In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You To Know About Adoption.
In On It contains helpful advice and instructive anecdotes from adoptive parents, adoptees, and professionals, for the friends and relatives of adoptive families.
Resource Book
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity
For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the acclaimed health interventions in The Deepest Well represent vitally important hope for preventing lifelong illness for those we love - for generations.
The Foster Care Survival Guide
Leading foster care expert Dr. John DeGarmo combines his own wisdom with that of fellow foster parents.
Fostered: A Memoir
Tori grew up in the foster care system, a bi-racial child in a confusing and volatile world. Now an adoptive and biological mom herself, she is dedicated to foster care reform, adoption advocacy, and help for vulnerable populations.
From Foster to PhD: Letters from a Suitcase
A memoir on the resilience, grit, and determination of one foster care kid who realizes the importance of education and chooses to push through many obstacles.
Navigating Foster Care with Your Children
One of the most common questions potential foster parents have is, “What about my biological children?” This booklet contains questions to discuss and other practical help to prepare your children for fostering.
When God Made You
Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.
One for the Murphys
"This is a beautiful book, filled with hope. You'll cry and laugh along with Carley as she learns to lower her defenses enough to love--and, more surprisingly, be loved. It's a story you'll long remember." —Patricia Reilly Giff, Newbery Honor-winning author
Untangling Hope
Untangling Hope is a contemporary Middle Grade novel with a refreshingly honest portrayal of foster care. This grace-filled, coming-of-age story is a journey of loss, resilience, and healing.
The Heart Who Wanted to Be Whole
When the heart gets hurt, who will help it become whole again? Ideal for children ages 4 to 8, The Heart Who Wanted to Be Whole weaves together a powerful message for each of us: No matter how overwhelming our emotions feel, God’s words of truth and light can always put our hearts back together again.
A Terrible Thing Happened
A gently told and tenderly illustrated story for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode, including physical abuse, school or gang violence, accidents, homicide, suicide, and natural disasters such as floods or fire.
Faith-based Foster and Adoption Resources
Faith-based books, broadcasts, referral recommendations for foster and adoptive parents curated by Focus on the Family.