Books for Parents
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self ;
Brodzinsky, David; Random House; 1992
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years;
Cogen, Patty; Harvard Common Press; 2008
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control. A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged
Children with Severe Behaviors; Forbes, H. & Post, B.; 2006
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents;
Gray, Deborah; Perspectives Press; 2002
Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma;
Gray, Deborah; Perspectives Press; 2007
Facilitating Developmental Attachment;
Hughes, Daniel; 1997
Adoption: Sound Choices, Strong Families;
Johnston, Patricia Irwin
The Family of Adoption;
Pavao, Joyce Maguire; 1998
The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog;
Perry, Bruce; Perseus Books Group
From Fear to Love: Parenting Difficult Adopted Children;
Post, Bryan; Post Institute and Ass. LLC; 2010
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to your Adoptive Family;
Purvis, Karyn, Cross, D., Sunshine, W.; McGraw-Hill; 2007
Parenting from the Inside Out;
Siegel, Daniel & Hartzell, M.; Tarcher; 2004
Inside Transracial Adoption; Steinberg,
Gail and Hall, Beth; Perspective Press; 2000
Books for Children and Youth
See www.pactadopt.org for a thorough book list and reviews