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This page contains a range of additional information on research, theory and practice in relation to moving children to adoption.

Articles

Boswell, S and Cudmore, L (2014) ‘The children were fine’: acknowledging complex feelings in the move from foster care to adoption, Adoption & Fostering, 38(1): 5–21. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0308575914522558

Browning, A (2015) Undertaking planned transitions for children in out of home care, Adoption and Fostering 39(1): 51-61. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0308575914565072

Lanyado, M (2003) The Emotional Tasks of Moving from Fostering to Adoption: Transitions, Attachment, Separation and Loss, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 8 (3). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359104503008003005

Lynes, D and Sitoe, A (2019) Disenfranchised grief: the emotional impact experienced by foster carers on the cessation of a placement, Adoption and Fostering 43 (1). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308575918823433

Meakings, S and Selwyn, J (2016) ‘She was a foster mother who said she didn’t give cuddles’: The adverse early foster care experiences of children who later struggle with adoptive family life, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 21(4). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359104516631608

Neil E, Morciano, Young J and Hartley, L (2020) Exploring links between early adversities and later outcomes for children adopted from care: Implications for planning post adoption support. Developmental Child Welfare 2(1). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2516103220908043

Practice notes

Coram:BAAF (2017) PN 64. Best practice in meetings between prospective adopters and children prior to matching. https://corambaaf.org.uk/books/pn-64-best-practice-meetings-between-prospective-adopters-and-children-prior-matching

Coram:BAAF (2020) Managing introductions during the Covid 19 pandemic https://corambaaf.org.uk/coronavirus/adoption/managing-introductions-and-placement-children-their-prospective-adopters

Research reports

Neil, E, Young, J, and Hartley, L (2018) The Joys and Challenges of Adoptive Family Life: A Survey of Adoptive Parents in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region. Norwich: Centre for Research on Children and Families, UEA. https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/3437903/0/Yh+report+may+2018/d4acf363-9a5d-ee95-c52e-ae65878d091b

Neil E, Beek, M and Schofield G (2018) Moving to Adoption: a practice development project, Research briefing, Centre for Research on Children and families, UEA. https://people.uea.ac.uk/en/publications/moving-to-adoption-a-practice-development-project(643120d5-2ac9-43a0-a316-e3e62d9f117a).html

Chapter

Neil, E and Beek, M (2020) Respecting children’s relationships and identities in adoption, in G Miller Wrobel et al (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Adoption, London and New York, Routledge. Available on request – see ‘Contact us’ 

Books

Schofield, G and Beek, M (2014) The Secure Base model: promoting attachment and resilience in foster care and adoption, London: CoramBAAF. https://corambaaf.org.uk/books/secure-base-model

Schofield, G and Beek, M (2018) Attachment Handbook for Foster care and Adoption, London: BAAF. https://corambaaf.org.uk/books/attachment-handbook-foster-care-and-adoption

Websites

Information and practice resources about contact after adoption: http://contact.rip.org.uk/

Information and practice resources about the Secure Base model: http://providingasecurebase.uea.ac.uk/

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This work was undertaken by the University of East Anglia and was funded by the Sir Halley Stewart Trust.
The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Trust.

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