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Finding Otipemisiwak
The People Who Own Themselves
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781551529554
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press
A Sixties Scoop survivor's journey back to her Nation and the truth of who she is Otipemisiwak is a Plains Cree word describing the Metis, meaning "the people who own themselves." Andrea Currie was...
Raising Capable Kids
The 12 Habits Every Parent Needs Regardless of their Child's Label or Challenge
Price:
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9781805011095
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
A guide for parents to raising children who have been diagnosed as 'different' - written by a parent and expert in educational psychology, with guidance on how to understand your child's strengths and difficulties, set realistic and ambitious expectations and support and challenge them when needed.
Skills and Knowledge for Life Story Work with Children and Adolescents
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781839976162
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Developing and building on the core 6-step model, this guide shows therapists and social care professionals how to take the next steps in their life story work practice with young people. It expands the framework to include common issues such as kinship care, care leavers, involving birth families, and advice for working with difficult stories.
Polyvagal Parenting Made Simple
A Guide to Supporting Self-Regulation, Relationships and Healing After Trauma
Price:
CA$27.95
ISBN: 9781839977213
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
This easy-to-read handbook shows you how to use polyvagal theory to understand the in-built emotional reactions behind your child's behaviour, and become a positive, engaged place of safety to help them find their balance and build emotional regulation skills.
Who Is a Worthy Mother?
An Intimate History of Adoption
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780806193700
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
As the United States once again finds itself embroiled in heated disputes over women's bodily autonomy-disputes in which adoption plays a central role-Wellington's book offers a unique and much-needed frame of reference.
Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Adopted or Fostered Child
Over 200 Quick and Simple Ways to Build Relationships and Open Conversations
Price:
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781805011286
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
A lifeline for parents of adopted or fostered children looking for simple and easy to use therapeutic parenting ideas and activities. This book features creative strategies that will help you to nurture a strong connection with your child, based on trust, compassion, and safety.
Out of Place
The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants
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CA$19.48
CA$38.95
ISBN: 9781479814787
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: New York University Press
How Korean adoptees went from being adoptable orphans to deportable immigrantsSince the early 1950s, over 125,000 Korean children have been adopted in the United States, primarily by white families....
Conceiving Christian America
Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics
Price:
CA$20.98
CA$41.95
ISBN: 9781479818594
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: New York University Press
How embryo adoption advances the Christian Right?s political goals for creating a Christian nationIn 1997, a group of white pro-life evangelical Christians in the United States created the nation?s...
The Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency Workbook for Children and Teens
A Trauma-Informed Resource
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CA$41.95
ISBN: 9781839975769
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
A structured resource with activities and exercises to help children and teens explore their feelings and strengthen healing after trauma. The book follows the pioneering Seven Core Issues model, which addresses loss, rejection, shame/guilt, grief, identity, intimacy and mastery and control.
The Unofficial Guide to Therapeutic Parenting for Childhood Aggression and Violence
Price:
CA$27.95
ISBN: 9781839970115
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Experiencing abuse as a parent or carer, from a child or a young adult that you love, and care for is extremely confronting. This is a guide to help you understand why distressed children are often violent and what you can do to help them.
A Generation Removed
The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World
Price:
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9781496235435
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
A Generation Removed is an examination of the post-World War II international phenomenon of governments taking Indigenous children away from their primary families and placing them with adoptive parents in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Social Parenthood in Comparative Perspective
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CA$29.48
CA$58.95
ISBN: 9781479814114
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: New York University Press
Investigates social parents ? people who function as parents but who may not be recognized as suchin the eyes of the lawWhat makes a person a parent? Around the world, same-sex couples are raising children;...
The Seven Core Issues Workbook for Parents of Traumatized Children and Teens
A Guide to Help You Explore Feelings and Overcome Emotional Challenges in Your Family
Price:
CA$41.95
ISBN: 9781787756694
Pub Date: August 2022
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Dealing with the Seven Core Issues of Adoption and Permanency has never been easier than with this Seven Core Issues workbook for parents. Based on the framework of the highly popular Seven Core Issues US model, this workbook will help parents, and their families identify and resolve their core issues and bring about healing.
The A-Z of Survival Strategies for Therapeutic Parents
From Chaos to Cake
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781839971723
Pub Date: May 2022
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Surviving therapeutic parenting can almost be as easy as A,B,C with this popular A-Z style survival guide. Covering over 70 common issues and feelings, you can learn strategies to process your feelings and experiences as a therapeutic parent. Funny and warm, this survival guide is like a hug from another parent when you need it most.
Can't Help Falling
A Long Road to Motherhood
Price:
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773901084
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
In this memoir, Tarah Schwartz puts words to excruciating loss as she recounts her unexpected and deeply inspiring journey to motherhood. As a long time news reporter, she spent years working in front of a television camera, telling stories that reflected the power of the human spirit to survive. This time she tells her own.
Adopting for God
The Mission to Change America through Transnational Adoption
Price:
CA$19.98
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781479808854
Pub Date: December 2021
Imprint: New York University Press
Explores the role played by missionaries in the twentieth-century transnational adoption movement Between 1953 and 2018, approximately 170,000 Korean children were adopted by families...
Finding Otipemisiwak
The People Who Own Themselves
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781551529554
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press
Raising Capable Kids
The 12 Habits Every Parent Needs Regardless of their Child's Label or Challenge
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9781805011095
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Skills and Knowledge for Life Story Work with Children and Adolescents
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781839976162
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Polyvagal Parenting Made Simple
A Guide to Supporting Self-Regulation, Relationships and Healing After Trauma
CA$27.95
ISBN: 9781839977213
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Who Is a Worthy Mother?
An Intimate History of Adoption
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780806193700
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Adopted or Fostered Child
Over 200 Quick and Simple Ways to Build Relationships and Open Conversations
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781805011286
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Out of Place
The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants
CA$19.48 CA$38.95
ISBN: 9781479814787
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: New York University Press
Conceiving Christian America
Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics
CA$20.98 CA$41.95
ISBN: 9781479818594
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: New York University Press
The Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency Workbook for Children and Teens
A Trauma-Informed Resource
CA$41.95
ISBN: 9781839975769
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
The Unofficial Guide to Therapeutic Parenting for Childhood Aggression and Violence
CA$27.95
ISBN: 9781839970115
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
A Generation Removed
The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9781496235435
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Social Parenthood in Comparative Perspective
CA$29.48 CA$58.95
ISBN: 9781479814114
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: New York University Press
The Seven Core Issues Workbook for Parents of Traumatized Children and Teens
A Guide to Help You Explore Feelings and Overcome Emotional Challenges in Your Family
CA$41.95
ISBN: 9781787756694
Pub Date: August 2022
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
The A-Z of Survival Strategies for Therapeutic Parents
From Chaos to Cake
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781839971723
Pub Date: May 2022
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Can't Help Falling
A Long Road to Motherhood
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781773901084
Pub Date: March 2022
Imprint: Linda Leith Publishing
In this memoir, Tarah Schwartz puts words to excruciating loss as she recounts her unexpected and deeply inspiring journey to motherhood. As a long time news reporter, she spent years working in front of a television camera, telling stories that reflected the power of the human spirit to survive. This time she tells her own.
Adopting for God
The Mission to Change America through Transnational Adoption
CA$19.98 CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781479808854
Pub Date: December 2021
Imprint: New York University Press