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Insight! Open Adoption Resources and Support |
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BooksInsight: 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 the books on our Recommended Reading List. 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.
A Gift of Myself by Brenda Romanchik/Illustrated by Nicole Lundy A Birthparent's Book of Memories - Scrapbook edition 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 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
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- 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 
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 |
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Copyright 2001-2010 Insight - last updated March 31, 2010 Brenda Romanchik ~ 248-543-0997 ~ brenr@openadoptioninsight.org
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