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    A framework for the analysis of the social processes in the adoption of disabled children

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    Authors
    Bunt, Sarah
    Affiliation
    University of Bedfordshire
    Issue Date
    2013-03-22
    Subjects
    social work
    adoption
    disability
    children
    children and families
    family placement
    family
    L500 Social Work
    
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    Summary: There is a dearth of literature on the adoption of disabled children within the UK, and that which has been published is somewhat dated and often characterised by largely empiricist approach, which is perhaps surprising in view of the fact that the study of adult disability has benefited so greatly from an understanding of the social processes involved. Cousins (2009), for example, has suggested that disabled children are profoundly disadvantaged in the adoption process by the negativity associated with the social construction of disability. Findings: This article seeks to develop a framework that provides a theoretically informed and multidimensional approach to the understanding of the adoption of disabled children. It does so by drawing on Layder's delineation of different levels of analysis. This entails examining wider macro features that influence adoption processes, right through to the micro interactions between adopters and adoption agencies. The article also applies Bourdieu's concept of the habitus to assist in our understanding of how individual agents internalise the messages around them, which can influence and mediate their actions in adoption. Application: This framework indicates that adoption outcomes for disabled children can only be understood within wider social processes, which can affect not only individual adoptions themselves, but also the practice of adoption generally. This has implications for both research and practice, for if, on the one hand, it provides a more comprehensive framework for the conduct of research, and it also potentially enables practice to be informed by wider considerations other than those occurring in the immediate context of the adoption.
    Citation
    Bunt, S. (2013) 'A framework for the analysis of the social processes in the adoption of disabled children'. Journal of Social Work 14 (5):524
    Publisher
    Sage
    Journal
    Journal of Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/600858
    DOI
    10.1177/1468017313478901
    Additional Links
    http://jsw.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/1468017313478901
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1468-0173
    1741-296X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1177/1468017313478901
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