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oapen-20.500.12657-523962022-01-15T02:47:44Z Outcomes of Open Adoption from Care Ward, Harriet Moggach, Lynne Tregeagle, Susan Trivedi, Helen post-adoption contact Adoption outcomes Abused and neglected children Adoptive parents Barnardos open access bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBK Sociology: family & relationships bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education 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. 2022-01-14T13:40:52Z 2022-01-14T13:40:52Z 2022 book ONIX_20220114_9783030764296_4 9783030764296 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52396 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-76429-6.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-030-76429-6 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-030-76429-6 10.1007/978-3-030-76429-6 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 e44b0a61-8251-48fb-83e5-879c87e4b7eb 9783030764296 Palgrave Macmillan 321 [grantnumber unknown] open access
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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.
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