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Social Services Books and Resources

We recommend the following child welfare, caregiver, policy maker and worker-related book titles. Order your copies here.

An Assessment of the Privatization of Child Welfare Services: Challenges and Successes by Madelyn Freundlich and Sara Gersteinzang, CWLA Press
Building Solutions in Child Protective Services by Kim Berg and Susan Kelly, WW Norton
Children and the Law: Doctrine, Policy and Practice (American Casebook Series) by Douglas E. Abrams and Sarah H. Ramsey
Child Welfare: A Sourcebook of Knowledge and Practice by Frank Maidman, CWLA Press
Child Welfare: Policies and Best Practices by Jannah Mather, Patricia B. Lager and Norma J. Harris
Community Schools in Action by Joy G. Dryfoos, Jane Quinn and Carol Barkin, Oxford University Press
Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those who Treat the Traumatized by Charles R. Figley, Brunner/Mazel
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Edition) published by The American Psychiatric Association
Ego Psychology and Social Work Practice by Eda Goldstein
Family Based Services: A Solution-Focused Approach by Kim Berg; Norton Professional Books
Inside the Brain: Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works by Ron Kotulak, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Me May Mary by Mary Kilgour, CWLA Press
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick, The Guilford Press
Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children by Richard Kagan
Traumatized Children: How Childhood Trauma Influences Brain Development by B. D. Perry
The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing by Karen Siff Exkorn, Regan, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
The New Miracle Workers: Overcoming Contemporary Challenges in Child Welfare Work by Kathryn Brohl, CWLA Press
The Out-of-Synch Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Process Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz, A Skylight Press Book
There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene
Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society by B.A. Van der Kolk and A.C. McFarlane, Guilford Press
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldrige
When Your Child has been Molested: A Parent's Guide to Healing and Recovery by Kathryn Brohl, Jossey-Bass
Working with Traumatized Children: A Handbook for Healing by Kathryn Brohl, CWLA Press

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