What is “the Talk” and Why is it Important for Interracial Families?
What is “the Talk” and why is it important for interracial families? The authors of The Interracial Adoption Option explain, sharing their personal experiences as…
Category: Adoption
What is it like to be a Life Story Work Consultant? From JKP authors Katie Wrench and Lesley Naylor.
Katie Wrench and Lesley Naylor, authors of the new Life Story Work with Children Who are Fostered or Adopted, give their fascinating insight into a day in the life…
Adoption and Fostering recommended books for Parents
If you’re an adoptive/foster parent or prospective parent, we’ve put together this booklet of new and bestselling titles you might find interesting. Feel free to…
“Committing to Adoption” by JKP author Patricia Irwin Johnston
This article was written by Patricia Irwin Johnston, author of Adoption is a Family Affair!: What Relatives and Friends Must Know (Revised Edition, Jessica Kingsley…
The Life Story Book by JKP author Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D.
This article written by Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D., ancillary to material from A Child’s Journey Through Placement (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Jan. 2012), originally published by Perspectives…
When Adopted Toddlers Reject Their Parents by JKP author Mary Hopkins-Best
This article written by Mary Hopkins-Best, adapted from her book Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Jan. 2012), originally published by Perspectives Press,…