These are some books and resources that have helped our family. I genuinely hope they help you too.
Foster The Family Foster the Family is a support network for foster and adoptive families. They have been an instrumental part of my learning, healing, and feeling seen as an adoptive mom since I discovered them three years ago.
Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Gobbel, Robyn: 9781839974281: Amazon.com: Books This book has been instrumental in helping me to understand the trauma brain and how to help my children. Robin will retrain your brain and teach you ways to help them (and you) to regulate in moments (or hours) of dysregulation.
Reclaim Compassion: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Overcoming Blocked Care with Neuroscience and Faith: Qualls, Lisa C, Corkum, Melissa: 9798987764312: Amazon.com: Books This is a resource for parents who are struggling to connect with their adopted child because of the rejection their child has shown, either physically or verbally.
PerformCare – New Jersey Children’s System of Care If your family needs help with therapists or behavioral assistants please call them. They have been a tremendous help to our family.