Suggested Readings

Attaching in Adoption:  Practical Tools for Today’s Parents
By: Deborah D. Gray

Beyond Consequences, Logic and Control:  A Love-Based Approach to Helping Children with Severe Behaviors
By: Heather T. Forbes, LCSW, and B. Bryan Post, PhD, LCSW

'"The authors address the most pressing and challenging issues faced by parents of children with histories of disrupted attachments." --Sir Richard Bowlby, Attachment Advocate.  This book is highly recommended by both parents and professionals; it is both educational and applicable.  The authors’ not only give guidance but strategies and interventions which are easy to understand and incorporate into the lives of the readers.

Becoming Attached: Unfolding the Mystery of the Infant-Mother Bond and its Impact on Later Life
By: Robert Karen, PhD

The complex topic of attachment theory is made clear to parents, as well as professionals and other interested adults, by putting issues of child development, usually “couched in antiseptic academic parlance”, in lay terms.

Nurturing Adoptions:  Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma
By: Deborah D. Gray

Parenting from the Inside Out:  How to Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive
By: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M. Ed.

Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child:  The Heart of Parenting
By: John Gottman, Ph.D. with Joan Declaire

This is a must read for every parent!  Gottman explores the emotional relationship between parents and children and alternate models of parenting “It's not enough to simply reject an authoritarian model of parenting”, Gottman says.” A parent needs to be concerned with the quality of emotional interactions.” The authors identify a five-step "emotion coaching" process to help teach children how to recognize and address their feelings.

Talking Back to Ritalin:  What Doctors Aren't Telling You about Stimulants and ADHD
By: Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

The Connected Child:  For Parents Who Have Welcomed Children
By: Karyn B. Purvis Ph.D., David R. Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine

A highly recommended book for parents and professionals, the authors make sense of developmental issues in 
relation to current behavioral and emotional issues.  A very clear explanation of attachment issues are addressed 
along with specific interventions.

The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
By: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D 

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition
By: Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.

The Survival Guide for Kids with ADD or ADHD
By: John F. Taylor, Ph.D.

This book is written in a kid-friendly language and a format that welcomes reluctant and easily distracted readers.  
It is a book recommended for both children and their parents. 

The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child
By:  Robert W. Sears, MD, FAAP

Sears' goal of this publication is "to give you a balanced look at pros and cons of vaccination so that you can make an 
educated decision." Sears does not advocate for or against vaccination, stating it doesn't have to be an all or nothing 
decision and that there are choices.  

Victory Over ADHD- A Mother’s Journey to Natural Medicine
By: Deborah Merlin & Larry Cook

How a mother’s journey to natural medicine reversed her children’s severe emotional, mental, and behavioral problems.  
This book is a wonderful resource for parents who are looking for alternatives to medicating their children. 

www.victoryoveradhd.com

When Love is Not Enough:  Guide to Parenting Children with RAD
By: Nancy L. Thomas 

This book is designed as a guide for anyone working with children diagnosed with RAD. This book contains a 
series of short chapters on different types of difficult situations that a parent is likely to encounter, when raising 
a child with RAD. Suggestions on how to deal with each situation and what types of responses the author believes 
will help the child eventually bond with the primary caregiver and become less extreme in his/her behavior are provided.