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Assessing Adoptive Parents, Foster Carers and Kinship Carers, Second Edition
Joanne Alper | David Howe | Kim Golding | Julie Selwyn | Ben Gurney-Smith | Dan Hughes | Jon Baylin | Ailsa Edwards
(2016)
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Abstract
Assessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurized time frame.
Currently, assessments draw substantially on interviews, which can generate a lot of information but little analysis to enable professionals to establish a meaningful understanding of parenting capacity. Children with histories of trauma, loss and hurt need to join families in which parents exhibit the ability to be good at relationships, are able to manage their own stress and bond with the child in their care. Now fully updated and expanded to cover the assessment of kinship carers and special guardians, this book combines the latest findings from neuroscience with research on what makes good assessments and provides guidance and tools for making thorough, analytical and effective assessments.
With contributions from leading experts including Dan Hughes, Jonathan Baylin, Kim Golding and Julie Selwyn, it will provide you with the information you need to ensure the best possible chance of placement success.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Assessing Adoptive Parents, Foster Carers and Kinship Carers, Second Edition, edited by Joanne Alper and David Howe | 3 | ||
Foreword - John Simmonds | 9 | ||
Acknowledgements | 11 | ||
1. Introduction - Joanne Alper | 13 | ||
2. Why Are You Frightened of Being Parented? Understanding Developmental Trauma - Kim S. Golding | 19 | ||
3. The Home Study and Assessment of Applicants: Research Evidence - Julie Selwyn | 37 | ||
4. A Case Study \nin Assessment: Adoptionplus - Joanne Alpher | 63 | ||
5. Parenting Well \nand Staying Well: Understanding the Qualities Needed for Parenting Children with Developmental Trauma - Kim S. Golding and Ben Gurney-Smith | 85 | ||
6. Understanding Developmental Trauma, Parental Attachments, Caregiving and PACE - Dan Hughes | 111 | ||
7. The Parenting Brain - Jonathan Baylin | 131 | ||
8. Assessing Potential Kinship Placements - Joanne Alper and Ailsa Edwards | 149 | ||
9. Reflective Functioning and Parenting - Jonathan Baylin | 175 | ||
10. Conclusion - David Howe | 193 | ||
Contributors | 207 | ||
Index | 211 | ||
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