[Angelnetty]

My husband and I are just starting to research older children adoption. We have our adoption orientation with the county the end of this month and then PRIDE training in a few months and I'm sure they will be able to recommend some good books but I was hoping to get a jump on it. I have been reading "Adopting the Older Child" but I wanted to see if anyone else had other books they have read and would recommend. Thanks in advance!!

[Shelly77]

I read and enjoyed "Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew" ...That may not be exact but you should be able to find it with that searched title.

[DannieAS]

"parenting the hurt child" is a good follow-up to 'adopting the hurt child'.

Not necessarily adoption related, but I enjoyed reading "parenting with love and logic" as it usually has discipline methods that work with children adopted from foster care....this book is also mentioned a lot in 'parenting the hurt child'.

I also enjoyed this book "a love like no other: stories from adoptive parents" Not an informational book, it's a collection of different people's experience with their kids...however, it just highlights the good, bad, and ugly...and it's nice to read different outcomes and the different struggles other families had.

[aspenhall]

Start reading every post in the "Special Needs" forum....It's as much info as a book!

[benandkatieh]

i don't know if it's necessarily for adopting older kids, but an adoptee here on another forum recommended "The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child" to me, and although i haven't purchased it yet, i've read snipets from amazon.com. it looks excellent.