Pregnant and thinking about adoption
| CoramBAAF
This Advice Note provides information for those who are pregnant and thinking about the possibility of adoption for their child.
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If your child is being adopted (and you don't agree)
| CoramBAAF
This Advice Note provides information for those whose child is being adopted, in a situation where they do not agree with the actions being taken.
Contact after adoption + Contact after adoption summary
| Elsbeth Neil, Mary Beek and Emma Ward
Buy this longitudinal study of post-adoption contact arrangements together with the summary report for only £15.00.
Dennis lives with Grandma and Grandpa
| Paul Sambrooks
The Dennis Duckling series provides a range of options for explaining to looked after children about what is happening in their lives. In the first two books, Dennis and his little sister have leave their parents and be looked after by a foster duck family. In this fourth book, the outcome for the ducklings is for them to be looked after by Grandma and Grandpa.
Contact after adoption
| Elsbeth Neil, Mary Beek and Emma Ward
Contact after adoption presents the comprehensive findings of a longitudinal study that followed up a group of adopted children, their adoptive parents and birth relatives, where some form of post-adoption contact was planned. This study makes an important contribution to the existing research on contact and offers invaluable practice recommendations.
If your child is being adopted (and you agree)
| BAAF
This Advice Note provides information for those whose child is being adopted, in a situation where they agree with the actions being taken.
Contact after adoption summary
| Elsbeth Neil, Mary Beek and Emma Ward
Decisions about contact between an adopted child and their birth family are an essential part of the child’s placement plan and need to take into account the child’s welfare. It is therefore essential to understand how contact affects adopted children throughout their lives. This short book presents a summary of the findings of the Contact after Adoption study, which followed up a group of adopted children, their adoptive parents and birth relatives, where some form of post-adoption contact was planned.
Stepfamily adoption: what it is & what it means
| Jo Francis
What is stepfamily adoption, and why is it important? How does it happen, and how long does it take? What will it change in a child’s life, and what will stay the same? These, and many other questions about stepfamily adoption and what it is, are covered in this booklet for children.
Achieving successful returns from care eBook only
| Elaine Farmer, Wendy Sturgess, Teresa O’Neill and Dinithi Wijedasa
Reunification has been little studied in the UK but given its place in care planning for looked after children, it certainly deserves greater attention. This study, looking at 180 children, follows the patterns and outcomes of return home; which factors are associated with successful and unsuccessful returns; and the families' views on returns. The results of the study provide important conclusions for policy and practice.