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Joining New Families: A Study of Adoption and Fostering in Middle Childhood
Joining New Families is based on a research study which followed 61 children who were placed, between 5 and 9 years old, with adoptive or permanent foster families. Most of the children had previously been maltreated. The study focused on the problems and strengths that these children brought to their new families; how the new families coped; and the factors... More

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Patterns of Adoption: Nature, Nurture and Psychosocial Development (Working Together For Children, Young People And Their Families)
With recent changes in the variety of children needing adoption, issues about adoption have become more complex. As older and more disturbed children are being placed for adoption, the demands these children make on post-adoption workers and parents are considerable. This text takes a broad sweep of the major research and theoretical perspectives on adoption by... More