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Maine Kids-Kin Lending Library Our Resource Library contains over 200 books, audio tapes and videos on a variety of family related issues. Maine Grandfamilies and area social service professionals may check these items out of our library for a one month period. You can view our complete library listing below, or you can simply click on a subject area to your right, to view the library listings. If you are interested in checking out a book or video, you may contact us. Items may be picked up at our Bangor or Westbrook offices, or we can mail library materials to you free of charge, one item at a time. This service is limited to Maine families. Please note: Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine also has a lending library. You may want to contact them for their library list as well. Maine Kids-Kin Resource Library
Grandparents As Parents A survival guide for raising a second family Grandparenting In A Changing World Invaluable guide to grandparenting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Educational Program Kinship Care A Manual for Families These Tears Are Real When grandparents need to step in, this is their story. To Grandma’s House We Stay When you have to stop spoiling your grandchildren and starting raising them. Child Welfare Journal of Policy, Practice and Program - Kinship Care Kinship Care- Improving Practice Through Research Permanency planning for Mediation for Kinship Caregivers (video) An alternative to the courtroom Raising Our Children’s Children Explores challenges, hardships, and rewards faced by Assessing Families for Kinship Care (booklet) Crumbley Workshop 9/27/01 (video & attachment) Kinship Foster Care Policy practice and research. Relatives Raising Children Guide to finding help and hope Care and Custody Adult Guardianship in Maine Robert Lives With His Grandparents Post Adoption Services Themes, issues & interventions Stories of Adoption Loss and Reunion Fostering or Adopting the Troubled Child Adopting The Older Child Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child Families at Risk Understanding and protecting children & care providers involved in out-of-home or adoptive care. Troubled Transplants Unconventional strategies for helping disturbed foster and adoptive children. Limits of Hope An adoptive mother’s story Raising Adopted Children Practical, Reassuring Advice Searching for Family (video) Moments in the lives of children in foster care. Burnout in Foster Care Survival handbook for foster parents & social workers Preparing Foster Childrens’ Own Children for Fostering Experience The Sexualized Child in Foster Care Guide for parents and professionals When Love Is Not Enough How mental health professionals help special-needs adoptive families. First Steps in Parenting a Child That Hurts Tiddlers and Toddlers For Better or Worse Strategies for couples who foster Realistic Parents & Life Skills Forms What Am I Doing in a Foster Home? Story of children in the foster care system Practical Tools for Foster Parents Adopting The Hurt Child Hope for families with special needs kids A Child is Waiting Beginner’s guide to adoption. Through The Eyes of the Child (video) Pathways to Permanence (video) Finding Forever Families (video) Creative Strategies for Permanency (video) How Judges Can Make It Happen (video) Why Legislators Must Make It Happen (video) Fast Track to Permanency (video) The Essential Voice of Child Advocates (video) Zachary’s New Home Story for Adopted & Foster Children A Forever Family Adoption from a child’s prospective. It’s Time To Let You Know A story for adopted children Sam Has a New Home Just Like You! About Foster Care The Emotional Life of the Toddler The Nurturing Parent The 3 a.m. Handbook Touchpoints Birth - Three Touchpoints Three - Six Hope For Children A personal history for parents The Parent's Handbook Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Ourselves and Our Children A book by and for parents I am Your Child - The First Years Last Forever (video) I am Your Child - Ready To Learn (video) I am Your Child - Quality Childcare - Making The Right Choice (video) How to Talk So Kids Will Listen Workshop kit How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk How To Talk So Kids Can Learn At Home and In School Active Parenting Teaching Cooperation, Courage and Responsibility The Roller-Coaster Years Raising your child through the maddening, yet magical middle school years. Teaching Your Children Values A practical month- by-month program of games, family activities, and value building exercises for kids of all ages. Your Nine Year Old Liberated Parents, Liberated Children, Your Guide to a Happier Family Love & Logic Solutions (video) Answers to parent’s most-asked questions about raising kids. Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood Practical parenting from birth to age six Siblings Without Rivalry How to help your children live together so you can too. SOS Help For Parents A Practical Guide For handling common everyday Behavior Problems SOS Help For Parents – How To Use Time-Out Effectively A practical guide for handling common everyday behavior problems. (audio) PET, Parent Effectiveness Training The tested new way to raise responsible children. Ages And Stages (video) What To Expect and When I’ll Never Do That to My Kids, The Parenting Traps of Adult Children Full Esteem Ahead Teach values and build self-esteem Put Yourself In Their Shoes Understanding how your children see the world. Humor, Play & Laughter Stress-proof life w/ kids Self-Esteem Revolutions In Children (audio) Understanding and managing the critical 1-2-3 Magic Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 Everyday Blessings The inner work of mindful parenting Understanding Your Two Year Old I’ll Be the Parent, You Be the Child Encourage excellence, set limits, and lighten up The Measure of a Man Becoming the Father You Wish Your Father Had Been Holding Time Breakthrough program for happy mothers and loving self-confident children without tantrums, tugs-of-war, or sibling rivalry. Parenting With Love & Logic (audio) Teaching young children responsibility. The Magic Years Understanding and handling the problems of early childhood. Why Can’t You Catch Me Being Good? Principals of raising self-confident, well behaved children. Ourselves And Our Children A book by and for parents. How To Raise And Teach A Thinking Child (video) Winning the Whining War & Other Skirmishes A family peace plan The Optimistic Child A proven program to safeguard children against depression and building lifelong resilience. Right From Wrong Instilling integrity in your child. Amazing Talents of The Newborn A video guide for healthcare professionals and parents What Do You Stand For? A kid’s guide to building character. Raising Resilient Children Fostering strength, hope and optimism in your child. Mom, Jason’s Breathing on ME! The solution to sibling bickering. Parent Talk How to talk to your children in language that builds self-esteem and encourages responsibility. Toddlers And Parents The Myth of Laziness How kids can become more productive. What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls Kids Are Worth It Giving your child the gift of inner discipline. Parenting Toward Solutions How parents can use skills they already have to raise responsible, loving kids. Parenting With Love And Logic (audio) Preparing adolescents for responsible adulthood. It’s So Much Work To Be Your Friend Helping the child with learning disabilities find social success. The Minds of Boys Saving our sons from falling behind in school & life. Life After Trauma (video) What every person should know Transition Magician for Families Helping parents and children with every day routines. Go To Your Room! Consequences That Teach Childhood Speech, Language & Listening Avoiding Power Struggles With Kids (audio) Science of Control Winning Cooperation from Your Child A comprehensive method to stop defiant & aggressive behavior in children. Try And Make Me! Simple strategies that turn off the tantrums and create cooperation. Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles Effective strategies Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problem Time-In When Time-out Doesn’t Work Youth In The Margins Uncommon Sense for Parents With Teenagers Wealth of practical advice, hands-on experience for frustrated parents and teens alike. How To Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk Loving, Launching and Letting Go Preparing your nearly-grown children for adulthood. Parent/Teen Breakthrough New program to end battles with your pre-teen and teens. Parent/Teen Breakthrough The relationship approach The Romance of Risk Why Teens do the things they do Surviving Your Adolescents (video) How to manage and let go of your13-18 year olds. Surviving Your Adolescents A parent’s guide for ages 10-20 Crossing Paths How your child’s adolescence can be an opportunity for your own personal growth. Grounded For Life?! Stop blowing your fuse and start communicating with your teen. The Angry Teenager Why teens get so angry and how parents can help them grow through it. Hormones & Wheels (audio) Parent survival tips for those chaotic teen years. Surviving and Enjoying Your Adolescent Coping parent series. What Growing Up Is All About A parent’s guide to child and adolescent development Get Out of My Life! But first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall? For Real The Uncensored Truth about America’s Teens You Can’t Scare Me, I have a Teenager A parent’s basic survival guide. Reviving Ophelia Saving adolescent girls Totally Wired What teens & tweens are really doing online Winning The Homework Battle (audio) Helping children discover and celebrate their strengths. Overcoming Underachieving An action guide to helping your child succeed in school. How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.C.T. City Workshop booklet, and video guide. Solve Your Child’s School Related Problems Ideas on how to help How To Help Your Child With Homework Every caring parent’s guide to encouraging good study habits and ending the homework wars. How To Help Your Child Succeed In School Strategies and guidance for parents of children with ADHD and/or learning disabilities. A Mind At A Time America’s top learning expert shows how every child can succeed. Parent Talk The art of effective communication with school & your child When The Chips Are Down . . . (video) Strategies for improving children’s behavior Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child New strategies and perspectives for teaching