Resources

• 1^st Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts - Caroline Archer
• A Child’s Journey Through Placement - Vera Fahlberg
• And then there were four - Emma Sutton
• Approaching Fatherhood: A Guide for Adoptive Dads and Others - Paul May
• Attachment Focused Parenting - Dan Hughes
• Attachment Handbook for Foster Care and Adoption - Gillian Schofield and Mary Beek
• Attachment in Common Sense and Doodles - Miriam Silver
• Attachment, Trauma and Resilience - Kate Cairns
• Before I arrive - Helen Townsend
• Building the Bonds of Attachment - Dan Hughes
• Considering Adoption - Sarah Biggs
• Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Parenting a child with an invisible disability - Julia Brown & Dr Mary Mather
• New Families, Old Scripts - Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon
• Parenting the Hurt Child - Greg Keck & Regina Kupecky
• Preparing to Adopt BAAF
• Related by Adoption. A handbook for Grandparents and other relatives - Hedi Argent
• Related by Adoption: Handbook for Grandparents and Other Relatives - Hedi Argent
• The Adopter’s Handbook - Amy Neil Salter
• The Connected Child - Karyn Purvis
• The Science of Parenting - What Every Parent Needs to Know - Margot Sunderland
• The Whole-Brain Child - Dr Tina Payne Bryson & Dr Daniel J Siegel
• Therapeutic Parenting in a Nutshell - Sarah Naish
• Welcoming a new brother or sister through adoption - Arletta James
• What to Expect When You’re Adopting - Dr Ian Palmer
• Why was I adopted? - Jane Jackson

Personal accounts of adoption

• As If I Was a Real Boy - Gordon & Jeannie Mackenzie
• Becoming Dads - Pablo Fernandez
• Flying Solo - Julia Wise
• Looking After Our Own: The Stories of Black & Asian Adopters - Hope Massiah
• Loving and Living with Traumatised Children - Megan Hirst
• The Broken Cord - Louise Erdrich & Michael Dorris
• When Daisy Met Tommy - Jules Belle

• Bryan Post Therapist Training on Attachment and Trauma
• Early Stress and Brain Development: How Does Foster Care Affect the Process? Part 1
• 'From Fear to Love: Parenting Difficult Adopted Children'
• Good relationships are the key to healing trauma | Karen Treisman | TEDxWarwickSalon
• JOY & FUN. Gene, Neurobiology. Child brain development
• Parenting Essentials: How to Effectively Discipline Your Child
• The Repair of Early Trauma: A Bottom Up Approach
• The Secret Life of the Brain: The baby’s brain
• Therapeutic Parenting: The Power of Your Voice
• Trauma, Brain & Relationship: Helping children Heal
• What is Therapeutic Parenting?
• Why Kids Lie and How to End It Now!

• Babies (Netflix)
• Found (Netflix)
• Instant Family
• Lion
• Oranges and Sunshine
• Philomena
• Prue Leith: Journey with my daughter (All4)
• Secret And Lies (1996 film)
• The dark matter of love
• The Secret Life of 4 year olds (All4)
• This is us
• Three Identical Strangers

• Adoption Adventure podcast
• BBC Radio 4 website podcast - “The Adoption”
• Two Good Mums podcast

• Becoming Dads - Pablo Fernandez
• My Maddy (a children’s book about a child and her non-binary parent) - Gayle E Pitman
• The Pink Guide to Adoption for Lesbians and Gay Men - Nicola Hill
• Two Dads: A book about adoption - Carolyn Robertson & Sophie Humphreys, (2014)

• My Two Mums (The Myths of Gay Adoption) | TEDxBristol
• Ted Talk: What it’s like to be a transgender dad

• Dylan: Full Interview - West Yorkshire Queer Stories (wyqs.co.uk)
• New Family Social Podcast
• Some Families Podcast
• West Yorkshire Queer Stories Podcast - The first non-binary adopter in the UK!

• In Search of Belonging: Reflections by Transracially Adopted People: Reflections of Transracially Adopted People Paperback – Edited by Perlita Harris (2006)
• Looking after our own – Stories of Black and Asian Adopters Edited - Hope Massiah, (2005)
• Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race - Reni Eddo-Lodge (2017)
• Working with children of mixed parentage - Toyin Okitikpi (2005)

• Single Mother by Choice - Jane Mattes
• Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice - Rosanna Hertz
• The Single Parent Confident & Successful - Linda Banson Jacobs

• A Baby moves in with Leroy & Patsy - Carol Platteuw
• A Family Is Like a Cake - Shona Innes
• A Marble a Day - Camille Gibbs
• A Safe Place for Rufus - Jill Seeney
• Adopting a Brother or Sister – A Guide for Young Children - Hedi Argent
• Am I Supposed to Feel This Way – Elizabeth Archer
• Amazing - Steve Antony
• An Adoption Story: How I became a big brother – Dave Moore
• And Tango Makes Three - Justin Richardson
• And Then You Arrived and We Became a Family - Almud Kunert & Anette Hildebrandt
• Be Kind - Pat Zietlow Miller
• Callum Kindly and the Very Weird Child – Sarah Nash & Rosie Jefferies
• Can I Tell You About Adoption? – Ann Braff Brodzinsky
• Chester & Daisy Move On - Angela Lidster
• Connecting With Kids Through Stories - Denise B Lacher, Todd Nichols, Melissa Nichols & Joanne C May
• Daddy, Papa and ME - Leslea Newman
• Dennis Duckling - Paul Sambrooks
• Elfa and the Box of Memories - Michelle Bell
• Emma’s Yucky Brother – Jean Little
• Finding a Family for Tommy - Rebecca Daniel
• How are you Feeling Today Baby Bear - Jane Evans
• I Love You Like Crazy Cakes – Rose Lewis
• Joe Gets a New Family & Starts a New School - Carol Platteuw
• Maurice and the Bundle of Worries - Jill Seeney
• Mommy, Mama and ME - Leslea Newman
• Murphy’s Three Homes – Jan Levinson Gilman
• No Matter What - Sally Donovan
• Nutmeg Gets Adopted - Judith Foxon
• Oh Brother! Tom gets a new adopted brother – Claire Friday
• Picnic in the Park - Joe Griffiths
• Rainbow of Friends – K. Hallinan
• Rose’s Difficult Mother’s Day - Carol Platteuw
• Sam’s Foster Family - Carol Platteuw
• Sophie and Tom’s Adoption Day - Carol Platteuw
• The Day You Begin - Jacqueline Woodson
• The Family Book - Todd Parr
• The Family Fairies - Rosemary Lucas
• The Most Precious Present in the World - Rebecca Edwards
• The Teazles Baby Bunny - Susan Bagnall
• We All Belong: A Children's Book About Diversity, Race and Empathy - Nathalie Goss
• We Belong Together Book about adoption and families - Todd Parr
• Where is Poppy’s Panda - David Pitcher
• Zachary’s New Home – Geraldine M. Blomquist & Paul B. Blomquist