By Sarah Lloyd (2016).
This is a good starting point in learning the model. It is written to be especially useful for foster carers, kinship carers, special guardians, and adoptive parents.
This can purchased from CairnsMoir, Amazon, or JKP Books.
By Sarah Lloyd (2020).
This book provides a more in-depth understanding of the BUSS® model. Brian Rock, Dean of the Tavistock Clinic, wrote in the book’s foreword:
“She brings concepts and ideas together, drawing on what appear to be antithetical traditions, in the service of providing an accessible and effective set of interventions that make a real difference to people’s lives. Here there is much innovation and development for which we should be grateful.”
This can purchased from CairnsMoir, Amazon, or JKP Books.
By Katie Wrench (2024).
Life Story Work allows care-experienced and adopted young people to understand their histories and come to terms with their feelings about the past. This accessible guide helps therapists and social care professionals to develop their skills to support children and families through their life story journey.
This can purchased from Blossom Social Care Training, Amazon, or JKP Books.
By Katie Wrench (2016).
Helping vulnerable children and young people to build protective behaviours is critical to keeping them safe. Full of creative ideas and activities, this guide provides the tools to help children develop these key skills.
This can purchased from Blossom Social Care Training, Amazon, or JKP Books.
By Katie Wrench and Lesley Naylor (2013).
Life Story Work is one of the key therapeutic approaches to working with adopted or fostered children. While it sounds simple, there is much more to this work than producing photo albums or memory boxes for children. This accessible book is full of tried and tested activities and creative ideas for professionals, parents and carers who may have little time and few resources, but who need to carry out life story work that works for children.
This can purchased from Blossom Social Care Training, Amazon, or JKP Books.
By Katie Wrench (2018).
For the busy frontline practitioner with little time to plan ahead, this hands-on guide presents imaginative and unique methods to engage families and caregivers throughout the process of assessing vulnerable children.
This can purchased from Blossom Social Care Training, Amazon, or JKP Books.
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