J Ward
The end of non-consensual adoption? Promoting
the wellbeing of children in care
Ward, J; Smeeton, JK
Authors
JK Smeeton
Abstract
In the UK, the number of children in care has been increasing for several years; such children have backgrounds characterised by trauma, abuse and neglect. The UK is almost unique in Europe in promoting adoption for children in care. Since 2010 adoption has been promoted as a favoured means of enhancing the well-being of such children unable to return to their parents or birth family members, and the number of children being adopted has
increased 50% in the last 2 years. Research carried out in the US and the UK has demonstrated developmental catch up and significant improvements in adopted children’s physical and emotional well-being. However, adoption is highly contested and has come under challenge in the UK courts. This paper will link research by the two authors into this policy conflict: whether we are facing the end of adoption in the UK, and the implications for practice.
Keywords: adoption; children in care; birth parent rights
Citation
the wellbeing of children in care. Practice, 29(1), 55-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2016.1164131
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Mar 31, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Apr 5, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 3, 2017 |
Journal | Practice |
Print ISSN | 0950-3153 |
Electronic ISSN | 1742-4909 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 55-73 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2016.1164131 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2016.1164131 |
Related Public URLs | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cpra20/current |
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