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
This episode of the Adoption and Fostering Journal Podcast introduces the April 2026 issue, offering key insights for academics and social work professionals. Editor-in-Chief Dennis Golm discusses a major randomised controlled trial on the Reflective Fostering Programme, highlighting its impact on carers’ reflective functioning, stress, and burnout, while noting more mixed findings for child outcomes. The discussion emphasises the importance of evidence-based interventions in foster care.
The episode also explores research on conduct difficulties in children in care, comparisons between local authority and independent fostering provision in the UK, and international perspectives on adoption. Studies from the United States and Pakistan examine birth mothers’ motivations for adoption and the impact of stigma on adopted adolescents.
Volume 50 (Issue 3, July 2026)
Editorial
Articles
Perspectives of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnoses in children: The experiences of adoptive parents in Scotland
David C Zammitt, Stewart McDougall, Suzanne O’Rourke, Lindsey Gilling, Sarah Brown, Ruth H Brown, Jen Shields
Exploring the attachment-related representational and emotional trajectory from late adoption to early adulthood: A longitudinal qualitative study
Katerina Nezi, Saul Hillman
Understanding how adults adopted in England pre-1989 experience parenthood
Tamryn Stevens, Mark Moss
The mental health of children looked after before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study using propensity score matching
Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Jasmine Harju-Seppänen, Saul Hillman, Andrei Viziteu, Miriam Silver
Mental health and resources in adolescents: A longitudinal cross-lagged panel analysis in out-of-home and biological families
Sophia Dunkel, Jana-Elisa Rueth, Ann-Katrin Wiemann, Anika Werner, Franziska Sordel, Kerstin Konrad, Arnold Lohaus
Health Notes
Ascertaining baseline oral health status at Initial Health Assessments for children in care
Jane Payne, Michelle Bond
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