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Books and Tapes Insight: Open Adoption Resources and Support carries all of the publications from R-Squared Press. We also are an Associate of Amazon.com. Through them we are able to offer you all the books on our Recommended Reading List. NEW! A Birthparent's Book of Memories Scrapbook Edition! See Gift Books for details Open Adoption Pocket Guides - Pocket Guides were designed to give those exploring adoption, as well as those experiencing an open adoption, a concise introduction to many different issues in open adoption. Counselors, educators, and adoption professionals can also use these guides as a springboard for discussion in pregnancy counseling or adoptive parent education. 20-24 pages. $5.95 each. Buy all four for only $20.00! Your Rights and Responsibilities: For expectant parents exploring adoption. By Brenda Romanchik - This guide book helps expectant parents considering adoption understand the "system" by exploring their legal and ethical rights and responsibilities. Includes sections on adoption law and policy, things to know about the hospital stay, foster care and much more...... Birthparent Grief by Brenda Romanchik - Placing a child for adoption is a huge loss that few understand. Ms. Romanchik, a birthmother, takes the mystery out of the experience by helping birthparents define the loss and understand the grieving process. Not only for birthparents, this is a great book for anyone who wants to help a birthparent through a very difficult time. Being a Birthparent: Finding our place. By Brenda Romanchik - Open adoption has taken birthparents out of the closet and into the normal, everyday lives of adoptive families. What does it mean to be a birthparent in an open adoption? How has this experience changed us and how does it effect the other parts of our lives? These are just some of the questions answered in this enlightening guide. What is Open Adoption? By Brenda Romanchik - This Pocket Guide defines the differences between openness in adoption and open adoption, as well as the benefits of open adoption and how to fully embrace the relationships open adoption creates. As an added bonus, Jim Gritter, the author of The Spirit of Open Adoption, has added two remarkable written pieces. This book is perfect for understanding and explaining the richness of the open adoption experience. How to Open an Adoption: A guide for parents and birthparents of minors by Patricia Martinez Dorner – From the co-author of Children of Open Adoption and author of Talking to Your Child About Adoption comes a new book for adoptive parents, birthparents, and adoption professionals on how to open up the lines of communication. This wonderful book helps participants and professionals navigate these newer, more inclusive relationships as they move from closed or semi-open adoption to open adoption. $9.95 The Open Adoption Experience by Lois Melina and Sharon Kaplan Roszia - The Open Adoption Experience is the primer on open adoption. Taking us chronologically from the decision making process through the challenges as the adopted child grows, this book touches on almost every aspect of an open adoption. - $14.00 Out of the Shadows: Birthfathers tell their stories by Mary Martin Mason -The only book out there for birthfathers, this book profiles a number of birthfathers in many different kinds of adoptions. Helps birthfathers feel they are not alone, and the rest of us understand them a bit better. - $14.95 A Birth Mother’s Day Planner by Mary Jean Wolch-Marsh -. Birth Mother's Day, held the Saturday before Mother's Day, originated to provide birth mothers with a time and place all their own that would honor their experience of motherhood. The planner includes practical tools and check lists to help you get organized. There is also a section of suggested readings, songs and poetry that can be incorporated into Birth Mother's Day ceremonies that reflect both closed and open adoption experiences. $15.00 Children of Open Adoption by Patricia Dorner and Kathleen Silber The topics in this book include adoption understanding, developing relationships, families with open and closed adoptions, bonding, communication, sibling issues, and more. Children of Open Adoption helps answer the question "What about the kids?"- $10.95 The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao. A compelling writer, Dr. Pavao uses the stories of those she has worked with through the years to illustrate how triad members experience adoption. This book is great for anyone who wants to better understand the adoption experience. - $14.00 The Spirit of Open Adoption by James Gritter - A pioneer in open adoption practice, Mr. Gritter gives us a no-holds barred, realistic look at the pain, joy and beauty that open adoption holds for all member's of the triad. $18.95 A Gift of Myself by Brenda Romanchik/Illustrated by Nicole Lundy - This colorful fill-in-the-blanks book is the perfect gift for a child to give to birthparents, grandparents and other special people in their lives. Sections include A Day in the Life of Me, Wishes and Dreams, A Few Extra Thoughts About You!, and much more... Of course there are plenty of pages to draw or place pictures. You can also give a special child your life the book for your birthday or holiday, and ask them to fill it out as a gift for you! Paperback, 40 pages. $8.95 A Birthparent's Book of Memories - Scrapbook