Life Storybooks for Adopted Children ─ A Family Friendly Approach

Through words, pictures, photographs, certificates and other "little treasures", a Life Story Book provides a detailed account of the child's early history and a chronology of their life.
This book shows a new family-friendly way to compile a Life Story Book that promotes a sense of permanency for the child, and encourages attachment within the adoptive family. Joy Rees' improved model works chronologically backwards rather than forwards, aiming to reinforce the child's sense of belonging and security within the adoptive family before addressing past and early trauma. The book contains simple explanations of complex concepts, practical examples and helpful suggestions.
Life Story Books for Adopted Children is perfect for busy social workers in local authority children and adoption teams, approved adoption agencies and adoptive parents.

Joy Rees is an adoption support worker in a local authority adoption and permanence team in the London borough of Merton, and a Family Futures Associate. She has 30 years' experience as a social worker specialising in children and family work.