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dc.contributor.authorDance, Cherilynen_GB
dc.contributor.authorRushton, Alanen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-23T11:21:20Z
dc.date.available2013-09-23T11:21:20Z
dc.date.issued2005-03-01
dc.identifier.citationDance, C., & Rushton, A. (2005) 'Joining a new family: The views and experiences of young people placed with permanent families during middle childhood' Adoption & Fostering Journal, 29(1), 18-28.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0308-5759
dc.identifier.issn1740-469X
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/030857590502900104
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/302077
dc.description.abstractCherilyn Dance and Alan Rushton report on the views of a group of young people who had joined adoptive or foster families some six years previously when they were between five and 11 years old (the Maudsley Follow-Up Study). The report focuses on the experience of joining a new family, family relationships and feelings of belonging. It was striking that it could take some young people a considerable length of time to feel settled; however, by the follow-up stage the great majority felt very much a part of their family. Several described their placement as an opportunity for a 'new start'. A small minority was less settled and expressed continued discomfort with their adoptive status. The authors discuss the direction of current practice and policy developments with reference to these findings.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBritish Association for Adoption and Fosteringen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/baaf/afj/2005/00000029/00000001/art00004en_GB
dc.subjectadoptionen_GB
dc.subjectfosteringen_GB
dc.subjectchildren viewsen_GB
dc.subjectlate permanent placementen_GB
dc.subjectparent-child relationshipsen_GB
dc.subjectplacementen_GB
dc.titleJoining a new family: the views and experiences of young people placed with permanent families during middle childhooden
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.journalAdoption & Fostering Journalen_GB
html.description.abstractCherilyn Dance and Alan Rushton report on the views of a group of young people who had joined adoptive or foster families some six years previously when they were between five and 11 years old (the Maudsley Follow-Up Study). The report focuses on the experience of joining a new family, family relationships and feelings of belonging. It was striking that it could take some young people a considerable length of time to feel settled; however, by the follow-up stage the great majority felt very much a part of their family. Several described their placement as an opportunity for a 'new start'. A small minority was less settled and expressed continued discomfort with their adoptive status. The authors discuss the direction of current practice and policy developments with reference to these findings.


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