pro-social skills. Student manual available. Get Off My Brain A survival guide for lazy students True or False? Tests Stink. A humorous guide to tests. The Teenager’s Guide to School Outside the Box A guide to the adventurous world of alternative learning How To Do Homework Without Throwing Up The Organized Student Teaching children skills for success in school and beyond Why Do You Do That? A book about Tourette Syndrome for Children and Young People A Father Like That Changing Bodies - Changing Lives Beginnings How Families Came To Be The Value of Love Story of Johnny Appleseed The Mudpies Activity Book Recipes for invention Molly’s Craft Book Crafts from the past you can make Kid’s Garden Anytime, anyplace guide to growing fun Too Smart For Trouble How to say no to all kinds of trouble including being unkind to others, lying, fighting, smoking, etc. Found Unusual survival story, 4 children orphaned, abandoned, & unwanted. Gratefully Yours A blend of Anne of Green Gables & Orphan Train Rider. I’m Somebody Too Story of sibling feeling left out and alone How To Say NO And Keep Your Friends Peer Pressure Reversal Too Old For This, Too Young For That Survival Guide for Middle school year. My Mom Has a Bad Temper Chicken Soup for Teenager’s Soul Bullies Are A Pain In The Brain If your sick of being picked on, pushed around, threatened or teased, this book is for you Cliques, Phonies & Other Baloney Humorous What’s Happening To Me? Guide to puberty First Aid for Children Today The Cat At The Door Affirmations for children. Dounia A child’s story about adoption. Andrew’s Angry Words How bad moods have a ripple effect The Little Green Goose Single Fatherhood Absolutely Positively Alexander Three stories about Alexander – children’s book Trees Decorate The World by 2nd Graders Dinosaurs Divorce Guide for changing families I’m Safe! From Monsters! Monsters aren’t real The Sea Chest Story of life on a lighthouse The Kissing Hand A wonderful story for a child entering school or going off to camp for the first time or temporary separation. All Families Are Different It’s A Girl Thing How to stay healthy, safe, and in charge. How to Take the GrrRR Out of Anger Overpowering your anger Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet How to deal with bullies Oh Brother! Growing up with a special needs sibling Heather Has Two Mommies Feathers & Fur And Tango Makes Three Finding The Right Spot When children can’t live with their parents. Peace Talks – Preventing Violence Peace Talks – Resolving Conflicts Peace Talks – Managing Your Anger Peace Talks – Respecting Yourself and Others Peace Talks – Handling Dating Pressures and Harassment Peace Talks – Bridging Racial Divisions Peace Talks – Handling Peer Pressure and Gangs Peace Talks – Drugs, Alcohol and Guns; Triggers of Violence Peace Talks – Stepping Up to Peace Big Changes, Big Choices - The Three R’s of Growing Up Big Changes, Big Choices - You and Your Values Big Changes, Big Choices - Enhancing Self-Esteem Big Changes, Big Choices - Setting & Achieving Goals Big Changes, Big Choices - Dealing with Pressures Big Changes, Big Choices - Handling Emotions Big Changes, Big Choices - Preventing & Handling Violence Big Changes, Big Choices - Saying “NO” to Alcohol & Other Drugs Big Changes, Big Choices - Speaking of Sex Big Changes, Big Choices - Friendship Big Changes, Big Choices - Getting Along with Your Parents Big Changes, Big Choices - Respecting Others You Can Choose! - Cooperation Elementary School Edition You Can Choose! - Being Responsible You Can Choose! - Dealing with Feelings You Can Choose! - Saying No You Can Choose! - Doing the Right Thing You Can Choose! - Dealing with Disappointment You Can Choose! - Appreciating Yourself You Can Choose! - Asking for Help You Can Choose! - Being Friends You Can Choose! - Resolving Conflict Guidance Club for Teens How to cope with life’s hard knocks. In the Mix For teens by teens- dealing with teen issues
Ellen Foster The story of a redoubtable girl who overcomes adversity with humor, spunk, and determination. Amazing Grace The lives of children and the conscience of a nation. White Oleander Story of a young girl in foster care. Worldword Global Reflections to awaken the spirit Children First What society must do and is not doing for children today A Child Called It One Child’s Courage to survive child abuse Love Is A Start The real challenges of raising children with emotional disorders. The Shelter of Each Other Rebuilding Our Families The Lost Boy A foster child’s search for the love of a family. Pathways to Peace Forty steps to a less violent America. Home A memoir of growing up in an orphanage. The Transcendent Child Tales of triumph over the past. Rekindling the Spirit A vision for the new millennial movement to leave no child behind. Chicken Soup for the Grandma’s Soul The Home, A Memoir of Growing Up in an Orphanage How to Deal with Difficult People Strategies for coping with challenging personalities I Don’t Have to Make Everything Better Six practical principals that empower others to solve their own problems while enriching your relationships The Women Who Raised Me And Some Rise Above It Based on a true story Working With Traumatized Children A Handbook for healing Dealing With Past Trauma As Adult Caregivers (audio) Despair Turned Into Rage Understanding