'Adoption & Fostering' journal

Adoption & Fostering is the only quarterly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to adoption, fostering and kinship issues. Over the years, it has gained an international reputation as one of the world’s leading sources of knowledge for academics, practitioners and all those concerned with childcare practice and research.

Edited by Dr Dennis Golm, Adoption & Fostering is published by SAGE on behalf of CoramBAAF.

CoramBAAF Conversations

In this episode, we explore the critical question posed by Editor-in-Chief Dennis Golm in the latest edition of Adoption & Fostering – how inclusive and diverse are current UK foster care research and practice? The March issue (Volume 49, Issue 1) highlights the gap between growing awareness and meaningful change, calling for more representative research and inclusive practices.

In this episode, Peter Unwin and Becki Meakin discuss their research into the underrepresentation of disabled people as foster carers, highlighting the systemic barriers and stereotypes that prevent their inclusion. They outline how fostering agencies can better recruit and support disabled carers through inclusive practices, training, and a shift away from deficit-based thinking. 

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Volume 49 (Issue 1, March 2025)

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Editorial

How diverse are UK foster care research and practice?
Dennis Golm

Articles

How inclusive and representative is research on foster caring in the UK? Findings from a scoping review
Rachael Stemp, Shayma Izzidien, Shivani Sharma, Karen Irvine, Nick Midgley

Looking past the stereotypes – Disabled people as foster carers
Peter Unwin, Alexandra Jones, Becki Meakin

Group intervention for parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities with children in placement: A case study exploring the long-term process and outcomes
Sandra Melander Gunnel Janeslätt, Päivi Adolfsson, Karin Jöreskog

An exploration of the experience of foster carers in holding the life stories of the children in their care: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Lisa Coe, Alexander Hassett, Karen Treisman

Social work professionals’ perspectives on using independent foster care: A contested way to compensate for organisational failure?
Evelina Fridell Lif

Agency in the developmental paths of young adults with a foster care background
Elli-Maria Kamula, Riitta-Leena Metsäpelto, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty, Anna-Maija Poikkeus

Legal Notes

Northern Ireland
Kerry O’Halloran

Scotland
Rhona Pollock

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