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Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.)
C.A.S.E. offers books and merchandise for foster and adopted youth, and their families.
Considering Adoption - 50 of the Best Books About Adoption from Foster Care
A list of recommended books for children being adopted through foster care, books on fostering and adoption for parents, foster-to-adopt books, memoirs, and books about foster care adoption for anyone interested in learning something new.
Creating a Family - Adoption Books for Parents
A list of recommended books for adoptive parents.
A collection of free lifebook pages to help your child begin their lifebook journey.
This publishing company has numerous foster care and adoption books for children, parents and professionals.
Parents.com - 18 Books About Adoption for Kids
Help kids understand what it means to be adopted with these thoughtful books, featuring important lessons about love and family dynamics.
This is an excellent resource for books and DVD’s about adoption, permanency and foster care.
ADOPTION RESOURCES
Helpful resources for individuals throughout the adoption journey; families seeking to adopt, resources for birth parents, parenting adopted children, and resources for adoptees.
Adoption Tax Credit Information
Useful information from the IRS website regarding the Adoption Tax Credit and Adoption Assistance Programs.
Fostering Families Today Magazine
Excellent magazine that is a resource for domestic and international adoptions, as well as foster care adoptions.
A comprehensive adoption resource that includes helpful adoption guides, family and parent profiles, photo-listings for foster kids and international orphans waiting and available for adoption, and adoption forums.
The award-winning national adoption magazine, is an adoption information source for families before, during, and after adoption.
The American Adoption Congress (AAC) is an International organization devoted to family connections by providing education for all members of the adoption constellation as well as professionals.
Center for Adoption Support and Education
C.A.S.E. is the national leader in adoption-competent support with foster and adopted children and adults, their families and the network of professionals who assist them. C.A.S.E. also offers monthly webinars to help strengthen families.
Families Stories from AdoptUsKids.org
Families share their personal experience about adoption.
National Center on Adoption and Permanency
A unique “one-stop” organization that provides a broad range of information, resources and multidisciplinary services relating to adoption, foster care and child welfare.
North American Council on Adopted Children
NACAC helps to reform systems, alter viewpoints, and change lives through advocacy, education, adoption support, and leadership development.
An organization serving adopted children of color and their families.
The Child Welfare Information Gateway
Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
The Donaldson Adoption Institute
A research institute that focuses on improving the lives of families and children touched by adoption.
VFA develops and advocates for improved adoption policies. Recognized as a national leader in special needs adoption, VFA works closely with federal and state legislators to make a difference in the lives of the families who adopt chidlren from foster care.
ATTACHMENT-RELATED SITES
Adoption Matters with Ce Eshelman, LMFT
A parenting blog from an attachment and trauma specialist.
ATTACh is an international coalition dedicated to promoting awareness of trauma and attachment disorders in children and teens, and empowering caregivers and professionals to help them heal.
Information about Theraplay – a child and family therapy for building and enhancing attachment, self-esteem, trust in others, and joyful engagement.
Trust-Based Relational Intervention
TCU Institute of Child Development has developed a program called TBRI® which is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. Visit this website to order DVDs and learn more about the program.
Video – No Anger Zone: Maintaining a Peaceful Emotional Climate in Adoptive Families
Video from the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio which emphasizes fostering connections between adopted children and their parents. This video explores how past trauma can cause adopted children to become angry and how the anger can spread to the rest of the family.
TRAUMA RESOURCES
Attachment and Trauma Network, Inc.
ATN is a group that seeks to improve the lives of children impacted by early childhood trauma, abuse and neglect, and prenatal exposures through trauma-informed, attachment-focused therapy and teaching parents therapeutic parenting strategies.
The Child Mind Institute is an independent nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
The Child Trauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in Houston, Texas, is a unique collaborative of individuals and organizations working to improve the lives of high-risk children through direct service, research and education.
David Baldwin’s Trauma Information Pages
An extensive compilation of articles regarding various types of trauma.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The mission of the NCTSN is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.
The International Society For Traumatic Stress Studies
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies is dedicated to sharing information about the effects of trauma and the discovery and dissemination of knowledge about policy, program and service initiatives that seek to reduce traumatic stressors and their immediate and long-term consequences.
The Trauma Foundation’s mission is to support the healing of unresolved trauma for individuals, families, and communities. They are focused on developing and directly supporting programs, initiatives, and research focused on trauma recovery.
Trauma Free World offers trauma-informed trainings with the goal of providing trauma training to everyone, everywhere.
SENSORY PROCESSING RESOURCES
Salt of The Earth Weighted Gear
Specializes in hand-crafted custom weighted blankets, vests, lap pads, shoulder wraps and weighted plush toys.
Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
The SPD Foundation is a leader in research, education, and awareness for Sensory Processing Disorder.
Sensory Processing Disorder Parent Support
A website developed by the parent of two children diagnosed with SPD that includes helpful resources such as checklists, activities, and book recommendations.
Sensory Stories are a method to allow children with sensory modulation issues – sensory integration disorder, sensory integration dysfunction – to cope with everyday experiences.
Sensory World has a large collection of sensory related books, CDs, and DVDs available for purchase.
A website that accompanies the book, Raising a Sensory Smart Child, by Lindsey Biel. The book is a bestselling book on sensory processing challenges and is filled with practical information and real-life solutions.
A website dedicated to the book, The Out-Of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Processing Disorder, by Carol Kranowitz. The Out-Of-Sync Child was a ground-breaking book that introduced Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) to parents, teachers, and other non-specialists.
Trust-Based Relational Intervention
TCU Institute of Child Development has developed a program called TBRI® which is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. Visit this website to order DVDs and learn more about the program.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
What Is an IEP? Everything You Need to Know About IDEA, IEPs, and 504 Plans
Useful information that explains the differences between a 504 Plan and an IEP.
IEP Frequently Asked Questions
Information to help parents prepare for an IEP meeting.
Understanding Special Education – A Guide for Parents
An excellent guide available for download that helps parents advocate for their children’s special needs.
Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Special Services Division
The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools (FCSS) operates programs to meet the full range of their students’ needs.