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Coming soon: Advice for Parenting Adopted Teens Parenting Adopted Teens Society of School Librarians Spotting for Nellie wins BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR!! RETURNABLE GIRL IS A
INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
YOUNG ADULT CHOICES 2008! DOWN LOAD BOOKMARK HERE http://terrypierce.blogspot.com/ Read what my editor Marilyn Mark has to say about working on Returnable Girl Check out the reviews for RETURNABLE GIRL!! Returnable Girl - Story About Adopted Teen 
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WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU THINKING ?
Emotional Regulation in Adopted Children and Teens
"I think this book club just turned into a support group."
Our group for foster and adopted teens
HOW TO MAKE A REALLY GOOD BOOK TRAILER
Books/Parenting
Returnable Girl
See what people are saying
Articles
Look who's NOT talking AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS
How to Raise an out-of-control teenager
Discussion Guide
Foster and Adopted Teens/Parents
MOTHER/DAUGHTER
Discussion Guide
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WELCOME
Coming soon: a free guide for advice with your adopted teen.
parentingadoptedteens.com
A teen in foster care must choose between the woman who wants to adopt her or the mother who abandoned her amidst the cliques and bullying of middle school
RETURNABLE GIRL BOOK TRAILER (10.0MB) CHECK OUT PAM AT BARRINGTON BOOKS
WITH NOVA, A TEEN IN FOSTER CARE
WHO WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN A
FOREVER FAMILY
AWARDS
RETURNABLE GIRL
AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK
(Marshall Cavendish, 2009)
WINNER ALA'S POPULAR PAPERBACK 2010
INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION'S
YOUNG ADULT CHOICES LIST 2008
VOYA's TOP SHELF FICTION
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL READERS 2006
American Library Association
2006 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
New York Public Library
2007 Books for the Teen Age
Pennsylvania School Librarians Association
Titles for 2007
Cleveland Public Library
Y READ PROGRAM 2007
Columbus Library TEENSCONNECT "Fearless Female"
The Statewide New Jersey Summer Reading Program 2008
My agent is Susan Schulman who represents authors of Holes, Women Who Love Too Much, The English Patient, and many more! Contact Susan at Shulman@aol.com for questions about rights or at 454 West 44th St. NY, NY
EXCERPT FROM RETURNABLE GIRL
Veronica Hartman has been returned nine times between the ages of eleven and thirteen.
Thats what it says in my file, but if you include the return by my uncle and Raylene the week before Christmas almost two years ago, then it really has been a total of ten times--so far. The last time, I got kicked out of Lancaster Academy for throwing a pair of scissors at my art teacher. And the time before that, I buried my foster mothers keys in the backyard behind the barn. That number doesnt include the times I had to stay at the shelter, or the overnight emergency placements; I cant even remember most of those.
All that returning can do some damage, Alison says, but youve got to find ways to cope.
Alison Hauser is my foster mom (at the moment) and shes also a therapist. She hasnt returned me yet, and Ive been with her over three months, but that doesnt mean she wont. Lately, I guess, shes been considering it. Like this morning, for instance, after I threw the frozen can of orange juice across the kitchen.
Im not a thief! I screamed at her as I let the can fly.
"I am not unlovable" The true faces of kids in foster care SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
SCHEDULED FOR 2012
How to Parent your nasty, sneaky, lazy lovable ADOPTED teen
Adoption Rhode Island Feb 7
Parenting your nasty sneaky lazy lovable
pre-teen or teen
Parenting Matters Conference
Barrington High School March 17
Pathways to Permanency: Engaging Older Youth to Achieve
Positive Outcomes. April 11-12th
Michigan State University
Communities For People
Foster Parent Training
April 19th
Past Speaking Engagements
February 6, 2011
Teens: Sex and Dating
Congregation Agudas Achim
Attleboro Rhode Island
March 19
Parenting Matters Conference
Barrington High School
April 1-3
Maine Festival of the Book
Portland Maine
www.mainereads.org
(With Julia Glass)
April 6
Allen Coventry Middle School
Parent Support Network
April 9
Making Connections
Adopted Kids, Teens and Families
Parenting Workshop
Adoption Rhode Island
October 19-20th
Think Tank Adoption and Foster Care
Presenter: Pre-post Adoption and Family Therapy a Clinical Perspective
Cleveland, Ohio
October 29th
Children's Book Festival
Barrington Books
December 23rd
Elmwood Community School Providence RI
TRAUMA DRAMA
Understanding how the Brain is Impacted by Trauma
Interventions that work in schools with Teens and Pre-Teens
2010
La Salle Academy Honors Night
Protect it, Use it or Lose It
Getting the Most Mileage Out of Your Teen Brain
Parenting Matters sponsored by Bradley Hosptial
Barrington High School
How to Raise Out-of-Control Teenagers
Empowering parents to restore respect, love and sanity to their
families
ADOPTION COMMUNITY OF NEW ENGLAND
The Perfect Storm: Weathering the turbulent adolescent years with your adopted pre-teen or teen
Lincoln High School and Middle School
Sponsored by
Lincoln Task Force on Substance Abuse
USE IT OR LOSE IT. How to make the most
out of your teen's amazing, changing yet vulnerable...brain.
