The following books have been recommended by ACEs Connection members.
Categories (see below)
Brain and Neurology
Child Abuse
Child and Human Development
Children’s Books
Depression
Domestic Violence
Foster Care
Grief
Law Enforcement and Courts
Mental Health
Parenting
Poverty and Homelessness
Prison and Juvenile Detention Centers
PTSD
Resiliency
Schools
Skill Development
Trauma-Informed
Other
Book Reviews
Brain and Neurology
The Amazing Brain (5 booklets/downloads), by Dr. Linda Burgess Chamberlain
Link: http://www.instituteforsafefam...erials/amazing-brain
Applying Principles of Neurodevelopment to Clinical Work with Maltreated & Traumatized Children (chapter), by Bruce Perry
Link: http://childtrauma.org/wp-cont...quentialmodel_06.pdf
The Last Best Cure: My Quest to Awaken the Healing Parts of My Brain and Get Back My Body, My Joy, and My Life, by Dawn Nakazawa
Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Last...ealing/dp/159463128X
Neural Circuit Development and Function in the Healthy and Diseased Brain, by John Rubenstein & Pasko Rakic
Link: http://store.elsevier.com/prod...gn=new_9780123972675
Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect, by Matthew Lieberman
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Social-W...onnect/dp/0307889092
Child Abuse
An Unimaginable Act: Overcoming and Preventing Child Abuse Through Erin's Law, by Erin Merryn
Link: http://www.amazon.com/An-Unima...enting/dp/0757317561
Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma, by Susan Farber Straus, et al.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Healing-...Trauma/dp/1433812932
Lost Lives, the Pandemic Violence Against Children, by Einar Helander
Link: http://www.einarhelander.com/order.html
Child and Human Development
Evolution, Early Experience and Human Development, Edited by Darcia Narvaez et al.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Evolutio...opment/dp/0199755051
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character, by Paul Tough
Link: http://www.amazon.com/How-Chil...racter/dp/0544104404
Scared Sick, by Robin Karr-Morse & Meredith S. Wiley
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Scared-S...isease/dp/0465013546
When Boys Become Boys: Development, Relationships, and Masculinity, by Judy Chu
Link: http://nyupress.org/books/9780814764800/
Children’s Books
A Quilt and a Home, by Pam Wessel-Estes
Link: http://www.amazon.com/A-Quilt-...-Estes/dp/1457514893
How to Tame Your Thought Monster: A fun book that will help you learn and grow with your kids!, by Katie McClain
Link: http://www.amazon.com/How-Tame...Your+Thought+Monster
Note from author: “If you are an educator and would like to explore these tools, please message me and I will get you a copy.” Message here
Tame Your Thought Monster: A Color, Learn and Feel Good Book for Kids, by Katie McClain
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Tame-You...Your+Thought+Monster
Note from author: “If you are an educator and would like to explore these tools, please message me and I will get you a copy.” Message here
Depression and Suicide
Coming of Age on Zoloft: How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are, by Katherine Sharpe
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Coming-A...heered/dp/0062059734
Our Encounters with Suicide, Edited by Alec Grant et al.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Our-Enco...-Grant/dp/1906254621
Unfinished Conversation: Healing From Suicide and Loss, by Robert E. Lesoine with Marilynne Chöphel,
Link: http://unfinishedconversation.com/
Domestic Violence
Years of Tears: One Family’s Journey Through Domestic Violence, by Maxine Browne
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Years-Te...Browne/dp/0985855304
Foster Care
The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Lang...-Novel/dp/0345525558
Grief
Stories of Complicated Grief: A Critical Anthology, edited by Eric Miller, PhD
Link: http://www.naswpress.org/publi...mplicated-grief.html
When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses, by John W. James, Russell Friedman, and Leslie Matthews
Link: http://www.amazon.com/When-Chi...ivorce/dp/0060084294
Yoga for Emotional Trauma: Meditations and Practices for Healing Pain and Suffering, by Mary & Rick NurrieStearns
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Emo...ctices/dp/1608826422
Law Enforcement and Courts
Helping a Child be a Witness in Court: 101 Things to Know, Say and Do (Canada), by Cunningham & Stevens
Link: http://www.lfcc.on.ca/Helping_a_child_testify.html
Mental Health
A Life Course Approach to Mental Disorders, by Karestan Koenen
Link: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199657018.do
Cracked: Why Psychiatry Is Doing More Harm Than Good, by James Davies
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Cracked-...-ebook/dp/B00B1B1VHI
Mad Matters: A Critical Reader in Canadian Mad Studies, by Brenda LeFrançois et al.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Matt...tudies/dp/1551305348
Resilience and Mental Health: Challenges Across the Lifespan, Editedby Steven Southwick et al.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Resilien...fespan/dp/0521898390
Parenting
The Art of Roughhousing, by Anthony DeBenedet & Lawrence Cohen
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/15947...Fresources-books.htm
The Critical Role of Parenting in Human Development, by Marianna S. Klebanov
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Critical...opment/dp/1138025135
Dear Counselor, by Kimberly Groll
Link: http://achievingsolutionscouns...dear-counselor-book/
The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears, by Lawrence Cohen
Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/03455...Fresources-books.htm
Parenting Without Borders: Surprising Lessons Parents Around the World Can Teach Us, by Christine Gross-Loh
