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Catholic Children's Society, contact 7 Colwick Road, Nottingham, NG2 5FR; 0115 955 8811; e-mail project@ccsnotts.co.uk ; £65 plus p&p.

This video features adoptive parents speaking about their experiences in managing contact arrangements for their children. It examines some of benefits and the challenges posed by contact, the complexities that arise over time and the implications of both letterbox and face-to-face contact for pre- and post-adoption services. It is aimed at social workers, adoption panel members, children's guardians and solicitors.

Love is Not Enough - Experiences in Transracial Adoption

Infactuation Productions, Flat 2, 56 Newington Green, London, N16 9PX; 020 7359 9196; e-mail Infactuation@btinternet.com ; £40 plus p&p.

Transracial adoption is one of the most contested issues in adoption. This video shows interviews with three transracial adoptees, all from different racial backgrounds with three different stories to tell. "Racism and Identity" follows Dele, a young man of Nigerian origin describing his teenage years in Bristol; "Intercountry Adoption" follows Sue's search for identity back in Hong Kong; and "Tracing Birth Parents" follows Paul, as he traces his white mother and black father.

Early Skills Series

Gizmo Resources, PO Box 447, Bradford, BD10 9YY; 01274 616126; e-mail info@gizmo.co.uk ; £50 each plus p&p.

This series of practical manuals from Speechmark focuses on early skills development. Each manual (Early Sensory Skills, Early Listening Skills, Early Communication Skills, Early Movement Skills, and Early Visual Skills) is aimed at professionals, parents and carers working with pre-school children or older special needs children. Photocopiable activities have been designed to develop skills, abilities and knowledge.