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The article presents the findings of an international literature review conducted to examine the factors that drive inter‐country adoption rates within both sending and receiving countries. The authors then consider the implications of these findings for inter‐country adoption policy reform in Australia. The evidence in the literature highlights a distinction between the factors that drive ICA in sending and receiving countries. Factors that drive the practice in sending countries relate to structural forms such as socio‐economic and political conditions. In contrast, it is the…
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Amendments to the child protection legislation in New South Wales (NSW), Australia enacted in October 2014, prioritise adoption over foster care for children who cannot live safely with their families. Therefore, psychologists could have an increasing role in conducting assessments and interventions in this field. The purpose of this article is to provide psychologists and adoption researchers with a conceptual model for the psychosocial adjustment of foster care adoptees with a background of maltreatment. A scoping review of the literature on contributors to outcomes for children…
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Children who have been removed from their parents need stability and permanence; this is as true for disabled children as it is for others. Yet many children are subject to extended periods of uncertainty and instability. Growing attention has been paid to the need to achieve permanence within a timescale which meets children’s needs. As disabled children are over-represented in looked after (in care) populations it is especially important that their needs are considered when formulating policy and practice in this area.
This review of literature covers international material…
This book features individual empirical studies on the outcomes and progress made for children in foster care around the world. The studies are organized into three parts. The first part, ‘Placement Movements and Destinations,’ includes studies from the United States, Netherlands, Spain and Australia on placement stability and reunification, among other topics. The second part, ‘The Foster Care Experience: A Life Course Perspective,’ includes studies from the UK and the US. And the final part, ‘Psychological Outcomes and Correlates of Outcomes,’ describes studies and research from the UK,…