edition by Brenda Romanchik - This beautiful package comes with fill-in-the-blank scrapbook pages for a birthparent to fill out to the child placed for adoption. It's designed to give the child a better understanding of who his or her birthparent is as well as a sense of his or her birthfamily's history. There are sections for explaining the birthfamily's history, the pregnancy, the adoption process, the birth, and more.... Of course, there is plenty of room for pictures. In addition it also includes 20 top-loading pages to be creative with as well as a beautiful handmade paper scrapbook album This will be a keepsake your child will treasure forever. Suitable for birthmothers or birthfathers. Originally printed as A Birthmother’s Book of Memories. $35.00 Pugnose has Two Special Families by Karis Kruzel – Pugnose is a sweet little mouse who tells us his open adoption story. Pugnose tells us how he has a handsome nose like his birthfather and big ears like his birthmother and how happy he is to be part of two special families. This is the perfect book for children who are in an open adoption. For children ages 4 to 10. $7.95 The Conference Collection -The best sellers of the Biennial Conference on Open Adoption as well as The Biennial Conference on Open Adoption Families, these audio tapes give you the benefit of attending the conferences without the cost. Tapes are $10.00 each, $8.00 each for five or more. Regular shipping applies. Tapes of other presentations are available. For a complete list e-mail us or call us at 248-543-0997. About Adopted Children and Adults 1A) A Child's Development and Adoption - An excellent overview of the different developmental stages in open adoption. Presented by Sue Badeau 2A) What the Kids are Saying - Based on the research he did for his Masters thesis, Tom Bohnhorst gives us a glimpse of what the children of open adoption said to him during interviews. Fascinating! 3A) The Spirituality of Adoption - Fr. Tom Brosnan's eloquence and insight are legendary in the adoption community. Listen yourself to find out why. 4A) Issues as the Children Grow Older - Pat Dorner, co-author of Children of Open Adoption, takes some of the uncertainty those with younger children may have by discussing the issues that children may encounter as they get older. Very enlightening. 5A) Sibling Issues in Open Adoption - With all the blending of families that happens in open adoptions one of the main issues to surface is the relationships between siblings. Sharon Roszia talks about her ongoing work with this issue. 6A) - "My Story Is A Story of Grace" Sara VanderHaagen About Birthparents 1B) Birthparent Transformation - Becoming a birthparent changes a person's life in a myriad of ways. Brenda Romanchik discusses how a birthparent's life is transformed by the complex emotions and experiences of birthparenthood. 2B) Building Birthparent Community - Brenda Romanchik discusses the difficulties and challenges that birthparents face in reaching out and finding one another. 3C) Child-Centered Birthfamily Involvement - How can we really make open adoption child centered? Listen and find out? About Adoptive Parents 1C) Working with Difficult Adoptive Families - Joyce Maguire Pavao brings her wealth of experience in her work at The Center for Family Connections to this topic. 2C) Finding the Heart to Share - Carrie Kent, an adoptive mom, talks about being one of her children's "two moms". Beautifully done from the heart. About Open Adoption 1D) Minding Our Class Differences - Penny Callan Partridge, poet and adoptive mom in an open adoption, tackles this very difficult subject with honesty and sensitivity. 2D) Pain, Transformation and Open Adoption - Sharon Roszia explores the losses in open adoption and how they can change us. 3D) When Family and Friends are not Supportive - All of us have had to deal with the negative comments of friends and family regarding our decision to participate in an open adoption. In this tape Sharon Roszia talks about how to handle these difficult situations. 4D) The Seven Core Issues in Open Adoption - Further defining her original work on the seven core issues, Sharon Roszia applies her enlightening theories to open adoption. 5D) Rituals and Traditions in Open Adoption - Brenda Romanchik explores the meaning that rituals and traditions can give open adoptions. 6D) Siblinghood - A powerful, mesmerizing work by Randolph Severson on what siblings mean to each other in open adoption. 7D) Gentle Transition: Baby Centered Movement: A beautiful presentation by Mike Trout about adoption from the baby's point of view. 8D) When an Adoption Does Not Go Through - Mike Trout addresses this subject with sensitivity and compassion. 9D) Open Adoption in the Public Agency Setting" Sharon Roszia and Debra Silverstein 10D) "More Than Just Numbers" What research on open adoption is teaching us." - Ruth McRoy 11D) What does "Child-Centered" Open Adoption really mean? - Joyce Maguire Pavao 12D) The Highs and Lows of Growing Up in an Open Adoption. - Sarah Vanderhaagen 13D) The Gifts of Open Adoption - Brenda Romanchik 14D) Hospitality as the model for open adoption. - Jim Gritter For Everyone 1E) "Adoption Forgiveness" Carol Demuth 2E)"Folk Tales and Myths of Child-Saving in International Adoption" Anne Babb 3E) - "It's Better When Children Aren't Possessed" Father Tom Brosnan Click here to order.
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