Book Reviews Editor: Fiona Mitchell (these reviews edited by Jonathan Dickens)  The Plan for the Child: Adoption or Long‐term Fostering

Lowe, Nigel Vaughan; Murch, Mervyn; Bader, Kay; Borkowski, Margaret; Copner, Rosalie; Lisles, Cathy; Shearman, J.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2206.2003.00268.x

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“…While various studies have found that foster care and kinship foster care placements provide security and a sense of belonging in a family for children in care (McSherry, Fargas Malet & Weatherall, 2013;2016;Schofield, 2003;Schofield & Beek, 2009), a range of scholars have stressed the insecurity and instability of foster placements, particularly when compared to adoptive placements (Selwyn & Quinton, 2004;Selwyn et al, 2006;Sinclair et al, 2000Sinclair et al, , 2003Triseliotis, 2002). Particularly in the US and the UK, adoption has typically been deemed as the only placement where children can achieve a family for life, as permanence is guaranteed due to its legal status, and it has been elevated to the top of a "hierarchy of permanency", next to reunification (Lowe et al, 2002;Thompson & Greeson, 2015). However, this overlooks the subjective sense of permanent belonging to a family that a young person may also experience in other types of long-term placement, such as foster care and kinship foster care (Thomas & Greeson, 2015).…”

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The Extent of Stability and Relational Permanence Achieved for Young Children in Care in Northern Ireland

McSherry

Malet

2018

Children Australia

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Placement stability is sought for children who enter care and need a place to call home. This is deemed to be necessary for the formation and continuation of secure and loving relationships with parents and carers. However, the term placement stability does not capture the quality of the placement or the subjective experience of the young person. In contrast, the term relational permanence denotes an enduring and supportive relationship between a young person and a caring adult. Research studies have tended to focus on placement stability, or legal and physical permanence, and overlook relational permanence. Within the current study, we found high levels of long-term placement stability for the study population, 354 young people who were under five and in care in Northern Ireland on the 31st March 2000. Placements for those who were adopted, on Residence Order, and rehabilitated with birth parents were more likely to be stable than those in long-term foster care and kinship foster care. However, early interview data with 30 young people and/or their parents/carers revealed high levels of relational permanence, irrespective of placement type, and that placement disruption did not necessarily mean a breakdown in the relationship. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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The Extent of Stability and Relational Permanence Achieved for Young Children in Care in Northern Ireland

McSherry

Malet

2018

Children Australia

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“…Family finding on behalf of a disabled child is often bypassed in favour of long-term fostering. This is because a delay in finding a permanent family will adversely affect the welfare of the child, accompanied by the fact that social workers are to some extent ill-equipped effectively to broach with potential parents the prospect of adopting a child with impairment needs (Cousins, 2006; Lowe et al., 2002).…”

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“…Disability features as part of larger studies on adoption practice (such as within Dance, Ouwejan, Beecham, & Farmer, 2010; Lowe et al., 2002). However, the only studies that focuses exclusively on disabled children derives from three very small-scale studies carried out more than a decade ago (Argent, 1998; Macaskill, 1985; Sinclair, 1988).…”

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A framework for the analysis of the social processes in the adoption of disabled children

Bunt

2013

Journal of Social Work

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There is a dearth of literature on the adoption of disabled children within the UK, and that which has been published is somewhat dated and often characterised by largely empiricist approach, which is perhaps surprising in view of the fact that the study of adult disability has benefited so greatly from an understanding of the social processes involved. Cousins (2009), for example, has suggested that disabled children are profoundly disadvantaged in the adoption process by the negativity associated with the social construction of disability.Findings: This article seeks to develop a framework that provides a theoretically informed and multidimensional approach to the understanding of the adoption of disabled children. It does so by drawing on Layder's delineation of different levels of analysis. This entails examining wider macro features that influence adoption processes, right through to the micro interactions between adopters and adoption agencies. The article also applies Bourdieu's concept of the habitus to assist in our understanding of how individual agents internalise the messages around them, which can influence and mediate their actions in adoption.Application: This framework indicates that adoption outcomes for disabled children can only be understood within wider social processes, which can affect not only individual adoptions themselves, but also the practice of adoption generally. This has implications for both research and practice, for if, on the one hand, it provides a more comprehensive framework for the conduct of research, and it also potentially enables practice to be informed by wider considerations other than those occurring in the immediate context of the adoption.

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Book Reviews Editor: Fiona Mitchell (these reviews edited by Jonathan Dickens)  The Plan for the Child: Adoption or Long‐term Fostering

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The Extent of Stability and Relational Permanence Achieved for Young Children in Care in Northern Ireland

The Extent of Stability and Relational Permanence Achieved for Young Children in Care in Northern Ireland

A framework for the analysis of the social processes in the adoption of disabled children

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