Belonging and Permanence: Outcomes in Long-term Foster Care and Adoption - Softcover

Belonging and Permanence reports on the findings of a study which compared three types of permanent placement adoption by strangers, adoption by carers and long-term foster care. It considers how best to meet the needs of children who cannot safely be reunited with their parents and how to provide emotional and legal security, a sense of permanence and positive outcomes. This study explores the different pathways that children follow through, and in some cases out of, care. It considers a range of outcomes; compares placement stability and the emotional, behavioural and relationship difficulties of children in each type of placement; their participation and progress in education and the nature of their contact with birth families. Belonging and Permanence provides important new evidence on the outcomes of different permanent placements and on children s experiences in foster and adoptive placements. It draws out key implications for policy and practice and will be a valuable resource for researchers, managers and practitioners.