and helping advised, neglected, and abandoned youth. Outgrowing the Pain A book for and about adults abused as children. The Maltreated Child Finding what lurks beneath. Strong At The Broken Places Overcoming the trauma of childhood abuse Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter Touch and Go Joe A book about OCD Stress Can Really Get On Your Nerves Fighting Invisible Tigers Stress management guide for teens. Perfectionism What’s Bad About Being Too Good Helping Your Anxious Child A step-by-step guide for parents. OCD In Children & Adolescents Cognitive-behavioral treatment manual Children with Tourette Syndrome: A Parent’s Guide The first book families should read Just Checking Scenes from the life of an obsessive- compulsive The Anxiety Cure for Kids A guide for parents Fostering Changes Practical book meant for caseworkers, mental health professionals, and foster parents. For those who care for, treat, and live with emotionally disturbed foster children. Facilitating Development Attachment The road to emotional recovery and behavioral changes in foster and adopted children Healing Trust (audio)Rebuilding the broken bond for children with reactive attachment disorder The Invisible Road Parental Insights to Attachment Disorder Attachment, Trauma and Healing Understanding Attachment Disorder Building The Bonds of Attachments Awakening love in deeply troubled children. Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal When Love is Not Enough A guide to parenting children with Reactive Attachment Disorder High Risk – Children Without A Conscience Case histories & invaluable suggestions for raising healthy children & protecting ourselves from “trust bandits” who steal our love, money and very lives. The Explosive Child Understanding Girls with ADHD ADHD & Me ADHD What Can We Do? (video) ADHD What Do We Know? (video) Driven to Distraction Recognizing and coping with ADD from childhood through adulthood. Put Yourself In Their Shoes Understanding teenagers with ADHD. ADHD In The Young Child A guide for parents and teachers with young children with ADHD. The A.D.D. Book New understanding, new approaches to parenting your child. Power Parenting for Children with ADD/ADHD A parent’s guide for managing difficult behaviors Eagle Eye A child’s guide to paying attention Putting On The Brakes Young people’s guide to understanding ADHD Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention A book for kids about ADHD Making the System Work for Your Child with ADHD How to cut through red tape and get what you need from doctors, teachers, schools and healthcare plans
Asperger Syndrome and Bullying Send In The Idiots Stories from the other side of autism Straight Talk About Autism Adolescent Issues (video) Asperger’s Syndrome Guide for parents & professionals. Helping Your Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder A Step-By-Step Workbook Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome A Users Guide to Adolescence All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum Parents guide to the cognitive, social, physical, & transition needs of teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders Parenting Your Asperger Child Individualized solutions for teaching your child Asperger’s and Girls World-renowned experts join those with Asperger’s Syndrome to resolve issues that girls and women face everyday A Parent's Guide to Asperger's Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism Getting Free You can end abuse and take back your life. Coping With Domestic Violence (video) Growing Up With Domestic Violence (video) The Verbally Abusive Relationship The Safe Environment (video) In Love & In Danger A Teen’s Guide to breaking free of abusive relationships. When Dad Hurts Mom Helping your children heal the wounds of witnessing abuse Guiding Your Child Through Grief How children grieve, how to help and where to find help. Helping Children Cope With Separation And Loss Advice, techniques, innovative ideas for helping children overcome sadness, anger & anxiety Helping Children Cope With The Loss Of A Loved One A guide for grownups Parenting Through Crisis When Children Grieve Healing The Hurt, Restoring The Hope Part of Me Died, Too Living Well with HIV and Aids A cross between a self-help motivational discourse and an Hope for a New Tomorrow (video) AIDS Network Living with a Legacy (video) 4 Teens Living with HIV Let’s Talk About When Your Parent Is In Jail My Daddy is in Jail Family Arrested How to survive the incarceration of a loved one. Visiting Day A children’s story book on visiting a parent in jail Surviving Schizophrenia A Family Manual Behaviorally Troubled Children, Adolescents & Young Adults Relaxation A comprehensive manual for adults & children with special needs. A Family Guidebook for Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance or Mental Illness A tool for families, caregivers, advocates and others concerned with the proper support of a child. Out of the Shadows Understanding sexual addiction. The Sexual Addiction Explains the origins of sexual addiction & loneliness of the double life led by addict. Bodily Harm The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-injurers The Quiet Room A journey out of the torment of madness. When the Brain Can’t Hear Unraveling the mystery of auditory