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Title
Outcomes of open adoption from care : an Australian contribution to an international debate / Harriet Ward, Lynne Moggach, Susan Tregeagle, Helen Trivedi.
ISBN
9783030764296 (electronic bk.)
303076429X (electronic bk.)
9783030764289
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-76429-6 doi
Call Number
HV875 .W37 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.734
Summary
This Open Access book presents unique evidence from the first comprehensive study of the outcomes of open adoption from care in Australia. It contributes to the international debate concerning the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face post adoption contact with birth families. The chapters assess whether adoption provides a better chance of permanence and more positive outcomes than long-term foster care for abused and neglected children in care who cannot safely return to their birth families. They also explore whether open adoption can avoid some of the detrimental consequences of past policies in which adoption was shrouded in secrecy and children frequently grew up with a conflicted sense of identity. The book will appeal to policy makers, practitioners and students of social policy, social work, the law, psychology and psychiatry. It should also be of interest to adult adoptees and adoptive parents, whose experiences it reflects. Harriet Ward is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Rees Centre, University of Oxford and Emeritus Professor of Child and Family Research at Loughborough University, UK. Lynne Moggach was Executive Specialist of Adoption at Barnardos Australia until she retired in 2019. Susan Tregeagle was Senior Manager of Research and Advocacy at Barnardos Australia and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney until she retired in 2019. Helen Trivedi is a Research Assistant at the Rees Centre, University of Oxford, UK.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Open access
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Description based on print version record.
Chapter 1. Introduction. Part One: Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents and Children When They Entered their Adoptive Homes
Chapter 2. Issues Facing the Birth Parents and their Implications for Open Adoption.
Chapter 3. The Children
Chapter 4. The Adoptive Parents
Part 2: Outcomes of Open Adoption From Care
Chapter 5. Permanence
Chapter 6. Post-Adoption Contact and Relationships with Birth Family Members
Chapter 7. Progress After Placement
Chapter 8. Adult Outcomes
Chapter 9. Conclusion: Implications for Policy and Practice.
