The list below includes books/dvds relating to Foster Care/Adoption. If you are interested in checking out any of this material, it is “housed” at Montgomery County Department of Social Services.
Books
| 360 Degree Feed Back |
| A Forever Family |
| A Future Near Me |
| A Man Named Dave |
| A Parent and Teacher’s Handbook On Child Abuse |
| Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse |
| A.D.D. not B.A.D. |
| Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids (2) |
| Adopting the Older Child |
| Adventures in Parenting |
| Adoption Digest – Stories of Joy, Loss, and the Journey |
| Adoption Reader |
| After Adoption-The Needs of Adopted Youth |
| American Sign Language Dictionary |
| As for Me & My House |
| Attachment and Bonding (2) |
| Beating the Adoption Game |
| Behavior Based Interviewing |
| Being Adopted |
| Black Baby: White Hands |
| Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found |
| Bobbie’s Story: A Feelings Workbook |
| Bodily Harm: Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers |
| Building Solutions in Child Protective Services |
| Burnout Among Social Workers |
| Case for Bureaucracy (The) |
| Changing the Delinquent |
| Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adoption |
| Control the Chaos |
| Culture Shift |
| Did My First Mother Love Me? |
| Divorced but Still My Parents |
| Do I Have A Daddy? |
| DSM-IV Made Easy |
| DSM-IV Training Guide |
| Encouraging the Heart |
| Every Child Deserves a Champion |
| Explosive Child |
| Family Visiting in Out-of-Home Care |
| Finding My Way |
| FISH |
| Five Love Languages |
| Foster Parenting Abused Children |
| From Emotions to Advocacy |
| From Fear to Love |
| Going to court |
| Go To Your Room |
| Gung Ho! |
| Gus Chronicles: Reflections from an Abused Kid |
| Handbook of Clinical Intervention in Child Sexual Abuse |
| Happy Adoption Day |
| Have a New Kid By Friday |
| Healing Power of Family: Overview of Life with Disturbed Foster/Adoptive Child |
| Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children |
| Helping in Child Protective Services (2) |
| How I Was Adopted (2) |
| How to Work With Your Court: A guide for Child Welfare Agency Administration |
| I can do it! (2) |
| I Miss My Foster Parents |
| I Miss You: A First Look at Death |
| I Speak for This Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate |
| I’d Rather Be With a Real Mom Who Loves Me |
| I’m chocolate, You’re Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children |
| I’m Not Your Friend, I’m Your Parent |
| Jonathan Letters: One Family’s Use of Support as They Took in, and Fell in Love with, a Troubled Child |
| Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
| Keys To Parenting An Adopted Child |
| Kissing Hand (2) |
| Leadership |
| Learning Disabilities: IEP guide NOLOS |
| Life of a Bipolar Child: What Every Parent and Professional Needs to Know |
| Little Book of Parenting (The) |
| Making Cultural Connections |
| Making Reasonable Efforts |
| Mars Pathfinder (The) |
| Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care & Questions & Activities Book |
| Monday Morning Leadership |
| Mulberry Bird |
| My Body is Private |
| My Family is Forever |
| My Mom Has a Bad Temper |
| Never, Never, Never Will She Stop Loving You |
| New Hope for Children and Teens with Bipolar Disorder |
| One Minute Apology (The) |
| Outgrowing the Pain: Book For and About Adults Abused as Children |
| Out-of-Sync Child |
| Parenting Teens with Love and Logic |
| Parents Guide to Tantrums |
| Parents Handbook: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (The) |
| Power Parenting for Children with ADD/ADHD |
| Practical Tools for Foster Parents |
| Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child |
| Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teens Safe (and Parents Sane) |
| Psychologically Battered Child (The) |
| Raising Adopted Children: Practical Advice for Every Adoptive Parent |
| Raising Cain: Caring for Troubled Youngsters/Repairing Our Troubled System (3) |
| Raving Fans |
| Recognizing Child Abuse |
| Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (The) |
| Signs of Safety |
| Social Skills Lessons and Activities |
| Somebody Else’s Children |
| Son-Up, Son-Down (2) |
| Special Education Law |
| Star: A Story to Help Young Children Understand Foster Care (The) |
| Start Right, Stay Right, Lead Right |
| Still Waters (autobiography by former foster youth) |
| Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice (The) |
| Success as a Foster Parent |
| Taking Charge of ADHD |
| Tear Soup (children’s book about loss) |
| Teenagers with ADD |
| Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child |
| Theories of Social Work With Groups |
| There is Only One You |
| Things I Wish I’d Known Sooner…Personal Discoveries of a Mother of Twelve |
| To Love a Child: Ways to Share Your Life with Children(Adoption/Fostering) |
| Toddler Adoption |
| Three Little Words: A Memoir |
| Treating Sexually Abused Children and their Families |
| Trying Hard is Not Good Enough |
| Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew |
| Visit (child’s book about going to visitation) |
| Walk Awhile In My Shoes |
| We’re Not Monsters: Teens Speak Out About Teens in Trouble |
| Whale Done |
| What Color is Your Parachute? |
| What Kids Need Most in a Mom |
| What Your Explosive Child Is Trying to Tell You |
| What’s Wrong with Timmy? (2) |
| When a Stranger Calls You Mom |
| When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Loss |
| When Someone Dies |
| When Your Child Has Been Molested: A Parent’s Guide to Healing & Recovery |
| Whole Life Adoption Book (The) |
| Why Was I Adopted? |
| Win or Lose? You Choose |
| Working Successfully With Screwed Up People |
| “Yes” or “No” |
| Yes, Your Teen is Crazy: Loving Your Kid without Losing Your Mind |
| Yo! Let’s eat: A cookbook for teenagers with recipes from teenagers |
| Your Anxious Child |
| Zachary’s New Home – A Story for Foster and Adopted Children |
| DVDs |
| Internet Safety |
| Household Management (4) |
| Money Management (4) |
| Unlock Your Brains Potential |
***Disclaimer: This program has not previewed every resource on this list, and we are not in agreement with all information. However, we want to make resources available whenever possible.