NOTE: Each prospective adoptive parent will be required to read a minimum of three books on the following reading list as part of the home study process. You will provide documentation of all education on the attached form and turn that in to the Buckner counselor. If there is another book you would rather read, please discuss this with the Buckner staff.
ADOPTING AFTER INFERTILITY, by Patricia Irwin Johnston, M.S.
ATTACHING IN ADOPTION, by Deborah D. Gray
ADOPTING THE HURT CHILD: HOPE FOR FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL-NEEDS KIDS, A Guide for Parents and Professionals, by Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D. and Regina M. Kupecky, LSW
PARENTING THE HURT CHILD: HELPING ADOPTIVE FAMILIES HEAL AND GROW, by Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D. and Regina M. Kupecky, LSW
REAL PARENTS, REAL CHILDREN: Parenting the Adopted Child, by Holly van Gulden & Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
HOPE FOR THE HELPLESS CHILD, A Guide for Families, by Dr. Ronald Federici
THE WHOLE LIFE ADOPTION BOOK, by Jayne E. Schooler
INSIDE TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION, by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH SEPARATION AND LOSS, by Claudia L. Jewett-Jarratt
OUTER SEARCH, INNER JOURNEY, by Peter Dodds
“ARE THOSE KIDS YOURS?” - American Families with Children Adopted from Other Countries, by Cheri Register, Ph.D.
TODDLER ADOPTION, The Weaver’s Craft, by Mary Hopkins-Best
RAISING ADOPTED CHILDREN, by Lois Ruskai Melina
PARENTING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC, by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
THE OUT-OF-SYNC CHILD: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
ADOPTING THE OLDER CHILD, by Claudia L. Jewett
TWENTY THINGS ADOPTED KIDS WISH THEIR ADOPTIVE PARENTS KNEW, by Sherrie Eldridge
HOW TO ADOPT INTERNATIONALY: A Guide for Agency-Directed and Independent Adoptions, by Jean Nelson-Erichsen and Heino Erichsen
CHILDREN OF OPEN ADOPTION, by Kathleen Silber, M.S.W., and Patricia Martinez Dorner, M.A., L.P.C.