Assessing Adoptive Parents, Foster Carers and Kinship Carers: Improving Analysis and Understanding of Parenting Capacity PDF
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A Second Edition S S E S S Praise for the first edition IN ASSESSING ‘I warmly recommend this collection of illuminating essays.’ G A –Sir Martin Narey, Chair of the Adoption Leadership D Board and Government Advisor on Adoption O P ‘Assessing Adoptive Parents and Foster Parents is a fantastic, practical and TIV ADOPTIVE easy-to-read resource for social workers in adoption and fostering services. E It brings together the most influential academics, translating theory into P A practice for busy social workers charged with finding families for our most R E vulnerable children.’ N PARENTS, T –Sarah Carter, Adoption Service Manager, Essex County Council S , F O Assessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers S T FOSTER and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that E R happens within a pressurized time frame. C A Now fully updated and expanded to cover the assessment of kinship R carers and special guardians, this book combines the latest findings E R CARERS from neuroscience with research on what makes good assessments S a and offers guidance for making thorough, analytical and effective n d assessments. With contributions from leading experts including Dan K Hughes, Jonathan Baylin, Kim Golding and Julie Selwyn, it provides IN KINSHIP S you with the information you need to ensure the best possible chance H of placement success. IP C and A R CARERS E R Joanne Alper is an experienced social worker and play S therapist who has worked in local authority child care E d social work and child protection. Joanne is currently ite d Director of Services at Adoptionplus. David Howe PhD b is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of y Jo Improving Analysis and East Anglia, Norwich. He has practised, researched and a n taught in the field of child and family work, including ne Understanding of Parenting Capacity adoption, for over 40 years. Alp e r a n d D a v id H ow Edited by Joanne Alper and David Howe e Foreword by John Simmonds JKP Cover design by Blue Box Design ASSESSING ADOPTIVE PARENTS, FOSTER CARERS AND KINSHIP CARERS also published in association with Adoptionplus Billy Says... Series Six therapeutic storybooks to help children on their journey through fostering or adoption Joanne Alper ISBN 978 1 84905 667 0 eISBN 978 1 78450 171 Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering A Trauma-Informed Approach to Planning, Assessing and Good Practice Louis Sydney, Elsie Price and Adoptionplus ISBN 978 1 84905 508 6 eISBN 978 0 85700 924 1 Preparing for Adoption Everything Adopting Parents Need to Know About Preparations, Introductions and the First Few Weeks Julia Davis ISBN 978 1 84905 456 0 eISBN 978 0 85700 831 2 Parenting Adopted Teenagers Advice for the Adolescent Years Rachel Staff ISBN 978 1 84905 604 5 eISBN 978 1 78450 069 6 of related interest Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children An Evidence Based Model for Understanding and Supporting Families Edited by David Shemmings and Yvonne Shemmings ISBN 978 1 84905 322 8 eISBN 978 0 85700 663 9 Nurturing Attachments Training Resource Running Parenting Groups for Adoptive Parents and Foster or Kinship Carers Kim S. Golding ISBN 978 1 84905 328 0 eISBN 978 0 85700 665 3 Nurturing Attachments Supporting Children who are Fostered or Adopted Kim S. Golding ISBN 978 1 84310 614 2 eISBN 978 1 84642 750 3 Attachment, Trauma, and Healing Understanding and Treating Attachment Disorder in Children, Families and Adults 2nd edition Terry M. Levy and Michael Orlans ISBN 978 1 84905 888 9 eISBN 978 0 85700 597 7 ASSESSING ADOPTIVE PARENTS, FOSTER CARERS KINSHIP and CARERS Improving Analysis and Understanding of Parenting Capacity Second Edition Edited by Joanne Alper and David Howe Foreword by John Simmonds Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia First published in 2015 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers This second edition published in 2017 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers 73 Collier Street London N1 9BE, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015, 2017 Foreword copyright © John Simmonds 2015, 2017 All rights reserved. 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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 78592 177 3 eISBN 978 1 78450 456 4 For Ian, Evie and Lily CONTENTS FOREWORD BY JOHN SIMMONDS 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11 1. Introduction 13 Joanne Alper 2. Why Are You Frightened of Being Parented? 19 Understanding Developmental Trauma Kim S. Golding 3. The Home Study and Assessment of Applicants 37 Research Evidence Julie Selwyn 4. A Case Study in Assessment 63 Adoptionplus Joanne Alper 5. Parenting Well and Staying Well 85 Understanding the Qualities Needed for Parenting Children with Developmental Trauma Kim S. Golding and Ben Gurney-Smith 6. Understanding Developmental Trauma, Parental Attachments, Caregiving and PACE 111 Dan Hughes 7. The Parenting Brain 131 Jonathan Baylin 8. Assessing Potential Kinship Placements 149 Joanne Alper and Ailsa Edwards 9. Reflective Functioning and Parenting 175 Jonathan Baylin 10. Conclusion 193 David Howe CONTRIBUTORS 207 INDEX 211
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