NEWLY REVISED!
$13.95 Newly Revised - A step by step guide for adoptive families, social workers and therapists who want to create a child's LifeBook. Suitable for international, domestic or foster care. 55 pages, illustrated throughout. Order Online Securely Now.
Warmly written and thoughtfully presented, it walks you page-by-page through each page of your lifebook. Includes:
 | A LifeBook is the best gift |
| 500 words for adoption |
| What makes a lifebook priceless |
| Little known lifebook facts |
| Roadblocks to lifebooks |
| Triple AAA for lifebooks |
| Writing suggestions |
| Lifebook example pages |
| Foster parents giving childhood memories |
| Older children adopted as infants |
| Always make copies of the lifebook |
| Don't wait for questions |
Plus, it also includes sensitive advice on dealing with private information meant for your child's eyes only.
| Suitable for domestic and international adoptive families |
| 8-1/2" x 11", 55 pages and perfect-bound |
| Illustrated throughout with images and art |
COST: $13.95 per copy (plus applicable sales tax and shipping/handling)
An easy to follow guide for adoptive parents, social workers,and foster parents who want to write a lifebook for an adopted child. The book is filled with actual page examples and suggestions for difficult subject matter. It includes creative ways to deal with "getting stuck" when approaching LifeBooks. Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao's comments are especially helpful. Suitable for international, domestic, and foster care situations. |
Ms. Beth O'Malley is both an adoptee and seasoned adoption worker.She spent her first five months in foster care. She believes these experiences enhance her approach to LifeBooks.By day, Ms. O'Malley helps to create families. In her spare time she helps families to create LifeBooks. |
BOOK REVIEWS
Reviewer: Joyce Kelly-
Boston, MA, August 12,2000
" Loved it.Easy to read and funny. My daugther finally has a LifeBook."
It's about time! Wonderful book!, August 5, 2000
Reviewer: A reader from
I find this book very helpful and easy to read. It is a wonderful tool to use with the
children, as well as, the perspective parents. As an adoption social worker, I find this
very useful and relieved that there is finally current information to be able to do
something with the children that is so important. An easy read. Beth O'Malley's sense of
humor is wonderful and the way she writes it makes you want to go and do it.
This Book is a Gift!, July
26, 2000
Reviewer: Dr.Joyce Maguire Pavao CEO Center for Family Connections from
" LifeBooks have been used in public adoptions for quite a while but it is a gift for
us that Beth O'Malley- an adoptee and adoption social worker- has taken the challenge of
helping ALL families to give their children and them selves a container that will help to
hold the past and weave the child's past into his or her present and that of new families.
Beth is the best one for this task as her sensitivity, wisdom, and creativity bring depth
of perception and clearness of vision to the difficult task of telling hard but true
strories to children. This books and its accoutrements are a gift for adoptive and birth
families and for professionals( therapists, social workers, adoption agencies, and
attorneys) Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, CEO Center for Family Connections, Cambridge and New
York 2/27/00
An absolute must!, July 20, 2000
Reviewer: Carolyn E. Smith from
Beth O'Malley's LifeBooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child is a pure joy to
read. Vital information is presented in a touching and personal manner that makes you feel
as if Beth is right there with you, guiding you through the process. You will see that a
LifeBook can have an immeasurable, positive impact on a child's identity, self-esteem and
perception of family. Particularly for a child who is removed from birth family due to
neglect or abuse, a LifeBook can help the child come to peace with their past and provides
a solid foundation for them to look towards the future. I believe Beth's book is essential
reading for everyone involved in adoption and foster care.
Carolyn E. Smith, Executive Director, Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange
Finally, help to write a lifebook!, July 14, 2000
Reviewer: M. Smith from
As an adoptive parent, I applaud Beth O'Malley for helping take what can feel like a
daunting task and making it very possible. She provides simple direct quidance that helps
interject charm, sensitivity and warm stories about your child and their personality into
their life story - assuring that your child will love having a book of their very own
life. I am confident it is something that my daughter will always treasure. I have
recommended it to all the other adoptive parents that I know!
