Resources
Adoption and Foster Care
Books for Children
A Mother For Chocoby by Keiko Kasza
How I Was Adopted by Joanna Cole
Over the Moon: An Adoption Taleby by Karen Katz
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
My New Mom and Me(ages 3-7) by Renata Galindo
Movies for Children
Kung Fu Panda series
Despicable Me series
Tarzan (Disney)
Boxtrolls
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Children At Risk
Books
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Piper
The Disappearing Girl: Learning the Language of Teenage Depression by Dr. Lisa Machoian
Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We can Save Them by James Garbarino, Augusta Gone, Martha Tod Dudman
Teens in Turmoil by Carol Maxym and Leslie York
Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation by Steven Levenkron
Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception by Abraham Twerski, MD
Websites for Parents
childmind.org – Child Mind Institute
evoketherapy.com – Evoke Therapy Programs
drbradreedy.com – Dr. Brad Reedy
www.caron.org – Caron Treatment Centers