Joanne Alper is Director of Services at Adoptionplus. She is a qualified social worker and play therapist with experience spanning 25 years. Joanne played a leading role in establishing Adoptionplus as a highly regarded voluntary adoption agency. Joanne is also the author of All About Mummies and Daddies and Assessing Adoptive and Foster Parents: Improving Analysis and Understanding of Parenting Capacity, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Book 1. It's Not Your Fault. Book 2. You Should Be Taken Care Of. Book 3. Foster Carers Can Help. Book 4. What You Think Matters. Book 5. Waiting Can Be Hard. Book 6. Living As A New Family Takes Practice.

I enjoyed reading them and sharing them with my children and I would recommend them as a tool for talking to children...it allowed us all to talk about our feelings in a safe and non-threatening way.

Joanne Alper is Director of Services at Adoptionplus. She is a qualified social worker and play therapist with experience spanning 25 years. Joanne played a leading role in establishing Adoptionplus as a highly regarded voluntary adoption agency. Joanne is also the author of All About Mummies and Daddies and Assessing Adoptive and Foster Parents: Improving Analysis and Understanding of Parenting Capacity, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Book 1. It's Not Your Fault. Book 2. You Should Be Taken Care Of. Book 3. Foster Carers Can Help. Book 4. What You Think Matters. Book 5. Waiting Can Be Hard. Book 6. Living As A New Family Takes Practice.

I enjoyed reading them and sharing them with my children and I would recommend them as a tool for talking to children...it allowed us all to talk about our feelings in a safe and non-threatening way.

Joanne Alper is Director of Services at Adoptionplus. She is a qualified social worker and play therapist with experience spanning 25 years. Joanne played a leading role in establishing Adoptionplus as a highly regarded voluntary adoption agency. Joanne is also the author of All About Mummies and Daddies and Assessing Adoptive and Foster Parents: Improving Analysis and Understanding of Parenting Capacity, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

• Book 1. It's Not Your Fault. Book 2. You Should Be Taken Care Of. Book 3. Foster Carers Can Help. Book 4. What You Think Matters. Book 5. Waiting Can Be Hard. Book 6. Living As A New Family Takes Practice.

I enjoyed reading them and sharing them with my children and I would recommend them as a tool for talking to children...it allowed us all to talk about our feelings in a safe and non-threatening way.