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1. NACAC's National Adoption Awareness Month Guide http://www.nacac.org
   
2. FCC Store: Donate adoption books to your school http://www.fccny.org
   
3. Visit Adoptive Families magazine website http://www.adoptivefamilies.com

1. National Adoption Awareness Month

NACAC's National Adoption Awareness Month Guide

In July 2001, NACAC published the latest National Adoption Awareness Month Guide, which offers many ways to celebrate adoption during November and year round. The guide is full of activities for commemorating Adoption Month, ideas for sharing positive adoption images, ways to help find new foster and adoptive famlies, plus sample public service announcements, press releases, and more. Download sections of the guide at http://www.nacac.org/resources_adoptionmonth.html

Printed copies of the National Adoption Awareness Month Guide are available for $10 U.S. ($15 Cdn.). If you would like to purchase a copy, send a request with your name and mailing address to info@nacac.org.

North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
970 Raymond Avenue, Suite 106
St. Paul, MN 55114
phone: 651-644-3036
fax: 651-644-9848
e-mail: info@nacac.org

For more information about Adoption Month, visit http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/adoptmonth/index.cfm.

2. FCC Store has some great resources for your school. Buy online at www.fccny.org or send a check to FCC Store - Urbina , 116 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Adoption and the Schools: Resources for Parents and Teachers
S.A.F.E. at School: Support for Adoptive Families by Educators
Stick Up for Yourself! Every Kid’s Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem
An Educator's Guide to Adoption

Adoption and the Schools: Resources for Parents and Teachers edited by Lansing Wood and Nancy Ng of Families Adopting In Response (FAIR)is a complete guide to understanding the dilemmas faced by adopted children in the school setting. It offers insights into the experiences of young people who are faced with assignments, activities and occasions which make participation difficult or painful simply because of the way they joined their family. Suggestions for expanding assignments, including adoption in every day classroom activities, and honoring differences in children and families are included. From pre-school through high school, adopted children’s understanding of adoption and the way it is perceived by teachers and classmates shapes their concept of who they are in the world. The book is written to help parents and teachers increase adoption awareness and sensitivity in the school community. Teachers will be able to explore both the impact of adoption on the children they teach and their own influence on the way the adopted child experiences school. Parents will learn more about the impact of adoption on their children’s education and how to educate the educators about adoption.

Spiralbound Paperback, 256 Pages, 8.5'' x 11''
Price: $28 (includes handling & shipping in the US)

S.A.F.E. at School: Support for Adoptive Families by Educators, a Manual for Teachers And Counselors presents 5 proactive strategies to help teachers and counselors create a positive adoption environment in school: Acceptance, Accuracy, Assignments, Assistance, and Advocacy. Background material is included on: adoption today, unique educational needs of some students, and how students at all ages are likely to comprehend the complexities of adoption. Guidelines and examples are provided to improve communication about adoption while protecting the privacy of personal adoption stories. S.A.F.E. is a complete--but simple--tool for addressing the complex topic of adoption in ANY school.

Published by the Center for Adoption Support & Education
Paperback: 79 pages , Language: English , ISBN: 0971173214
Price: $28 (includes handling & shipping in the US)

Stick Up for Yourself! Every Kid’s Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem by Gershen Kaufman, Ph.D., Lev Raphael, Ph.D., and Pamela Espeland. If I had to choose one book for children ages nine to twelve to help inoculate them against peer abuse and the effects of racism, this would be it. Jane Brown, MSW, creator of Adoption Playshops (AF mag review) First published in 1990, this perennial best-seller has helped countless children build self-esteem and assertiveness skills. Newly revised and updated, it’s the ultimate resource for any kid who’s ever been picked on at school, bossed around, blamed for things he or she didn’t do, or treated unfairly—and for any kid who sometimes feels frustrated, angry, powerless, or scared. Simple words and real-life examples show how children can stick up for themselves with other kids (including bullies and teasers), big sisters and brothers, even grown-ups. Kids learn how to build relationships, become responsible, manage their anger, grow a “feelings vocabulary,” make good choices, solve problems, set goals, and “store” happiness and pride. A wealth of practical, encouraging, realistic advice, this empowering little book is also recommended for parents, teachers, and counselors.

128 pg paperback, 6" x 9". Ages 8–13.
$13 (includes handling & shipping in the US)

An Educator's Guide to Adoption
Written by the Institute for Adoption Information's triad members, An Educator's Guide to Adoption is a tool for parents to give to their child's classroom teacher to create a partnership on how to handle adoption in the classroom. The 22-page guide: Increases teachers understanding of how families are built by adoption, gives teachers tools to deal with awkward situations when questions are raised about adoption, Provides research on adoptee's success in school and life, Helps teachers play an important role in increasing acceptance of all non-traditional families, Provides resources for integrating adoption into everyday curriculum, and Suggests positive adoption language to enhance the acceptance of adoption.

Price: $8 each (incudes handling & shipping in the US)

3. visit Adoptive Families magazine website for great articles for teachers, friends and family and ideas about celebrating National Adoption month. http://www.adoptivefamilies.com

Free printouts include:
Myths and Realities of Adoption
30 Ways to Celebrate Adoption (National Adoption Awareness Month Calendar)
Dear Teacher
"Adopt-a..." Programs Diminish Our Families
How to be an Adoption Advocate
A Memo to My Fellow Teachersview
Talking to 6-8 Year Old About Adoption
The Truth About Domestic Adoption
How I Explained Adoption to the First Grade
The Adoption Tax Credit Explainedv
Accurate Adoption Languagev
How to Lobby for Adoption Benefits
and more...