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Suggested Books to read
COURT
· Bad Kids: Race and The Transformation of the Juvenile Court and Public Policy Author: Barry C. Field
· Child Abuse and the Legal System Authors: Ingrid Sagatun, Leonard Edwards
· The Courts, the Kids and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families Author:
· Injustice for Juveniles: Rethinking the Best Interests of the Child Author: Ira M. Schwartz
· Juvenile Justice System: Law and Process Author: Mary C. Clement
· Just Court: The Children of Juvenile Court Author: William Ayers
· No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court Author: Edward Humes
· They Cage the Animals at Night Author: Jennings Michael Burch
CULTURAL ISSUES (GENERAL)
· Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues Author: Duane
· Champagne Dim Sum, Bagels and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multi-cultural Families Author: Myra Alperson
· From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black and Hispanic Students Author: Crystal Kuykendall
· Injustice for Juveniles: Rethinking the Best Interests of the Child Author: Ira M. Schwartz
· The Karma of Brown Folk Author: Vijay Prashad
· Permanent Family Placement for Children of Minority Ethnic Origin Author: June Thoburn, et al
· A Step from Heaven Author: An Na
· White Woman: Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness Author: Ruth Frakenberg
· Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts Author: Maxine Hon Kingston
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
· All But My Soul: Beyond Control Author: Jeanne I. King
· Battered Women Author: Del Martin
· Children's Experiences of Domestic Violence Author: Caroline McGee
· Dangerous Dating: Helping Young Women to Say No to Abusive Relationships Author: Patricia Riddle Gaddis
· Men Who Batter: An Integral Approach for Stopping Wife Abuse Author: Edward Gondolf
· My Brother's Keeper Authors: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
· Next Time She'll Be Dead: Battering and How to Stop It Author: Ann Jones
· Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free Authors: Elaine Weiss, Ed D. Weiss, Michael Magill
· You and Violence in Your Family Author: John Giacobello
· You Are Not Alone Author: Linda Rouse
EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
· The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder, Vol. 1 Authors: Janice and Demitri Papolos
· Bipolar Disorders: A Guide to Helping Children and Adolescents Authors: Mitzi Waltz, Linda Lamb
· Crazy Mary Author: John Benton
· Depression in the Young; What We Can Do to Help Them Author: Trudy Carlson
· First Person Plural: My Life as a Multiple Author: Cameron West
· I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Author: Hannah Green
· Lisa, Bright and Dark Author: John Neufeld
· Love Is Not Enough Author: Bruno Bettelheim
· Nobody, Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic Author: Donna Williams
· No Language But a Cry (severe learning disabilities) Author: Bert K. Smith
· Paul and Mary Author: Bruno Bettelheim (institution; schizophrenia)
· Ricky (schizophrenia) Author: Frederic Flach
· The Siege: A Family's Journey into the World of an Autistic Child: Vol. 1 Author: Clara Park
· Simple Simon (autism) Author: Ann Lovell
· Small Criminals among Us: How to Recognize and Change Children's Antisocial Behavior before They Explode Author: Gad Czudner
· Sweet Mystery: A Southern Memoir of Family Alcoholism, Mental Illness and Recovery Author: Judith Hillman Peterson
· Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder Author: George T. Lynn
FOSTER/RELATIVE/ORPHANAGE CARE
· As If Kids Mattered: What's Wrong in the World of Child Protection and Adoption Author: Marlene Webber
· Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Foster Care Author: Thomas P. McDonald
· The Challenge of Partnership: Working with Parents of Children in the Foster Care System Authors: Maluccio, Sinanoglu
· Children's Home and School Exclusion: Redefining the Problem Author: Isabelle Brodie
· Deer Jack Author: Del Peck
· Expanding the Role of Foster Parents in Achieving Permanency: Toolbox for Permanency Author: Susan Dougherty
· Fostering Changes: Treating Attachment Disordered Foster Children Author: Richard J. Delaney
· A Guide for Raising Foster Children Author: Susan McNair Blatt
· The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System Authors: Youth Communications, Al Desetta, editor
· Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair: One Family's Passage through the Child Welfare System Author: Susan Sheehan
· The Long-Awaited Child Author: Tracie Peterson
· The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care Author: Nina Bernstein
· A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness Author: Dave Pelzer
· National Independent Living Forum Author: Kimberly A. Nollan
· Nobody's Children: Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift and the Adoption Alternative Author: Elizabeth Bartholet
· Orphans of the Living: Stories of America's Children in Foster Care Author: Jennifer Toth
· A Place to Call Home: Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Authors: Stephen M. Christian, Lisa Ekman
· Residential Care: International Perspectives on Links with Families and Peers Authors: Mona Chakrabarti, Malcolm Hill
· The Sexualized Child in Foster Care: A Guide for Foster Parents and Other Professionals Author: Sally G. Hoyle
· Somebody Else's Children Author: John Hubner, Jill Wolfson
· Troubled Transplants: Unconventional Strategies for Helping Disturbed Foster and Adoptive Children Authors: Richard Delaney, Frank Kunstal
· When Do I Go Home? Intervention Strategies for Foster Parents and Helping Professionals Author: Sally G. Hoyle
· Toolbox #1: Using Visitation to Support Permanency Author: Lois E. Wright
· Turning Stone, My Days and Nights with Children at Risk Author: Marc Parent
· Wasted: The Plight of America's Unwanted Children Author: Patrick T. Murphy
· Where Is Home? Author: E. P. Jones
· White Oleander Author: Janet Fitch
To report child abuse,
call the Texas Abuse
and Neglect Hotline
1-800-252-5400
or report online at
