Abuse

This book is about talking with children about Not Ok touches. It can be read with a child by a parent, caregiver, grandparent, foster parent, school counselor. or mental health […]

Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes found herself terrorized by babysitters, shunted from foster family to foster family, and [...]

Teaching the Hurt Child is based on the content of a workshop that A Child’s Song has been presenting across the province for many years. The concepts in this manual […]

We know that children and youth entering foster care—as well as those who may have spent time in foster care—often come to us with histories that include abuse or neglect. […]

It can sometimes be difficult to know for certain if a child in your care has witnessed domestic violence. Being able to listen openly, as a caregiver, can be important […]

This topic is one of the most fearful that foster and adoptive parents encounter. The reality is that most foster and adoptive parents will care for a child who has […]

Despair. Emotional isolation. Self-loathing. Immaturity. Abusive actions.These are just some of the damaging fragments that remain embedded within our personalities, behaviors, and souls when we [...]

This book chronicles the life of a young girl as she is thrust from the only home she knows. Molested by her step-father, abandoned by her mother she is thrown […]

Joe Overturf shares his life journey of discovery; working with kids that schools have clearly failed. It is through his self-reflections and interactions with misunderstood students that have [...]

“Come along with Hector and Sue Badeau on their ultimate road trip – adopting and raising 22 children, from diverse backgrounds with many special needs. Like any road trip, their […]