Adoption Network 2007 Parents and Professionals

Lois Gilman

The Adoption Resource Book 1998 Parents

The Blending of Foster and Adopted Children

Heather Lehr Wagner

2002 Adopted/Foster Teens and Parents


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing The Children Can’t Wait: China’s Emerging Model for Intercountry Adoption

Laura A. Cecere


The Complete Adoption Book 1997 Parents

Laura Beauvais-Godwin Raymond Godwin Christine Adamec

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adoption 2004 Parents

The Connected Child 2007 Parents and Professionals

The Don’t Give Up Kid and Learning Differences

Karyn B. Purvis, Ph.D. David R. Cross Ph.D. Wendy Lyons Sunshine Jeanne Gehret, M.A.

1998 Children

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, “Chronically Inflexible” Children

Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.

1998 Parents

Marion Crook

The Face in the Mirror, Teenagers and Adoption 2000 Adopted Teens, Adoptees and Parents

Joyce Maguire Pavao

The Family of Adoption 1998 Parents and Professionals

Wendy Matthews

The Gift of a Traveler 1995 Children

Jane Guttman

The Gift Wrapped in Sorrow 1999 Parents and Professionals

The Healing Power of the Family: An Illustrated Overview of Life with the Disturbed Foster or Adopted Child

Richard J. Delaney, Ph.D.

1997 Parents


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing John Gottman, Ph.D. Joan Declaire

The Heart of Parenting: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child 1997 Parents

Myra Alperson

The International Adoption Handbook 1997 Parents

Janelle Peterson

The Invisible Road 1996 Parents and Professionals

Dave Pelzer

The Lost Boy 1997 Parents & Adoptees

Sherry Garland

The Lotus Seed 1993

Children

The Open Adoption Experience 1993 Parents

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder

Lois Ruskai Melina Sharon Kamplan Roszia Carol Stock Kranowitz, MA


The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up: Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the Adolescent and Young Adult Years

Carol Stock Kranowitz, MA


The Post-Adoption Blues 2004 Parents

Karen J. Foli, Ph.D. John R. Thompson, M.D. Janis Cooke Newman

The Russian Word for Snow 2001 Parents

Nathaniel Branden

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem 1994 Parents and Professionals

The Trauma-Informed School: A Step-by-Step Implementation Guide for Administrators and School Personnel

Jim Sporleder Heather T. Forbes, LCSW

2016 Professionals


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing The Whole-Brain Child 2011 Parents

The Whole Life Adoption Book 2008 Parents

The Whole Me 2002 Children

Daniel J Siegel, MD Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. Jayne E. Schooler Thomas C. Atwood Ellen K. Baron Marsha Goldfine Alanna Jones

Therapy Games: Creative Ways to Turn Popular Games into Activities that Build 2013 Professionals and Parents

Those Who Bully and Those Who are Bullied: Kristin Westberg A Guide for Creating Heroes in the Classroom* 2014 Parents and Professionals

Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Three Little Words: A Memoir 2009 Teens and Parents

Mary Hopkins Best, Ed.D.

Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft 1995 Parents

Transracial Adoptive Parenting: A Black/White Community Issue* (booklet)

Leora Neal Al Stumph


Richard J. Delaney, Ph.D.

Troubled Transplants 1997 Parents and Professionals

Twenty Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make

Sherrie Eldridge

2003 Adoptees, Parents, and Professionals

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew

Sherrie Eldridge


Twenty Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed 2009

Sherrie Eldridge



Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Carolyn Robertson

Two Dads 2014 Children

Wasn’t Love Supposed to be Enough? 1998 Parents

Welcoming a New Brother or Sister Through Adoption

VanSlyck, Wristen, Dupre-Clare, Mague, and Haggerty Arleta James


West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children 1999

Richard Tessler Gail Gamache Liming Liu


Susi Gregg Fowler

When Joel Comes Home 1993 Children

When Love is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder

Nancy L Thomas

1997/revised 2005 Parents

Susan Gabel

Where the Sun Kisses the Sea 1989 Children

Whose Child? An Adoptee’s Healing Journey From Relinquishment Through Reunion and Beyond

Kasey Hamner

2000 Adoptees, Birth & Adoptive Parents, Professionals

Why Can’t My Child Behave?: Empathic Parenting Strategies that Work for Adoptive and Foster Families

Amber Elliott

2013 Parents

Sharlie Zinniger

Yes, I’m Adopted! 2014 Children


Post-Adoption Resource Center Library Listing Pili Mandelbaum

You Be Me, I’ll Be You 1990 Children

You’re One-of-a-Kind: A Children’s Book about Joy Wilt Human Uniqueness 1979 Children

Zachary’s New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children 1990 Children

Geraldine Molettiere Blomquist Paul B. Blomquist Margo Lemieux

*Books Recently Added DVDs Available: TCU Institute of Child Development-Healing Families Series:  TBRI- An Overview 37 minutes  Attachment-Why it Matters 2 hours 30 minutes/Extras 43 minutes  Children from Hard Places and the Brain 1 hour 20 minutes  Playful Interaction 30 minutes/Extras 1 hour 36 minutes  Healthy Touch 40 minutes/Extras 11 minutes  A Sensory World 1 hour/Extras 33 minutes  Trust-Based Parenting 4 hours TBRI for Teens 2 hours 14 minutes

Weighted Blankets:  3 lbs  5 lbs  8 lbs  10 lbs An Agreement will need to be signed when checking out weighted blankets. (To determine which blanket is right for your child, occupational therapists recommend 10% of their body weight, plus 1 – 2 pounds.)