A workshop for smart parents and their very awesome teens.
La Salle Academy
VISITING AUTHOR'S GRANT 2010
ACONE RHODE ISLAND TEEN CONFERENCE
Featured Presenter
BOOK EXPO AMERICA
NEW YORK CITY
NARRAGANSETT HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS NIGHT
PRINCETON CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
Continuing Education
They are Teens First(The not so secret lives of foster and adopted teens)
Adoption Rhode Island:Book Club for Teens
ACONE "TRAUMA DRAMA" Identifying and treating traumatized teens.(Adoption Community of New England)Professional Day
Westborough MA April 2008
Community Action Foster Care Training
Woonsocket
LaSalle Parent Night
READING WITH ROBIN 866-920-WHJJ (920AM)
Tannerhill Adoption Agency
Rhode Island College Social Work Class
St. Mary's Foster Home Staff and Foster Parent Training
MOMTALKRADIO 2006
GORDON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL in Providence, RI
Wed. Jan. 24
Gordon's Book Fair
Tea With Marie Channel 13 RI
At Providence College Social Work Class
The Resiliant Child Series ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND
Barrington High SchoolBlogging and Podcast
NATIONAL FOSTER PARENT CONFERENCE WASHINGTON DC 2007
BookExpo America (BEA)New York City
Connecticut Association Foster Parents June 2007
Barnes and Nobel Warwick RI
Author Series Philips Memorial Baptist Church
Caritas Dinner and Silent Auction Keynote
"Let's talk Adoption" Conference
Rutgers University
NJ Author Talk Bayview Commons
Bayside YMCA Author Book Club
Already in 2011, 124,086 kids in foster care have had to celebrate their birthdays without a permanent family. By the end of the year, this number will reach 513,000.
www.adoptionri.org
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Author photograph courtesy of
Greg Spiess
I am a licensed clinical social worker, a board certified diplomate therapist with a private practice at 146 Anoka Ave Suite 200 in Barrington, RI 02806. I specialize in treating Women, Teens (and tweens) and their Families in the areas of depression, eating disorders,loss and trauma, self-care, anxiety, addiction in the family. Much of my work is with families formed by domestic and international adoption. I use a strenghts-based model, cognitive behavioral therapy, and EMDR techniques. If you live in the area and want to try to schedule an appointment you can contact me by email, as I check my messages daily. Please note my office is no longer on Wampanoag Trail in Riverside.
email: palwrites@aol.com
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Speaking Engagements
I have presented programs about adolescents at national and state-wide conferences, conducted training and parent education seminars at public and independent schools. For more information click above "workshop" tag.
For information on speaking opportunities including fees, available dates, or for any other reason email me directly at palwrites@aol.com
SPRING 2010. MARSHALL CAVENDISH
SPOTTING FOR NELLIE BOOK TRAILER (7.3MB) Early Praise for Spotting for Nellie
Booklist: Top-level gymnastics and the teenage years come across as comparably challenging and perilous in Lowells second YA novelthe book offers up a compelling picture of high-school kids in a coastal Rhode Island town. Told in short chapters from different points of view, the story focuses on two sisters, Claire and Nellie, and the fallout from a terrible car accident related to underage drinking. In a nice twist, one of the viewpoints is that of Nellies brain, who narrates from the comatose state and as Nellie relearns motor skills, communication, and self-control. A clinical social worker, Lowell nicely captures the way teens talk, think, and contend with multiple pressures. Her dialogue can get didactic. . .but the main characters prove very appealing and the storys moral clarity may actually help young readers make better decisions.
Abby Nolan
"I thought it was excellent and I could really tell that you had put a lot of time, not to mention, extensive research. I thought it was very interesting too, like how it showed perspective from Nellie's brain. I thought that was really cool. I also liked how you hit upon some heavy topics, like teen drinking and accidents and peer pressure. It was definitely one of the best books I've read this year! I hope that you come out with another book soon!"
--Lilia, a sophomore
In November 2008
I received a
Community Partner Award
from Adoption Rhode Island
in recognition of my support of children waiting for adoption.
I am now a consultant at Adoption Rhode Island
doing clinical supervision, case consultation and
training.
To Learn More About Adoption Rhode Island click here
Foster Care Alumni of America
I am proud to be a "professional" member of Foster Care Alumni of America. FCAA connects the community of people who have been in foster care into a large extended family network. By working with others who care about foster youth, FCAA transforms foster care practice and policy. Whether you are an alumnus of foster care, a foster parent or professional, or caring community member, please show your support and make your voice heard by joining FCAA today.
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