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Moving pictures
- Authors:
- ARGENT Hedi, ALTON Hilary, FULLER Rachel
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 18p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource is designed to help children (aged four and above) explore ideas of moving and permanence. It consists of a CD-ROM which contains 16 black and white drawings, illustrating various aspects of the move to permanence. They can be printed out for children to colour in and are intended to spark discussion of the child’s thoughts, wishes and hopes around the idea of moving to a new family. They can be used to prepare a child for a specific move or as part of life story work. The accompanying book provides guidelines, advice and suggested questions for the practitioner or carer working with the child. The resource is written to help children and adults enjoy an activity together, while tackling challenging and possibly painful topics. Themes covered include: different families and home; cooking and eating; helping each other; family rules; playing together; going to school; arguments in the family; loving and hugging; and giving and celebrating.
Chosen: living with adoption
- Author:
- HARRIS Perlita
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 248p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The editor brings together writing and poetry by more than fifty adopted adults living in the UK who were born between 1934 and 1984. Their personal accounts describe different experiences and offer varying perspectives on adoption; adoption within the extended family, late discovery adopted adults, transracial and transnational adoption, those who have searched for their birth family, and those who did not search but were found by a birth relative. The stories capture the life-changing power of adoption and the different meanings it can take on at different stages in one’s life. The themes of identity and belonging, loss and grief, roots and searching, family and “post-reunion” relationship run through their accounts, as do the power of acceptance and healing, encouragement and hope, and taking responsibility for the direction of one’s life whatever its beginnings. Taken together these experiences emphasise the lifelong impact of adoption, offering the reader a wealth of insights and wisdom, together with advice for adopted people and contemporary parents. The book is expected to be of value not only to adopted people and their families, but also to social workers, psychologists, counsellors and anyone else seeking to understand what it is like to be adopted.
Devising a placement plan: a guide to gathering information to complete and implement a placement plan for fostering placements (England)
- Author:
- DIBBEN Elaine
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide has been written to help users understand the process for completing the Placement Plan and how it links to the Care Plan, and the health and education plans required by the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010. The Placement Plan replaces the Foster Placement Agreement and now forms part of the overarching Care Plan. This guide accompanies the BAAF Placement Plan for Fostering Placements form, which can also be used by local authorities and independent fostering providers as a template. It can also be used independently by authorities that have already devised a Placement Plan form. The guide includes information on: who should complete the Placement Plan; placement planning meetings; and a detailed guide to completing the Placement Plan form. Advice is offered on; gathering information on placement details; living together; self-care skills/preparing for independence; social and leisure activities; health issues; emotional and behavioural development; education; identity; contact issues; and social worker visits. Appendices including the Delegated Authority Decision Support Tool; relevant extracts from Schedule 2 of the Care Planning, Placement and Care Review (England) Regulations 2010, and Delegating Authority to Foster Carers –things you need to know.
Parenting a child with emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Author:
- HUGHES Dan
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book, part of the Parenting Matters series, is concerned with the emotional and behavioural difficulties and the special needs of children, particularly adopted and looked after children, who have these issues. Like the other books in the series it is designed to help prospective adopters and carers decide whether they can care for a child with a health need or condition they know little about. It uses a combination of expert information and first-hand experiences to provide the; knowledge necessary for understanding and decisions making. This book focuses on emotional and behavioural difficulties, a common diagnosis in looked after children. The first half starts with a short explanation of emotional and behavioural difficulties and what these terms mean for the children. Symptoms, prognosis, and treatment are outlined. The author goes on to examine: the different ways in which behavioural and emotional difficulties can affect child development; the issues these conditions raise with regard to educational provision; and where and how to get help. The second section tells the story of one couple, and their experiences parenting; children with emotional and behavioural difficulties and how this affected day–to-day family life.
Writing a later life letter: good practice guide
- Author:
- MOFFAT Fran
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A later life letter is one written by a social worker to a child who is being placed for adoption. It is intended to be read later in the child’s life to help them understand and make sense of their past. This Good Practice Guide focuses on the practicalities of writing a later life letter, and includes information on: what should and should not be included in a later life letter; how to explain difficult or painful issues, such as abuse, death of a birth parent and disruption; the importance of tone and language used; the place of the letter within life story work; and involving the adopters in writing the letter and explaining how best to share it with their child. Examples of text from later life letters are included to illustrate and clarify the guide’s practical advice. Appendices and supplements are provided including information on using a later life letter, which can be given to adoptive parents. The guide is aimed at all practitioners and managers involved in writing later life letters or in ensuring that agency policy and practice properly support and enable their writing and use.
