An exploration of adopters' views regarding children's ages at the time of placement

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-328

  Brind, Katharine ^a  

^a Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adopter's views; Adoption; Flexibility and expectations of child; Older children; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350231360     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00556.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Barker, S., Byrne, S., Morrison, M. & Spencer, M. (1999) Making Good Assessments a Practical Resources Guide. BAAF, London.
2. Brebner, C., Sharp, J. & Stone, F. (1985) The Role of Infertility in Adoption. BAAF, London.
3. British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) (2001) Undertaking Competence Assessments. BAAF, London.
4. Cousins, J. (2003) Are we missing the match' Rethinking adopter assessments and child profiling. Adoption and Fostering, 27, 4.
5. Dance, C. & Rushton, A. (2005) Predictors of outcome for unrelated adoptive placements made during middle childhood. Child and Family Social Work, 10, 269-280.
6. Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, in co-operation with the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute (2002) National Adoption Attitudes Survey. Available at: http://www. adoptioninstitute.org/survey/survey-ssintro.html (accessed 1 November 2007)
7. Fratter, J., Rowe, J., Sapsford, D. & Thoburn, J. (1991) Permanent Family Placement a Decade of Experience. BAAF, London.
8. Howe, D. (1998) Adopters Relationships with Their Adopted Children from Adolescence to Early Adulthood in Signposts in Adoption. BAAF, London.
9. Howe, D., Shemmings, D. & Feast, J. (2001) Age at placement and adult adopted people's experience of being adopted. Child and Family Social Work, 6, 337-349.
10. Hutchinson, B. (2006) Placing children with minimum delay. Unpublished presentation to making a difference -improving fostering and adoption services in your Local Authority, 21 March 2006.
11. Ivaldi, G. (1998) Children Adopted from Care. BAAF, London.
12. Monck, E., Reynolds, J. & Wigfall, V. (2003) The Role of Concurrent Planning. BAAF, London.
13. Montixi, G. & Carr, E. (2006) Bringing children and families together in a caring and professional way. Unpublished presentation to making a difference -improving fostering and adoption services in your Local Authority, conference 21 March 2006.
14. Rushton, A. (2003) Support for adoptive families: a review of current evidence on problems, needs and effectiveness. Adoption and Fostering, 27, 41-45.
15. Selwyn, J., Sturgess, W., Quinton, D. & Baxter, C. (2006) Costs and Outcomes in on Infant Adoptions. BAAF, London.
16. Triseliotis, J., Shireman, J. & Hundleby, M. (1997) Adoption, Theory, Policy and Practice. Cassell, London.
17. Wallis, L. (2006) Counting the losses: people who do not pursue their adoption enquiry. Adoption & Fostering, 30, 48-57.