Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care - Softcover

9781903699607: Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903699606 ISBN 13: 9781903699607

Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), 2004

The idea of separated children maintaining some form of contact with birth relatives is common in fostering and adoption, but there is an urgent need for more research on this sensitive and difficult issue. This book gathers together the latest thoughts and research findings of many of the leading authorities on the subject of contact in adoption and permanent foster care. By looking at both infant and older child placements and the varying characteristics of permanent carers and birth relatives, the authors provide a comprehensive analysis of contact, when and when not to recommend it, and the demand to keep firmly in mind at all times the developmental needs of children. This book will be invaluable for social work practitioners, policy makers and anyone in the academic community with an interest in contact.

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