Additional Information

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/