Tools and Resources for Adoptive Families
and the Professionals Who Help Them

-Lifebooks:
-Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child

by Beth O'Malley, M. Ed.

Every person has his or her own story. Lifebooks help families answer those difficult questions and provides a link for adoptees between their present and their history. This book was not published by EMK Press, but we feel it is a wonderful complement to our other books.

This book will inspire you to begin your child's memory book and then walk you through the processa page at a time. It will help you to larn what you need to record for your child's needs, for now and as they grow. It includes some personal lifebook stories and there are even full-length examples for a variety of different situations.

Use this book to help jump start your lifebook creation today!

-Reviews

"Lifebooks–every adopted child should have on. Here's an easy and engaging tool to help parents introduce lifebooks to their children.”
Gail Steinberg, Co-Director of PACT, Co-Author of Inside Transracial Adoption

"Every person has his or her own story. For those of us who are adopted, the story does not neatly fit into traditional baby books and journals. But our stories, even the parts that are unknown or painful, are part of who we are. Beth's book is itself a treasure. It is a sensitive, thoughtful and practical guide for families to help their adopted children learn, understand, and embrace their story and themselves."
Susan Soon-keum Cox, Vice President Holt International Children's Services

"The book and it's accoutrements are a gift for adoptive and birth families and for professionals (therapists, social workers, adoption agencies, and attorneys).
Joyce Maguire Pavao, PhD, CEO Center for Family Connections

 

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Parent Resources that go with this book:

Using stories to help our children. This is a series of guides that uses narratives and lifebooks. There are five in total.

Parenting with Narratives:
the A, B, C’s of Adoption Stories
by Jean MacLeod with a forward by Daniel A. Hughes, Ph.D

PDF guide click here

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Adoption LifeBooks: Do’s and Don’ts
by Beth O’Malley

PDF guide click here

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My Experiences with Lifebooks
By Carrie Kitze

PDF guide click here

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Sample Lifebook for a 6 year old
with thanks to a 6 year old for sharing what she did with her mom. Please note: personal information has been removed

PDFsample lifebook click here

Baby lifebook
a photo only story to help parents practice the words and get children started on understanding their stories.

PDF sample lifebook click here

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