Adoption Piece by Piece Trilogy. Sara Graefe, editor, $28.95 each

Lifelong Issues
A Toolkit for Parents
Special Needs

This trilogy is for newly adoptive parents and professionals alike. The books cover everything from adopting a child who has Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) to receiving the help your child needs from his or her family doctor or teacher. This series represents a comprehensive collection of articles from experienced parents and professionals on a variety of topics related to adoption. A must for any adoptive parent or professional who deals with the complex issues around adoption.

Baby’s Best Chance: Parent’s Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care, Sixth Edition. Province of British Columbia, Ministry for Children and Families, $15.95

This easy-to read, well-illustrated handbook offers answers to common and not-so-common questions about pregnancy, birth and taking care of baby in the first six months of life.

Braided Cord: Tough Times In and Out. Liz Kulp, $28.95

Liz was diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders as a young teen. Knowing her challenges and understanding her strengths helped her graduate from high school and strive to move on to independent adult life. But Liz was unprepared for life outside the safety of her family home.

Braided Cord takes readers inside the hidden world of adult transition for youth with FASD.

The Defiant Child: a Parent’s Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Douglas Riley, $15.95

The Defiant Child guides readers through the difficulties of raising a child or teenager who is attempting to ignore or defeat them at every turn. While it explains how defiant children and teens think, delving deeply into the mistaken ideas that lead them to believe that it is safe to ignore parents and challenge their authority, its chief purpose is to provide parents with a step-by-step plan to regain peace and harmony in the family.

Fantastic Antone Grows Up: Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.Edited by Judith Kleinfeld, with Barbara Morse & Siobhan Wescott, $26.95

In this sequel to Fantastic Antone Succeeds, young people with FAS/E and their caregivers report on their experiences coping with the problems of adolescence and young adulthood." As in their first book, the authors and editors detail the hands-on, experiential teaching methods, concrete communication, and visual-cuing strategies which work so well for individuals with these challenges. 

Guarding the Unborn Spirit: It Takes All Nations. Ken Murch Productions. DVD format, 27 minutes $17.95

This video is about the permanent damage done to the unborn fetus when a pregnant woman consumes alcohol. It offers clear prevention strategies and intervention information to women, families, professionals and members of aboriginal communities.

Home Visitor’s Guidebook: Promoting Optimal Parent & Child Development, 3rd Edition. Carol Klass, $49.50

The ultimate professional development resource for early interventionists, social workers, therapists, and other home visitors, this research-based guidebook is enhanced throughout with up-to-date references and new material on today's hot topics.

Living with FASD: a Guide for Parents. 3rd Edition. Sara Graefe, $24.95

One percent of North Americans suffer from FASD… It's no wonder that this book is a Canadian bestseller with over 40,000 copies sold! Bringing up-to-date and comprehensive information about FASD, this edition includes the latest Institute of Medicine diagnostic criteria and terms, special considerations for infants and adolescents, parent needs, and an expanded resource list.

Living with Prenatal Drug Exposure: a Guide for Parents. Lissa Cowan & Jennifer Lee, $24.95

Modeled on the best selling Living with FASD: a Guide for Parents, this comprehensive book for parents and professionals introduces caregivers to the challenges of caring for a child prenatally exposed to drugs. The guide offers practical techniques and strategies, debunks well-known myths, explores social issues and includes a workbook section for parents and other caregivers.

Message in a Bottle: the Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Janet Golden, $25.00

A generation has passed since a physician first noticed that women who drank heavily while pregnant gave birth to underweight infants with disturbing tell-tale characteristics. Women whose own mothers enjoyed martinis while pregnant now lost sleep over a bowl of rum raisin ice cream. In Message in a Bottle, Janet Golden charts the course of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) through the courts, media, medical establishment, and public imagination … Golden argues that the reaction to FAS was shaped by the struggle over women's relatively new abortion rights and the escalating media frenzy over "crack" babies. It was increasingly used as evidence of the moral decay found within marginalized communities - from inner-city neighborhoods to Indian reservations. With each reframing, FAS became a currency traded by politicians and political commentators, lawyers, public health professionals, and advocates for underrepresented minorities, each pursuing separate aims.

The Moon Children. Beverley Brenna, $10.50 (novel, ages 9-12)

Staring across the street the day after his alcoholic father disappears; eleven-year-old Billy Ray is startled to see one of his schoolmates, an adopted Romanian girl, gazing at the sky and then writing in a notebook. She is keeping a Moon Journal, cataloguing the phases of the moon to keep alive a secret memory that, eventually, Billy is the first to discover. Although he has Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and struggles with many things that typical kids take for granted, Billy's curiosity and warmth intrigue Natasha, and the two children develop a friendship that gives them the strength and courage to reveal their deepest secrets and to reach for their dreams.

Our FAScinating Journey: Keys to Brain Potential along the Path of Prenatal Brain Injury. Jodee Kulp, $27.50

With her workshops, books and educational materials, Jodee Kulp has tirelessly advocated for children born with FASD and the families who care for them. This new collection of intervention strategies, personal accounts and practical support is a valuable resource for parents, educators and clinicians.

Pathways to Competence for Young Children: a Parenting Program (Book and CD-ROM). Sarah Landy & Elizabeth Thompson, $63.95

With Pathways to Competence for Young Children: a Parenting Program, professionals can help parents understand and manage their child’s behavior and take an active role in guiding social-emotional development. Developed from Sarah Landy’s highly regarded child development book, Pathways to Competence, this manual-and-CD set shows how to set up, lead, and evaluate a parenting program for parents of children from birth to age 7. This one-of-a-kind program is:

• Proven effective. Field tested for 10 years with hundreds of parents, this program has proved highly successful in improving child behavior and enhancing parenting skills.
• Hands-on and practical. Professionals will learn how to lead group discussions, activities and exercises, and role-plays on key parenting challenges.
• Versatile. Materials can be used for a 10-, 15-, or 20-week parenting group, and professionals can tailor the program to suit their needs. The program is appropriate for a wide range of audiences, including parents with depression, teen mothers, and parents of children with behavior problems.

Everything professionals need to conduct a Pathways to Competence Parenting Group is included: more than 140 parent handouts (easy to print from the CD-ROM inside this book), instructions on structuring and leading sessions, problem-solving tips, and evaluation guidelines. With this engaging and effective program, parents will discover how to strengthen their relationships with their children and foster the healthy social-emotional development children need to manage life’s challenges.

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Its Impact on Hippocampal Anatomy and Function. Joanna Sliwowska, $48.50

The hippocampus is viewed as a target for early (prenatal) aversive events. Early life events are complex and interact with genetic factors in a manner which is not yet fully understood but which can profoundly change the structure and function of the hippocampus. This is not surprising as the hippocampus plays a crucial role not only in learning, memory storage and retrieval but also in controlling the stress response. This book provides evidence in support of the hypothesis that prenatal alcohol/ethanol exposure (PAE) interferes with normal development and function of the hippocampus.

Speaking and Learning the FASD Way. Carol McAndrew, $11.50

Speaking and Learning the FASD Way explores a teacher’s journey in the field of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder. This compilation of strategies, examples, and concrete tools will help educators and support staff to better understand and support FASD students. Functional Behaviour Assessment, learning strategies, building relationships, and social skills are highlighted. The book will give educators and parents great insight into the world of the FASD student.