My Favorite Resources, Books, and Blogs
Resources
Center for Adoption Support and Education
The Donaldson Adoption Institute
Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development
Understood
Raising a Sensory Smart Child
Adoption Learning Partners
Adoption Nutrition
Embrace Race
Lives in the Balance
Books
Attaching Through Love, Hugs, and Play: Simple Strategies to Help Build Connections with Your Child By Deborah D. Gray
Games and Activities for Attaching with Your Child by Deborah D. Gray and Megan Clarke
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family by David Cross, Karyn Purvis, and Wendy Sunshine
Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust & Love by Michael Orlans and Terry M. Levy
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love Based Approach to Helping Children with Severe Behaviors by Heather T. Forbes and B. Bryan Post
Brain-Based Parenting: The Neuroscience of Caregiving for Healthy Attachment by Daniel A. Hughes and Jonathan Baylin
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self Understanding can Help you Raise Children Who Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind Paperback by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
Learning the Dance of Attachment by Holly van Gulden
Blogs
The Adopted Life
Lavender Luz
Lost Daughters