Dealing with disruption in fostering and adoption placements
- Authors:
- ARGENT Hedi, COLEMAN Jeffrey
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 97p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This good practice guide is concerned with children who move into a permanent placement and then have to move again contrary to expectations. Many of these children have complex histories of neglect and harm. This guide offers: an overview of what research tells us; an insight into the factors that commonly lead to disruption; advice on managing and chairing disruption meetings; the consideration of alternative models; an exploration of the impact of disruption on all concerned; and guidance on moving on from disruption. This second edition has been revised and updated to include information on disruption in fostering placements as well as to reflect best practice, findings from recent research and changes to relevant legislation. The authors believe that while some placements will inevitable disrupt, this does not happen overnight. There is usually a process leading to disruption, even if it happens at an early stage or during introductions. It is suggested that If carers and workers together can devise an early warning system a final crisis may be averted. Case studies are used to illustrate the points made and appendices include a sample of a disruption report.
Talking about adoption to your adopted child
- Author:
- MORRISON Marjorie
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 206p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev.ed.
The purpose of this book, now in its fifth edition, is to highlight for adoptive parents some of the key aspects of helping a child to understand their history and the circumstances that led them to join the family. It covers the whys, whens and hows of telling the truth about an adopted child’s origins. Based on the experiences of adoptive parents and children, it does not claim to be a definitive text but rather aims to encourage creativity and imagination in responding to adoptive children. Topics covered include: why telling a child is so important; what to tell a child and when; the responsibilities to be faced if the child is of a different ethnicity or from a different country; how adopted children and their birth parents feel; how to trace birth parents; and where you can get more help. This new edition also includes more information on contact, including social networking websites, adoption support and foster carers and adoption. A comprehensive list of useful organisations and resources directs parents to other sources of support. The focus of the book is practical and it includes advice and ideas suitable for children of all ages. These are brought to life with case studies.
Rethinking matching in adoptions from care: a conceptual and research review
- Author:
- QUINTON David
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 130p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review focuses on the concepts and research evidence about matching children to their adoptive families. It looks at the intentions behind the process, the beliefs and principles on which it is based and the evidence on its effectiveness. Current policy and practice agree that linking children’s needs and adoptive parents’ capacities to meet them is the best way to ensure the stability and success of adoptive placements. But how much is really know about matching, the best ways to go about it and the likely outcomes. Is there any evidence of what works and what doesn’t? Can research and practice ever replicate or predict the indefinable “fit” or “click” of personal chemistry? This review: examines the concepts used in discussions on matching, including “needs”, “capacities”, “race” and “ethnicity”, and how these can affect the way in which matching is approached in policy and practice. The author outlines the current research base and what this can add to the matching task, with suggestions for how gaps in knowledge could be addressed and priorities for future adoption research He explores the current models of the assessment of children and potential parents, and discusses how the process of assessment might be improved.
Finding our familia: the story of our children adopted from overseas
- Author:
- WHITEHEAD Stevan
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 117p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a first hand account of the adoption of two children from Guatemala. But it is also an account of how a couple, in their search to build their family, found not only two children but also a group of people who will become their extended family; their “familia”. The book charts the couple’s frustrating yet ultimately successful journey through the formal intercountry adoption process, their battles with paperwork, official procedures and delays. It follows them on their frequent trips to Guatemala, during which they are finally united with their adoptive son and daughter and together learn about the country, its history and day-to-day life in the present. They develop supportive relationships with their new found extended family, get involved in local projects, and help their children maintain links with their origins as well as to belong to a multi-ethnic family in modern Britain. Throughout the book the author offers advice and information for both prospective intercountry adopters and adoptive parents on issues such as support networks, health and child development, and working with teaching staff in schools.
Fostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: creating a family life across a world of difference
- Authors:
- WADE Jim, et al
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 331p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people form a small but significant part of the UK looked after children population. This research study details and examines the results of a census survey of four disparate local authorities, collectively looking after over 2000 unaccompanied young people. The circumstances and needs of these young people are complex and as a group they require careful and sensitive assessment, planning and placement. Foster carers are at the heart of this task, providing family care against a background of uncertainty, anxiety and potential risk. The study examined: how these young people and foster carers build relationships; how local authorities address the challenge of caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people; and whether their actions result in successful integration into UK society of these young people, or continuing problems. Postal surveys and interviews were undertaken with a number of foster carers (23 interviews) and young people (21 interviews) to understand their experiences in placements, and a policy and practice study included focus groups to gather the views of social workers (n=31), young people (n=19) and key stakeholders. The results of the study revealed ongoing changes in the way in which unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people are looked after and the main features of the fostering task, insights into how young people and foster carers felt about their placements, and key implications for policy and practice.