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November, 2006 stories

November 27, 2006

Adopted children want to know their past and their future
Adopted children want more information about their birth family and why they were adopted, according to two reports recently published

Book Review
Working with Anger and Young People by Nick Luxmore

Book Review
Talking about Domestic Abuse: A Photo Activity Workbook to Develop Communication between Mothers and Young People by Cathy Humphreys, Ravi K Thiara, Agnes Skamballis and Audrey Mullender. Forward by June Freeman. Illustrations by Suzan Aral

Book Review
The Scallywags by David Melling

Book Review
Time To Read With Dr. Seuss - A Compilation of three Dr Seuss stories

November 20, 2006

It's a family affair
Alan Williams was put up for adoption at birth, being legally adopted by parents Joan and Pat before he reached one. Here he and his parents talk about the emotions of adopting and being adopted

BAAF celebrates National Adoption Week and highlights need for adoption support
Adoption organisations across Scotland are to draw attention to the need for financial commitment to forthcoming legislation which will increase access to adoption support

My life in people - personalities line up for an evening with Nicky Campbell
BBC presenter and broadcaster Nicky Campbell is to host a special gala night at BBC Television Centre in aid of the British Association for Adoption & Fostering

New adoption and fostering film calls on carers to come forward
A new CD ROM aimed at potential adopters and foster carers across the north east of Scotland was launched at start of National Adoption Week

Carers celebrated at ceremony of thanks
A celebration ceremony has been hosted to thank long-serving foster carers for the love and support they offer Derbyshire County Council's looked after children

Loving homes needed, say adoption service bosses
Adoption bosses have called on people to provide loving homes for children

Book Review
My Very First Bedtime Book by Lois Rock, illustrated by Alex Ayliffe

Book Review
The Story of Everything by Neal Layton

Book Review
Billy Back-to-Front, written and illustrated by Sam McCullen

November 13, 2006

Secret baby
Lucy Parkinson, of the Bristol Evening Post, speaks to a Bristol woman who gave up her secret baby and was finally reunited with him more than half a century later

2007 will mark the beginning of a new chapter in Gabi Woolgar's life as she goes to meet her mother
Here the Bath Chronicle columnist reveals how she coped as an adopted child and what happened when she tried to find her mother

Derby City Council seeks Adoption Panel members from ethnic minority groups
Are you from an Asian, African-Caribbean or dual heritage family background and also interested in joining an Adoption Panel?

NCH National Adoption Survey
Nearly two-thirds of adults surveyed in the South West did not think they were eligible to adopt, children's charity NCH has revealed

Book Review
The Developing World of The Child by Jane Aldgate, edited by David Jones, Wendy Rose, and Carole Jeffers

Book Review
(Not So) Scary Monsters - Marvellous Monster Muddle by Mandy Archer

November 6, 2006

Fostering: It helped Mary have a happy family life
National Adoption Week starts today, another vital push to get the important issue in the spotlight, both locally and nationally

Council seeks parents for older children and siblings
An appeal for adoptive parents for older children and siblings has been launched by Derbyshire County Council

More families needed to adopt children across Northern Ireland
The British Association for Adoption & Fostering is calling on families to come forward and find out more about adopting a child

Could you offer home to a child in need?
Scores of children face spending Christmas in care because of a shortage of families willing to adopt

The Madonna effect:
Children's charity fears over public confusion

Local authority children's services and social care are improving
But the most vulnerable children still get a raw deal

We have rights too
Press release from CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection

Children in need
Derby City Council currently has 390 children in care, 50 of whom need adoptive parents. While many couples dream of adopting a baby, the council particularly needs people willing to adopt older children, sibling groups, youngsters with a disability or learning difficulty or children with a mixed race background

Book Review
Understanding Attachment and Attachment Disorders by Vivien Prior and Danya Glaser

Book Review
Why I Love Christmas, illustrated by Daniel Howarth

Book Review
Fairy Tales - The Three Little Pigs; and Fairy Tales - Cinderella

Book Review
Lettice: The Fairy Ball by Mandy Stanley

Book Review
Fifi's Frosty Morning (Fifi and the Flowertots)

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