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Anti social behavior in adoptees: patterns and dynamics
- Authors:
- KIRSCHNER David, NAGEL Linda S.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 5(4), Winter 1988, pp.300-314.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Argues that there is an Adopted Child Syndrome due to the children's inability to come to terms with their situation.
Breaking point
- Author:
- ROPER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.8.94, 1994, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the stresses caused by 'Reactive Attachment Disorder', and how the Parent to Parent Information on Adoption Services and the Post Adoption Centre are co-operating to develop a post-attachment service.
Basic trust: an attachment-oriented intervention based on mind-mindedness in adoptive families
- Authors:
- COLONNESI Cristina, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 23(2), 2013, pp.179-188.
- Publisher:
- Sage
A new attachment-oriented intervention aimed at improving parental mind-mindedness, promoting positive parent–child relationships, and reducing child psychopathology in families with adopted children was evaluated. The sample consisted of 20 families with adopted children (2–5 years of age). After the pretest, the intervention was conducted, followed by a posttest, 6 months later. Positive medium-to-large changes between pretest and posttest were found in children’s insecure attachments to their mothers, disorganized attachments to both their parents and conduct problems. Finally, mothers who had spent more time with their adopted children perceived less peer problems in their children after the intervention. Basic Trust is a promising intervention for improving parent–child relationships in adoptive families and decreasing attachment and conduct problems. (Edited publisher abstract)
Externalizing behavior among adopted boys with preadoptive histories of child sexual abuse
- Authors:
- NALAVANY Blace Arthur, RYAN Scott D., HINTERLONG Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 18(5), September 2009, pp.553-573.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper highlights an investigation into the severity of externalising symptomology among adopted boys with pre-adoptive histories of child sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect, compared to boys without a history of abuse. The study, consisting of 1,136 adopted boys aged 6 to 18 years, was based on data collected across a three-year period from parents who adopted children from Florida's child welfare system. In cross-sectional multivariate analyses, the findings indicated that adopted boys with pre-adoptive child sexual abuse were prone to significantly higher levels and clinically severe externalising symptomatology as compared to adopted boys without such histories. In conclusion, the authors suggest that the findings highlight the need for post-adoption services and empirically validated interventions for families adopting boys with pre-adoptive child sexual abuse.
Enhancing adoptive parenting: a randomised controlled trial of adoption support
- Authors:
- RUSHTON Alan, MONCK Elizabeth
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This reports on the results of a study that evaluated two parent-support programmes for adoptive parents. It explored whether either a cognitive behavioural parenting programme or an educational programme about parenting special needs children, when added to the standard service, was more effective in enhancing adoptive parenting than the standard social work service alone. Thirty-seven families participated in the trial. The children had been placed with their adopters between the ages of 3 and 8, and had showed substantial problems in the first 18 months of their placements. The parents were randomly allocated to receive one of the parent-support programmes or to continue with the standard social work service only. Interviews were held with parents before, immediately following and six-months after the support programmes had been delivered. Findings suggested that a home-based parenting programme for adopters resulted in positive changes in parenting satisfaction and less negative parenting approaches when measured up to six months after the intervention. The parenting education programme did not prove more effective in reducing child problems than "service as usual" within the timescale of the study. The report concludes with some implications for future research.
Play fills the void
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.07.06, 2006, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As a baby Adam, now seven, seemed destined to stay in the care system after several unsuccessful foster placements. This case study reports on how play therapy was used to help him form attachments and pave the way for adoption.
An analysis of child behaviour problems in adoptions in difficulty
- Authors:
- SMITH Susan Livingston, HOWARD Jeanne A., MONROE Alan D.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 24(1/2), 1998, pp.31-84.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examines the behavioural problems of children receiving services through an adoption preservation programme for legally adopted children at risk of placement or dissolution in the USA. Two measures of behaviour problems are used: a behaviour problem rating scale, and the Child Behaviour Checklist. The findings support the need for services for children and families beyond the finalisation of adoption.
Adoption and attachment
- Author:
- HOWE David
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 19(4), Winter 1995, pp.7-15.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Children's early attachment experiences can have a dramatic affect on their day-to-day behaviour, as well as on their social development in later life. Drawing from extensive interviews with adoptive parents, all of whose children were in their late adolescence or young adults at the time of research, the author asserts the value of understanding the influence of past care on present placements.
New parents for older children: support services during eight years of placement
- Authors:
- RUSHTON Alan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 17(4), Winter 1993, pp.39-45.
- Publisher:
- Sage
There is a pressing need to develop improved post-placement services for families taking on older, disturbed children. Reports on longitudinal research, which suggests that support is needed over a much longer period of time than simply the initial adjustment period.
A trust-based home intervention for special-needs adopted children: a case study
- Author:
- McKENZIE L.Brooks
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 23(6), 2014, pp.633-651.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Research on the effects of abuse, neglect, and other traumas in early childhood has consistently demonstrated severe deficits that can be prevalent across the life span. Costs associated with addressing such deficits in special-needs children can strain families and are an immense financial burden to society. Trust-Based Relational Intervention® is an intervention modality that targets the attachment system as part of a dynamic system of development. This article Presents is a summary of the costs of addressing the sequelae of childhood abuse and neglect, a brief overview of Trust-Based Relational Intervention, and a case study demonstrating the efficacy of this intervention with an adopted special-needs child in a home-based setting. (Edited publisher abstract)