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Adoption reform: managing diversity and delay
- Authors:
- BELL Margaret, WILSON Kate, CRAWSHAW Marilyn
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 26(3), Autumn 2002, pp.8-18.
- Publisher:
- Sage
While many aspects of current government policy on adoption are welcome, there is concern that some key issues in the adoption process are not adequately addressed in the Adoption and Children Bill, 2001, and that the use of quantitative targets will not necessarily support the good practice identified. The authors consider, in particular, two areas of difficulty in the selection and preparation process: managing diversity, and delay. Their study highlights the need for practitioners to be flexible and open in their approach to shared assessments, and for agencies to have robust formal and informal communication systems which are transparent and accountable to users.