Ten top tips for placing disabled children

The Ten Top Tips series considers some of the fundamental themes in child care practice in concise, practical guides ideal for busy practitioners.

Attitudes to disability have improved in recent years, but finding a new family for a child with a disabling condition still poses particular challenges. Why and when do they require permanent foster care or should they/could they be adopted? How should we recruit and support suitable families? Can we work directly with all children, however seriously impaired? Should a child with disabilities be separated from a sibling group?

This book provides an essential checklist for anyone seeking the right new family for a disabled child. Each of the ten chapters presents a basic “tip” in an accessible and straightforward style. Good practice points are included throughout and top tips are also offered by a parent with firsthand experience of adopting a boy, now a teenager, with cerebral palsy.

The book is intended for all practitioners engaged in placing children with disabilities.

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