Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care: Research, Theory and Practice. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Contact in Adoption and Permanent Foster Care: Research, Theory and Practice

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.

Elsbeth Neil is a lecturer at the School of Social Work and Psychosocial Studies, University of East Anglia. David Howe is a Professor at the School of Social Work and Psychosocial Studies, University of East Anglia. Contributors to the collection include Michael Rutter, Gillian Schofield, Mary Beek, Harold Grotevant, Ruth McRoy, Julie Selwyn, Ian Sinclair, June Thoburn and Kate Wilson.