This issue highlights the urgent need to support adoptive parents and their children in order to maximise the potential for adoption to change children’s lives for the better. 

Articles

UNSAFE FOETUSES AND RISKY WOMBS? WHY WE NEED TO TAKE PRENATAL EXPERIENCES MORE SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WORKING WITH ADOPTION
Graham Music, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock and Portman Clinics, UK 

WORKING WITH WOMEN IN PRISON WHOSE BABIES MAY BE ADOPTED 
Bridget Supple, Coordinator: Foston Hall Prison Services with Birth Companions; Perinatal Educator, UK 

UNDERSTANDING THE PERSPECTIVE OF THREE MOTHERS WHO MADE THE DECISION TO PLACE THEIR BABIES FOR ADOPTION
Ian Orr-Campbell, Counsellor 

BABIES AND VERY YOUNG CHILDREN ENTERING OUT-OF-HOME CARE: GETTING IT RIGHT WITH CHILD DEVELOPMENT-BASED PLANNING FOR CHILDREN, CARERS AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS Rosemaria Flaherty, Executive Leader, Children and Families, Barnardos Australia 

PARENTING CHILDREN THROUGH ADOPTION, FOSTERING OR KINSHIP ARRANGEMENTS
Joanne Alper, CEO Adoptionplus, UK 

MAINTAINING CULTURAL CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN ADOPTED TRANSRACIALLY
Tam Cane, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex, UK 

NOW THEY ARE HOME – SUPPORTING ADOPTIVE FAMILIES IN THE EARLY DAYS OF BECOMING A FAMILY 
Julia Davis, Play Therapist, Julia Davis Associates; Author 

FOSTERING BABIES AND INFANTS: SEEKING COMMITMENT IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
Matt Forde, Partnerships and Development Director at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) Scotland 

BARNARDO’S: CHANGING CHILDHOODS AND CHANGING LIVES FOR OVER 150 YEARS
Matt Price, Strategic Lead for Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 

Lauren King, Psychologist in Clinical Training 

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