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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, $12.99

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.

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The Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Effects. Liz Kulp & Jodee Kulp, $15.95

Liz Kulp is a teenager with FAE, Jodee Kulp is her adoptive mother. Together they have written a story that needed to be told, about the personal struggles of living with this entirely preventable disorder.

The Defiant Child: a Parent’s Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Douglas Riley, $17.50

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.

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Fantastic Antone Grows Up: Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.Edited by Judith Kleinfeld, with Barbara Morse & Siobhan Wescott, $29.95

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, $51.95

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.

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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, $25.95

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.

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The Moon Children. Beverley Brenna, $9.95 (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, $28.95

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, $67.95

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.

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Complete Booklist

Adoption Piece by Piece Trilogy. Lifelong Issues: a Toolkit for Parents; Special Needs. Sara Graefe, editor, $28.95 each

Beautiful Smiles, Gentle Spirits: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: a Misunderstood Problem. Margaret Michaud & Sacha Michaud, $26.95

The Best I Can Be: Living with FAS for Kids and Teens. Liz Kulp, $15.95

The Broken Cord. Michael Dorris, $18.00

The Challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Overcoming Secondary Disabilities. Ann Streissguth & J. Kanter, $21.95

Children with Prenatal Alcohol and/or Other Drug Exposure: Weighing the Risks of Adoption. S. Edelstein, $14.50

Conceiving Risk: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & the Diagnosis of Moral Disorder. Elizabeth Armstrong, $26.50

Damaged Angels: a Mother Discovers the Terrible Cost of Alcohol in Pregnancy. Bonnie Buxton, $24.95

The Defiant Child: a Parent’s Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Douglas Riley, $17.50

Fantastic Antone Grows Up: Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. J. Kleinfeld, et al (eds), $29.95

Fantastic Antone Succeeds! Experiences in Educating Children with FAE-FAS. Judith Kleinfield, $29.50

Fetal Alcohol Abuse Syndrome. Ernest Abel, $51.50

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effect: Developing a Community Response. J. Turpin & G. Schmidt, $14.95

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: a Guide for Families and Communities. Ann Streissguth, $32.50

Finding Perspective: Raising Succesful Children Affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Liz Lawryk, $39.95

Guarding the Unborn Spirit: It Takes All Nations. Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians. $17.95 DVD

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

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

Message in a Bottle: the Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Janet Golden, $25.95

Our FAScinating Journey. Jodee Kulp, $28.95

Recognizing and Managing Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Effects. Brenda McCreight, $22.95

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Additional Resources for Professionals & Families                             

ADHD Book: Living Right Now! Martin Kutscher, $17.95

Affect Regulation and the Development of Psychopathology. Susan Bradley, $45.00

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parent. Deborah Gray, $27.95

Attachment Disorganization. Judith Solomon & Carol George, $63.50

Baby’s Best Chance: Parent’s Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care, Sixth Edition. Province of British Columbia, Ministry for Children and Families, $12.99

Becoming Attached: Unfolding the Mystery of the Infant-Mother Bond and Its Impact on Later Life. Robert Karen, $26.50

Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers. Brigid Daniel et al, $39.95

The Defiant Child: a Parent’s Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Douglas Riley, $17.95

Early Intervention with Multi-Risk Families: An Integrative Approach. Sarah Landy & Roseanne Menna, $49.50

The Explosive Child: a New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children. Ross Greene, $18.95

Home Visitor’s Guidebook: Promoting Optimal Parent & Child Development, 3rd Edition. Carol Klass, $51.95

I Am the Child: Using Brain Gym with Children Who Have Special Needs. C. Freeman & G. Dennison, $20.95

The Moon Children. Beverley Brenna, $9.95 (novel, ages 9-12)

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The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Carol Kranowitz, $17.50; DVD $46.95 (85 minutes)

The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Carol Kranowitz, $17.50

Pathways to Competence: Encouraging Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children, 2nd Edition. Sarah Landy, $76.50

Pathways to Competence for Young Children: a Parenting Program (Book and CD-ROM). Sarah Landy & Elizabeth Thompson, $67.95

Pediatric Disorders of Regulation in Affect and Behavior. Georgia DeGangi, $68.95

Raising Children Who Refuse to Be Raised: Parenting Skills and Therapy Interventions for the Most Difficult Children. Dave Ziegler, $33.50

Sensory Integration and Self-Regulation in Infants and Toddlers: Helping Very Young Children Interact with Their Environment. G. Gordon Williamson & Marie Anzalone, $23.50

Teaching the Tiger: a Handbook for Individuals Involved in the Education of Students with Attention Deficit Disorders, Tourette Syndrome or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Marilyn Dornbush & Sheryl Pruitt, $42.95

Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach. Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley, $30.50

Treating Explosive Kids: the Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach. Ross Greene & J. Stuart Ablon, $44.50

You Make the Difference in Helping Your Child Learn. Ayala Manolson et al, $23.00 (also available in French, Spanish, Chinese, Dutch, and an Aboriginal edition at the same price); DVD format $54.00

Your Premature Baby: the First Five Years. Nikki Bradford, $19.95

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