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This useful handbook introduces grandparents-to-be and other relatives to information about adoption today. It offers some facts about the children who need to be adopted and discusses how the wider family can support and be involved in building a family through adoption.

This is the third book in the Control freak trilogy of young adult novels about Holly Richards, a young care leaver. The finale is fast-paced, entertaining and moving.

This groundbreaking conceptual and research review summarises the beliefs and principles on which matching is currently based, the evidence of its effectiveness, and the research that can guide the development of the matching process. It provides essential and thought-provoking reading for practitioners which will spark a rethinking of matching practice.

This short booklet for children is part of a series designed to teach children about a range of health conditions common to many looked after children.

Social work with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children and families has received scant attention, for a variety of reasons, including long-term historical and societal factors. This Good Practice addresses these and many more questions and will be of immense help to all those working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and looked after children.

This engaging picture book, designed for use with young children, looks at the difficult issue of domestic violence and what this could mean for the children involved. Spark and Flame learn to understand why they had to leave home, why they cannot live with their birth parents any more, and to come to terms with their painful emotions.

Since its introduction in 2006, special guardianship has become a well used option for finding permanence for children. But how is it working out in practice? This pioneering research study provides a critical assessment of the implementation of special guardianship, how it is being used, and the policy and practice issues that have arisen.

The Supporting Children’s Learning training resource has been designed to help carers support the education of children in their care and enable them to become more confident and effective learners.

This book outlines the findings of the Supporting Contact study, which draws on the experiences of 51 adoptive parents, four long-term foster carers and 39 birth relatives, all involved in agency-supported direct post-adoption contact It is the first ever empirical study specifically looking at services to support direct post-adoption contact.