processing disorder Like Sound Through Water A Mother's journey through Auditory Processing Disorder Straight Talk About Psychological Testing For Kids When, Why & How Straight Talk About Your Child’s Mental Health What to do when something seems wrong. The Sensory-Sensitive Child Practical Solutions for Out-of-bound Behavior Straight Talk About Psychiatric Medications for Kids When is medicine the right choice? What are alternatives? Are they safe for my growing child? Will medications help or hurt my child in school? Can taking medications lead to drug abuse. When Your Child Is Cutting A Parent’s Guide to helping Children Overcome Self Injury The Out-of Sync Child Recognizing and coping with sensory integration dysfunction Lonely, Sad and Angry Parenting The Bipolar Child Why Isn’t My Child Happy? Childhood depression Help Me, I’m Sad Recognizing, treating and preventing childhood and adolescent depression. Raising a Moody Child Depression Is The Pits A guide for adolescents. When Nothing Matters Anymore Guide for Depressed Teens The Biopolar Child The definitive and reassuring guide to childhood’s most misunderstood disorder. A Parent’s Guide to Childhood and Adolescent Depression Authoritative & reassuring guide for parents concerned about depression Winter Blues Seasonal Affective Disorder
The Complete Bedwetting Book Bridging The Gap Raising a child with nonverbal learning disorder Helping Children Manage Stress A guide for adults helping children manage stress Childhood Lying, Stealing & Cheating (audio) Solutions to guide children toward honesty and integrity. Your Children Should Know Protect your children from assault & crime. Good Friends Are Hard To Find Help your child find, make and keep friends and deal with teasing, bullying, meanness & stormy relationships. Helping The Child Who Doesn’t Fit In Help children who are baffled by peers rejection yet repeatedly fail to make lasting friends. Why Don’t They Like Me? Helping your child make and keep friends Divorced Kids What you need to know to help kids survive a divorce. Raising Your Spirited Child A guide for parents whose child is more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, energetic. Children Who Say NO When You Want Them To Say YES How to deal with stubborn, defiant & oppositional youngsters from toddler to teen. Brothers & Sisters A Special Part of Exceptional Families Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problem Practical and easy to understand solutions to this problem. Children with Asthma A manual for parents. The Difficult Child Parenting hard to raise children. Is It “Just a Phase”? Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood The Explosive Child Try and Make Me! Simple strategies that turn off the tantrums and create cooperation. Mom, They’re Teasing Me Helping your child solve social problems. Odd Girl Out The hidden culture of aggression in girls The Angry Child Regaining control when your child is out of control. Dry All Night The picture book technique that stops bedwetting. Should I Medicate My Child? Sane solutions for troubled kids, with or without psychiatric drugs. Off Road Parenting Solutions for difficult behavior. Treating Explosive Kids The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me Understanding borderline personality The Search for the Real Self Unmasking the personality disorders of our age. Lost in the Mirror An inside look at borderline personality disorder. Treating Sexually Abused Children in Adoptive Homes Incest Study of causes and effects with treatment recommendations. The Adolescent Molester The Courage to Heal A guide for women survivors of child sex abuse Treating the Aftermath of Sexual Abuse A handbook for working with children in care. When your Child Has Been Molested A parent’s guide to healing and recovery. Sexual Abuse of Young Children Step By Step 16 steps toward legally sound sexual abuse investigation What’s Happening in Our Family? Understanding sexual abuse through metaphors. Working with Survivors of Sexual Abuse Unmasking Sexual Con Games Leader’s Guide Laurie Tells Story of sexual abuse.
The Nature of Nuture Substance Abuse Treatment For Women Offenders Parenting for Prevention How to raise a child to say no to alcohol and drugs An Elephant in the Living Room Living in a family where drinking is a real problem is a lot like living with an elephant in the living room. It Will Never Happen to Me! Children of alcoholics, as youngsters, adolescents, adults. The Broken Cord Story of family confronted with a problem with no known solution Reaching Out to Children with FAS/FAE Handbook for teachers, counselors and parents who work with children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fantastic Antone Suceeds! Fantastic Antone Grows Up Experiences in educating children with fetal alcohol syndrome. FASD and Your Child: Causes, Effects and Interventions (Dvd) Understanding FASD (Dvd) Damaged Angels An adoptive mother discovers the tragic toll of alcohol in pregnancy. Becoming Your Own Parent The solution for adult children of alcoholics & other dysfunctional families I Know The World’s Worst Secret Child’s book about Alcoholic Parent Story of Hope (video) Children of alcoholics foundation Educate (video) Create inhalant abuse awareness
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