Costs and outcomes of non-infant adoptions
| Julie Selwyn, Wendy Sturgess, David Quinton and Catherine Baxter
Many adopted children are placed with adoptive families after infancy, following very poor early parenting experiences. However, there has been surprisingly little research undertaken on the outcomes for these children, the financial and emotional costs to adopters, or the costs to children’s services. This study provides a unique opportunity to compare the outcomes for fostered and adopted children and to make recommendations for policy and practice.