Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption (Hardcover)

Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption (Hardcover)
By Scott Simon

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In this warm, funny, and wise new book, NPR’s award-winning and beloved Scott Simon tells the story of how he and his wife found true love with two tiny strangers from the other side of the world. It’s a book of unforgettable moments: when Scott and Caroline get their first thumb-size pictures of their daughters, when the small girls are placed in their arms, and all the laughs and tumbles along the road as they become a real family.

Woven into the tale of Scott, Caroline, and the two little girls who changed their lives are the stories of other adoptive families. Some are famous and some are not, but each family’s saga captures facets of the miracle of adoption.

Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other is a love story that doesn’t gloss over the rough spots. There are anxieties and tears along with hugs and smiles and the unparalleled joy of this blessed and special way of making a family. Here is a book that families who have adopted—or are considering adoption—will want to read for inspiration. But everyone can enjoy this story because, as Scott Simon writes, adoption can also help us understand what really makes families, and how and why we fall in love.
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Gentling: A Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

Gentling: A Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
By William E. Krill

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Breakthrough Treatment Offers New Hope for Recovery

Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition with 3 new chapters on adolescents
Gentling represents a new paradigm in the therapeutic approach to children who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and have acquired Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result. This text redefines PTSD in child abuse survivors by identifying child-specific behavioral signs commonly seen, and offers a means to individualize treatment and measure therapeutic outcomes through understanding each suffering child's unique symptom profile. The practical and easily understood Gentling approaches and techniques can be easily learned by clinicians, parents, foster parents, teachers and all other care givers of these children to effect real and lasting healing. With this book, you will:

Learn child-specific signs of PTSD in abused children

Learn how to manage the often intense reactivity seen in stress episodes

Gain the practical, gentle, and effective treatment tools that really help these children

Use the Child Stress Profile (CSP) to guide treatment and measure outcomes

Deploy handy 'Quick Teach Sheets' that can be copied and handed to foster parents, teachers, and social workers

Clinicians Acclaim for Gentling

"In this world where children are often disenfranchised in trauma care--and all too often treated with the same techniques as adults--Krill makes a compelling case for how to adapt proven post-trauma treatment to the world of a child."
--Michele Rosenthal, HealMyPTSD.com

"Congratulations to Krill when he says that 'being gentle' cannot be over-emphasized in work with the abused."
--Andrew D. Gibson, PhD Author of Got an Angry Kid? Parenting Spike, A Seriously Difficult Child

"William Krill's book is greatly needed. PTSD is the most common aftermath of child abuse and often domestic abuse as well. There is a critical scarcity of mental-health professionals who know how to recognize child abuse, let alone treat it."
--Fr. Heyward B. Ewart, III, Ph.D., St. James the Elder Theological Seminary, author of AM I BAD? Recovering From Abusew

Cover photo by W.A. Krill/ Fighting Chance Photography

Learn more at www.Gentling.org

From the New Horizons in Therapy Series at Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com

FAM001010 Family & Relationships : Abuse - Child Abuse
PSY022040 Psychology : Psychopathology - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
FAM004000 Family & Relationships : Adoption & Fostering
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Made in Dagenham (DVD)

Made in Dagenham (DVD)
By Sally Hawkins

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Based on the true story of the 1968 strike at the ford dagenham car plant where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination and fought for equal pay. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/29/2011 Starring: Sally Hawkins Miranda Richardson Run time: 113 minutes Rating: RWho would think a movie about an autoworkers strike could be so entertaining and even moving? Made in Dagenham is simply brilliant. Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky) finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the limelight when she becomes the leader of a strike by the women who sew the upholstery for a Ford factory in Dagenham, England--a strike that, thanks largely to the efforts of management and unions alike to dismiss it, turns into a struggle over equal pay for women. But because of a smart and subtle screenplay, understated direction, and above all outstanding performances by the entire cast--also featuring Rosamund Pike (An Education), Miranda Richardson (The Crying Game), and Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)--Made in Dagenham never stops being about people, even as its political scope widens. Every step is grounded in human relationships, among the striking women, between Rita and her husband, between the wife of a factory manager and a floor worker. The movie skillfully balances issues of class and gender equality and makes you care deeply about them--and about these people struggling for basic fairness. And it's funny, sad, and genuinely stirring. Simply a marvelous movie, not to be missed. --Bret Fetzer Read more

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Squawky Finds A Friend (Squawky the Scrub Jay) (Kindle Edition)

Squawky Finds A Friend (Squawky the Scrub Jay) (Kindle Edition)
By TwoDogges

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A story about Squawky a young scrub jay who is more than a little cocky, adventurous and bold. Squawky's curiosity and boldness sometimes gets the best of him and one day while looking for lunch he encounters Devil the Cat. Saved by the quick thinking Ned they form an unusual friendship that takes them on many adventures together. This first volume in the series is a hilarious and unusual adventure story that is great for trips, family time and night time storytelling.A story about Squawky a young scrub jay who is more than a little cocky, adventurous and bold. Squawky's curiosity and boldness sometimes gets the best of him and one day while looking for lunch he encounters Devil the Cat. Saved by the quick thinking Ned they form an unusual friendship that takes them on many adventures together. This first volume in the series is a hilarious and unusual adventure story that is great for trips, family time and night time storytelling. Read more

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Life, Motherhood & the Pursuit of the Perfect Handbag (Kindle Edition)

Life, Motherhood & the Pursuit of the Perfect Handbag (Kindle Edition)
By Emily Roberson

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Everything is going wrong for handbag designer Tess Holland: her friendly little company has been acquired by a multi-national; her medical resident husband wants to go save lives in Africa; and her best jacket is smeared with baby poop. Suddenly Tess – once the epitome of “work-life balance” with her two cute kids, glamorous job, understanding boss and handsome husband – is struggling to save her career, her marriage, and her flexible schedule.

Tess’ story is a laugh-out-loud funny look at the trials and joys of working parenthood and a great read for anyone (with children or not) who can’t quite figure out how to meet expectations at work and in her personal life while keeping space for her own ambitions and dreams.Everything is going wrong for handbag designer Tess Holland: her friendly little company has been acquired by a multi-national; her medical resident husband wants to go save lives in Africa; and her best jacket is smeared with baby poop. Suddenly Tess – once the epitome of “work-life balance” with her two cute kids, glamorous job, understanding boss and handsome husband – is struggling to save her career, her marriage, and her flexible schedule.

Tess’ story is a laugh-out-loud funny look at the trials and joys of working parenthood and a great read for anyone (with children or not) who can’t quite figure out how to meet expectations at work and in her personal life while keeping space for her own ambitions and dreams. Read more

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Along the Middle-Years Way (Let the Children Come Series) (Paperback)

Along the Middle-Years Way (Let the Children Come Series) (Paperback)
By Gary Ezzo

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Notes From An Accidental Band Geek (Hardcover)

Notes From An Accidental Band Geek (Hardcover)
By Erin Dionne

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Elsie Wyatt is a born French horn player, just like her father and her grandfather before her. In order to qualify for the prestigious summer music camp of her dreams, she must expand her musical horizons and join - gasp! - the marching band. There are no French horns in marching band (what the heck is a mellophone??), but there are some cute boys. And marching band is very different from orchestra: they march, they chant, they . . . cluck? Elsie is not so sure she'll survive, but the new friends she's making and the actual fun she's having will force her to question her dad's expectations and her own musical priorities. Read more

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