Helping birth families
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This research study explores and evaluates the growing area of adoption support of birth families where a child has been adopted. It is based on data collected from eight agencies providing independent support services to birth relatives, and from interviews with over 70 birth relatives with recent experience of losing a child to adoption. The study explores take-up rates of support, birth relatives’ views on the adoption process and support services, and the costs of support services, along with the impact of such services on birth families’ psychological well-being and ability to cope with the adoption. Implications for practice are considered, with advice to agencies about how to provide a more effective service.
This book is for all social workers, managers and policy makers concerned with support services for birth families where a child has been adopted.
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Reviews
For birth families in non-consenting adoptions, having a child adopted from care may trigger emotions of intense distress which further compound existing feelings of social exclusion and disadvantage. Although this book is rooted in research, it is also very practical as it clearly demonstrates the benefits of addressing the needs of birth parents in non-consenting adoptions. I recommend it to managers and practitioners working with birth families losing a child to adoption.
Madeleine Henley, Independent Chair of Adoption and Fostering Panels, British Association of Social Workers, Books Extra