Ten Top Tips for Supporting Adopters - Softcover

Jeanne Kaniuk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905664346 ISBN 13: 9781905664344

Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), 2010

Synopsis

This guide is intended for the wide range of social workers who become involved in supporting adoptive placements, and who may have differing levels of experience. This includes children s team social workers, adoption workers, Adoption Support Service Advisors, children s Guardians, and workers in other settings who need to understand something about the way adoption support services are delivered. The book describes the legal framework within which adoption support services are offered and indicates some of the underpinning principles on which a successful support service for adopters depends.

There are chapters on financial support for adoptive families, supporting members of the adoptive parents wider family, including any existing children of the family, contact, managing children s difficult behaviour, and identifying resources. The book also includes a bibliography to enable readers who want to follow up particular subjects to do so.

About this title

Product Description

Families who put themselves forward to adopt children who have suffered loss, abuse and trauma are frequently required to demonstrate extraordinary levels of emotional strength and resilience. Social workers and childcare professionals need to understand the complex range of feelings that are engendered in these new family units. Ten Top Tips for Supporting Adopters is intended to support the wide range of social workers who become involved in supporting adoptive placements and who may have differing levels of experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905664346
• ISBN 13: 9781905664344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 129