Adoption, Fostering and Parenting from Jessica Kingsley Publishers

06/03/2026

In 'Targeting the Positive', Andy Baker explores how reframing the term ‘challenging behaviour’ to ‘behaviour that challenges’ and strategies that can help. Here’s an excerpt from his latest blog:

"So… What Counts as Behaviour That Challenges?

The answer might surprise you. It’s not just hitting or shouting or refusing to comply. It can also be:

- Withdrawn silence

- Risk-taking

- Self-neglect

- Repetitive behaviours

- Even excessive politeness or passivity, if it masks fear or trauma

And because it’s about our experience, what challenges one caregiver may not challenge another. It’s subjective. Contextual. And very human.

That’s why part of our role is recognising our own triggers and values. If we expect everyone to behave according to our norms, we risk misinterpreting — or even escalating — the behaviour we see.

Read the full blog piece here: https://lnkd.in/e8N7dRtm

10/02/2026

At JKP, we know that parenting isn’t one size fits all - neither are our books!

Our specialist authors combine expert knowledge with real-life experience to offer practical ideas for everyday challenges—whether you’re:

💒 navigating foster care
👪 raising a neurodiverse family
🧠 supporting your teen’s mental health
🏳️‍⚧️ or advocating for your child's gender identity

We’re excited to introduce our brand-new parenting page for when you need a little extra support or guidance. Explore our handpicked parenting library to help you and your family to flourish. Browse now at https://uk.jkp.com/pages/parenting

16/05/2025

New on the JKP Blog, "This book is the culmination of decades of curiosity, learning, and frontline experience. And I wanted to share a bit about how it came to be, and why I believe it can make a real difference."

Targeting the Positive with Behaviours that Challenge: Empathic Strategies for Working with Children and Adults

07/08/2024

We've all boiled and fumed and raged and screeched and roared and stamped and thumped. We've all had mean words spray out of our mouths. Welcome to planet human!
Join Ordinary Jo and friends, who are here to guide you through the strange and curious world of anger. This new book by adoptive parent and award-winning author Sally Donovan is the 'go-to- book for kids and pre-teens to learn about the strange and curious feeling of anger.
Available to pre-order now. Out 21st August 2024.

"If you are in a bad mood, dance." - Tony, owner of the Big Baboon Café and DiscoWe've all boiled and fumed and raged and screeched and roared and stamped and thumped. We've all had mean words spray out of our mouths. Welcome to planet human!Join Ordinary Jo and friends, who are here to guide you t...

12/04/2024

Dive into our latest catalogue for kids and teens, popping with exciting titles including the Ready Eddie Go range, about an
adventurous boy, Your Gender Book by Ben Pechey, the latest Kathy Hoopmann and much more!

Explore: https://brnw.ch/21wIL0p

04/03/2024

A wonderful review of Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors in SEN Magazine.

If you haven't yet picked up a copy of this bestselling resource, click the link below!

➡️Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3PhFefa

SEN Magazine - thank you for highlighting Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors ❤

07/02/2024

Don't miss these ATTACh virtual book clubs hosted by JKP's authors of The Seven Core Issues books, Allison Davis Maxon, LMFT and Sharon Roszia, M.S. - Adoption Consultant.

Head to https://us.jkp.com/ to learn more about The Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency, The Seven Core Issues Workbook for Parents of Traumatized Children and Teens, and The Seven Core Issues Workbook in Adoption and Permanency for Children and Teens.

Join us for author facilitated book clubs all year!

22/01/2024

Another absolutely wonderful review of Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors by Robyn Gobbel - Trauma, Toxic Stress, & Baffling Behaviors!

➡️If you haven't yet picked up a copy, click the link to grab your copy today: https://us.jkp.com/products/raising-kids-with-big-baffling-behaviors?_pos=1&_psq=raisi&_ss=e&_v=1.0

🎧Or, if you'd prefer to listen...check out the audiobook: https://2ly.link/1vioh

Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors Book Review

Written by Lauren Lynch, Adoptive Mom and C.A.S.E. Training Coordinator

I have read numerous parenting books, primarily through the lens of an adoptive parent. Some of the books have provided a few helpful tools to try, but I’ve yet to read a book that made me feel so incredibly seen. Non-fiction does not usually lend itself to the “page-turning reads” category, but I could not put this one down. If you think you have read all the parenting books you can or will ever need or haven’t found one to be helpful, do not end the search just yet. I urge you to give this one a try.

Continue Reading! https://adoptionsupport.org/freeresource/parenting-books-raising-kids-with-big-baffling-behaviors/

18/01/2024

The Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors audiobook is OUT NOW! Click the link below to start listening! 🎧

➡️ https://bit.ly/3Sns0yU

TODAY TODAY TODAY!!!

Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors is finally available as an audiobook!!!!

I'll be listening today- will you?!?!

Fun fact about me. I only have one acoustic nerve (in my left ear). I'm completely deaf in my right ear.

One of the weirdest things that happened when I lost the hearing in my right ear at age 22 (and I have no scientific explanation for this) is that I hear my voice the same way you do.

So when I hear my voice - back then, on the outgoing message of my voicemail 🤣 and now, it's on my podcast and audiobook- I don't cringe. My voice just sounds normal to me.

Weird huh???

Have you pressed play yet?!?!? How is it????

18/01/2024

The USA TODAY bestselling book, Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors is now available in audiobook!

Narrated by author, neuroscience and parenting expert Robyn Gobbel - Trauma, Toxic Stress, & Baffling Behaviors, this audiobook will help you to become an expert in your child's behavior.

Click here to listen: https://bit.ly/3Sns0yU

02/01/2024

Don't miss this wonderful free webinar on January 9th, hosted by JKP authors Jessica Sinarski and Robyn Gobbel!

For more information, see below!

LOVE YOUR WORK AGAIN!

✨Play therapists, foster care & adoption workers, family therapists, and trauma counselors, this free webinar is for YOU! Across the country from each other, .gobbel and I both found our way into wonderful world of interpersonal neurobiology, and, wow, has it been powerful.

In fact, our work lives have been transformed by putting attachment science in action, and we want to share it with you!! What would your work feel like if you could...

💗Reach the part of the brain that’s actually hurting
💗Avoid going into “fix-it mode” in your treatment planning
💗Get unstuck with parents who seem “resistant”

We weren't meant to do this difficult work alone. Come hang out with us for an hour to get a taste of the transformation that is possible when we put attachment science in action!

Can't make it live? Register now and we'll send you the recording!

💛 http://www.jessicasinarski.com/LOVE 💛

See you soon!!