All families change over time. Sometimes a baby is born, or a grown-up gets married. And sometimes a child gets a new foster parent or a new adopted mom or dad. Children need to know that when this happens, it’s not their fault. They need to understand that they can remember and value their birth family and love their new family, too. Straightforward words and full-color illustrations offer hope and support for children facing or experiencing change. Includes resources and information for birth parents, foster parents, social workers, counselors, and teachers.
Families Change
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Julie Nelson is passionately committed to supporting society’s most highly stressed children. She is a teacher and home visitor for the Families Together Preschool, a nonprofit early intervention program, and an instructor at the University of Minnesota Center for Early Education and Development.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended especially for sharing with children in foster care or other, similar situations.
July 10, 2007
Format:Paperback
Written by Julie Nelson, who has taught in at-risk early childhood settings for nearly 30 years, Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights is a simple, softcover picturebook about the realities of when families have big problems and need to change so that kids can be safe. The illustrations, painted in warm colors, evoke a powerful sense of hearth and home while the text gently discusses difficult situations. "When families change, kids can remember the happy times and the sad and mad and scary times too. Kids can remember and love their birth families. Kids can love their new families too." The last few pages offer a serious message to parents, foster parents, social workers, teachers, and caregivers, offering basic information about how to support and encourage young children amidst the terrifying crossroad of the termination of parental rights, as well as a list of resources and organizations created to help such children and those who look after them. Highly recommended especially for sharing with children in foster care or other, similar situations.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
With so few books available for foster children, this is an amazing resource! The concepts are presented in such gentle, reassuring, and child-friendly language. I think that books like this really help children to know that they are not the first or only child to go through the traumatic experience of being separated from their birth family (and possibly abuse and neglect). And when they know they are not alone, it may help them to believe it is not their fault. Once again, it is very well written, and the artwork is quite nice.
Christine Mitchell, author and illustrator of:
Family Day: Celebrating Ethan's Adoption Anniversary and
Welcome Home, Forever Child: A Celebration of Children Adopted as Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Beyond
Christine Mitchell, author and illustrator of:
Family Day: Celebrating Ethan's Adoption Anniversary and
Welcome Home, Forever Child: A Celebration of Children Adopted as Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Beyond
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent tool to assist children in understanding parental termination
June 23, 2008
Format:Paperback
I am a mental health clinician, providing mental health treatment to both children and adults who've experienced abuse & neglect. This book is a wonderful tool for assisting children in understanding what is happening to their families. It does a nice job of portraying outcomes in a "hopeful" light. Finally, it is a great tool for facilitating conversation with the less-enthused late school age child, who is not necessarily happy to be placed in mental health therapy.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
A nice approach to a difficult subject......
Beautiful illustrations and a nicely written/worded account of TPR. I think this book would be great for ages 2-10 and would help explain a lot to a child trying to understand... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. M. Edwards
4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful
Read this book to my bio kids in preparation for becoming a foster/ adoptive family. Covered some of the various emotions children might encounter as their parent's parental... Read more
Published 2 months ago by KBPaulie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
My girls love this book . it has helped them to feel like it is ok to love their new family
Published 7 months ago by M. Negron
5.0 out of 5 stars
very helpful
Whether you work with kids in a professional setting or have children in your care with difficult family situations - this book is a great resource.
Published 7 months ago by Crystal
5.0 out of 5 stars
Families Change
This is an excellent resource for use by counselors or foster care workers to assist young children to understand Termination of Parental Rights. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Child Welfare clinician
4.0 out of 5 stars
not for birth families
This is a great book for foster families, adoptive families, & children whose grandparents have full custody. Read more
Published on April 16, 2010 by gp
5.0 out of 5 stars
Difficult situations openly explored.
As children move into the system their frightened searching eyes move your heart. More difficult to handle are the guarded faces of children shuffled from one temporary family to... Read more
Published on March 8, 2010 by che
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for kids going through the Foster/Adoption system!
There are so few books on adoption geared at kids who are old enough to remember their birth parents, this really is a good way of introducing the termination of parental rights... Read more
Published on February 16, 2010 by W. Applegren
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great way to normalize the changes that occur in families
I use this book in my therapy practice when working with children in foster care or who have been adopted. Read more
Published on February 6, 2010 by L. Knight
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