Books
Introduction to important themes in adoption
- Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David Brodzinsky, Marshall Schecter & Robin Marantz Henig
- The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Newton Verrier
- In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories by Rhonda Roorda & Rita Simon
- Transracial Adoption: Foundational Principles for Cross-Racial Parenting by Be the Bridge
- Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge
- All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
- The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole by Lori Holden, Meredith Mitchell & Crystal Hass
For teens and parents of teens
- Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens by Debbie Riley and John Meeks
- Beneath the Mask: For Teen Adoptees: Teens and Young Adults Share their Story by C.A.S.E.
- The Adopted Teen Workbook: Develop Confidence, Strength, and Resilience on the Path to Adulthood by Barbara Neiman
- The Science of Making Friends by Elizabeth Laugeson
Introduction to the impact of childhood adversity and trauma
- The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
- The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris
For parents, whose children have experienced abuse, neglect, and other childhood adversity
- Creating Loving Attachments: Parenting with PACE to Nurture Confidence and Security in the Troubled Child by Kim S. Golding & Daniel Hughes
- Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Traumatized Children, 3rd edition by Daniel Hughes
- Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children with Severe Behaviors by Heather Forbes & Bryan Post
- The Connected Child: Bringing Hope and Healing to your Adoptive Family by Karyn Purvis & Wendy Lyons Sunshine
- Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma by Deborah Grey
For adoption professionals and mental health providers
- The Routledge Handbook of Adoption edited by Gretchen Wrobel, Emily Helder & Elisha Marr
- Adoption-Specific Therapy: A Guide to Helping Adopted Children and their Families Thrive by Jill Waterman, Audra Langley, Jeanne Miranda, and Debbie Riley
- Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-focused Interventions: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy with Children and Families by Daniel Hughes, Kim Golding, and Julie Hudson
- Attachment, Trauma, and Healing: Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children, Families, and Adults (2nd edition) by Terry Levy and Michael Orlans
- The Circle of Security Intervention: Enhancing Attachment in Early Parent-Child Relationships by Bert Powell, Glen Cooper, Kent Hoffman, Bob Marvin, Charles Zeanah
- Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents by Guy Diamond, Gary Diamond, & Suzanne Levy
Children’s Books
- The Invisible String by Patrice Karst & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
- As Real as it Gets by Amanda Barton, Natalie Hart & Joel Schoon-Tanis
- We’re All Not the Same, But We’re Still Family: An Adoption and Birth Family Story by Theresa Frasier & Eric Frasier
- Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights by Julie Nelson
- Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
- ABC, Adoption & Me by Gayle H. Swift, Casey Ann Swift & Paul Griffin
- I’ve Loved You Since Forever by Hoda Kotb
- Coco and Olive: The Color of Love by Michelle Madrid-Branch & Erin Darling
- Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz
National organizations offering trainings & webinars
- Center for Adoption Support and Education
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- National Council for Adoption
- North American Council on Adoptable Children
- Rudd Adoption Research Program
National Organizations supporting connection and community for adoptees
- Adopteen (includes 12 local chapters)
- Also Known As
- KAAN
- Mixed Roots Foundation
- Foster Strong