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Parentin...essons/dp/1583335471
Playful Parenting, by Lawrence Cohen,
Link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi...NV&link_code=as1
Poverty and Homelessness
Developing Trauma-Informed Services for Families Experiencing Homelessness: An Interactive DVD and Guide, by The Trauma Center at JRI
Link: http://www.traumacenter.org/pr...melessness_video.php
downTown U.S.A.: A Personal Journey with the Homeless, by Susan Madden Lankford
Link: http://www.humaneexposures.com/down-town-usa.html
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, by Sendhil Mullainathan
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Scarcity...s-Much/dp/0805092641
Prison and Juvenile Detention Centers
Born, Not Raised: Voices from Juvenile Hall, by Susan Madden Lankford Link: http://www.humaneexposures.com/born-not-raised.html
"It's More Expensive to Do Nothing", by Susan Madden Lankford
Link: http://www.humaneexposures.com...e-to-do-nothing.html
Maggots in My Sweet Potatoes: Women Doing Time, by Susan Madden Lankford
Link: http://www.humaneexposures.com...-sweet-potatoes.html
PTSD
Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Scientific Foundations and Therapeutic Models, Edited by Julian Ford & Christine Courtois
Link: http://www.guilford.com/books/...urtois/9781462509492
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, by Pete Walker
Link: http://pete-walker.com/complex_ptsd_book.html
Resiliency
Disaster, Disease and Distress: Resources to Promote Psychological Health and Resilience in Military and Civilian Communities, by CSTS
Link: http://www.cstsonline.org/disa...ivilian-communities/
Greening in the Red Zone, by Tidball & Krasny (Eds)
Link: http://www.springer.com/enviro...ok/978-90-481-9946-4
The Resilience Handbook: Approaches to Stress and Trauma, by Kent, et al (Eds)
Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Resi...Stress/dp/0415818834
When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection, by Dr. Gabor Mate
Link: http://www.amazon.com/When-Bod...ebook/dp/B00DRLH2ZA/
Schools
The Heart of Teaching and Learning: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success, by Ray Walpow, Mona Johnson, Ron Hertel & Susan Kincaid
Link: http://www.k12.wa.us/Compassio...Schools/default.aspx
How to Tame Your Thought Monster: A fun book that will help you learn and grow with your kids!, by Katie McClain
Link: http://www.amazon.com/How-Tame...Your+Thought+Monster
(Note from author: “If you are an educator and would like to explore these tools, please message me and I will get you a copy.” Message here)
Skill Development
Be The Change: How to Get What You Want in Your Community, by Anneke Campbell and Thomas Linzey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Be-The-C...munity/dp/1423605616
Essentials of Correctional Nursing, Edited by Lorry Schoenly & Catherine Knox
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Essentia...CHP-RN/dp/0826109519
Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice, by Melina Hohman
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Motivati...ations/dp/1609189698
Trauma-Informed
Becoming Trauma Informed, Edited by Nancy Poole and Lorraine Graves
Link: http://store.camh.net/product....p;cat=117&page=1
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk
Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Body...ealing/dp/0670785938
Brief: Reflections on Childhood, Trauma and Society, by Bruce Perry
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Brief-Re...-ebook/dp/B00E7A3FTW
Creating A Healing Society: The Impact of Human Emotional Pain and Trauma on Society and the World, by Susan Lawrence
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Creating...tional/dp/1600700276
Developing Trauma-Informed Services for Families Experiencing Homelessness: An Interactive DVD and Guide, by The Trauma Center at JRI
Link: http://www.traumacenter.org/pr...melessness_video.php
Encyclopedia of Trauma: An Interdisciplinary Guide, by Charles Figley
Link: http://www.sagepub.com/refbooks/Book234215
The Heart of Teaching and Learning: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success, by Ray Walpow, Mona Johnson, Ron Hertel & Susan Kincaid
LinkL http://www.k12.wa.us/Compassio...Schools/default.aspx
The Trauma of Everyday Life, by Mark Epstein
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Trauma-E...pstein/dp/0143125745
Trauma-Informed Behavioral Interventions: What Works and What Doesn't, by Karen Harvey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Trauma-I...Doesnt/dp/1937604047
Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents, by William Steele & Cathy Malchiodi
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Trauma-I...scents/dp/0415890527
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, by Peter Levine
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Waking-T...Levine/dp/155643233X
Other
A General Theory of Love, by Thomas Lewis et al.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/General-...-Lewis/dp/0375709223
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, by Charles Darwin
Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Expr...nimals/dp/1470188880
Figuring Out Fibromyalgia: Current Science And The Most Effective Treatments, by Ginevra Liptan
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Figuring...tments/dp/0982833970
Last Chance at Normal, by Louise Godbold
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Last-Cha...ast+chance+at+normal
The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence, Edited by Andrew Linzey
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Between-...olence/dp/1845193253
The Lucifer Effect, by Phil Zimbardo
Link: http://www.lucifereffect.com/
NaughtABimbeaux, by Morgan Rose
LinkL http://naughtabimbeaux.com
Book Reviews
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