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How It Is - An Image Vocabulary for Children about Feelings, Rights and Safety, Personal Care and Sexuality

NSPCC and Triangle. Available from NSPCC Publications and Information Unit, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH. £8 including postage.

This booklet and CD-Rom is aimed at improving communication with disabled children. It was developed to help children who use symbols, pictures or images to communicate. More than 100 children contributed by drawing or commenting on the images.

Disruption in Adoption - The Challenge to Policy and Practice: Trainer’s Pack

Catholic Children’s Society 7 Colwick Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5FR. 0115 955 8811, £145 plus £3 p&p.

The pack comprises two videos, "themes" and "perspectives", the latter made up of three case studies. "Themes" features approved adopters speaking about their preparation, the impact of the children on their lives and the ways in which the reality of adoption was removed from their hopes and aspirations. It also includes supporting material, including discussion points for trainers, practice notes and guidance.

Contact in Adoption: Resource Pack for Trainers

Catholic Children’s Society 7 Colwick Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5FR. 0115 9558811, £45 plus £3 p&p

This training resource pack aims to meet the needs of trainers in a range of settings. The pack has enough material for a one-day or a series of training events. It includes overheads, case studies, presentations, good practice frameworks and a specimen contact policy. The pack has been piloted with social services departments through the Department of Health funded project Adoption - A Quality Option.