Two of our foundational beliefs here at CWA are the importance of parent preparation and parent education. We believe it is impossible to be too prepared and too educated regarding the issues involved in bringing a child into your family through international adoption. To this end, I have compiled several lists of recommended reading. Some lists are specifically related to adoption issues, while others may be geared toward travel, books for children and even books written by CWA parents. Here is the first list with several more to come.
Adoption Parenting Books
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew By Sherrie Eldridge
Attaching in Adoption : Practical Tools for Today’s Parents By Deborah D. Gray
Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow By Gregory Keck, Regina M. Kupecky
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft By Mary Hopkins-Best
Healing Power of the Family: Illustrated Overview of Life with the Disturbed Foster or Adopted Child By Richard J. Delaney
Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child By Holly Van Gulden, Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child By Trish Maskew
The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family By Jayne E Schooler, Thomas Atwood
Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) By Foster Cline, Jim Fay
I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World By Marguerite Wright
Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib By Jaiya John
Kinki Kreations: A Parent’s Guide to Natural Black Hair Care for Kids By Jena Renee Williams
How It Feels to Be Adopted By Jill Krementz
The Ocean Within By V. M. Caldwell
Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know By Fanny Cohen Herlem
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids By Gregory C. Keck, Regina M. Kupecky
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past By Betsy Keefer, Jayne E. Schooler, Betsy E. Keefer, Jayne Schooler
The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition By Carol Stock Kranowitz
Touch By Tiffany Field
Successful Adoption: A Guide for Christian Families By Natalie Nichols Gillespie
Thicker Than Blood: Bonds of Fantasy and Reality in Adoption By Salman Akhtar
Relationship Parenting: “raising secure children in an insecure world” By Richard L Sudsberry
Adoption Is a Family Affair!: What Relatives and Friends Must Know By Patricia Irwin Johnston
After the Dream Comes True By Michelle Gardner
Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens By Debbie Riley
Risk and Promise: a handbook for parents adopting a child from overseas By Ira J. Chasnoff, Linda D., Ph.D. Schwartz, Cheryl L., Ph.D. Pratt, Gwendolyn J., M.D. Neuberger
Are Those Kids Yours?: American Families With Children Adopted From Other Countries By Cheri Register
The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family By Karyn Purvis, David Cross, Wendy Sunshine
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors By Heather T. Forbes
Beyond Consequences, Logic, & Control, Volume 2 By Heather T. Forbes, LCSW
How to Really Love Your Child By Ross Campbell, D. Ross Campbell
How to Really Love Your Teenager By Ross Campbell
Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent By Lois Ruskai Melina
Talking with Young Children about Adoption By Ms. Mary Watkins, Dr. Susan Fisher M.D.
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children By Daniel A. Hughes
Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years By Jim Fay, Charles Fay
