About Adoption & Fostering

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‘Reading Adoption & Fostering is the only way to stay fully briefed on all the key issues and developments in the field.’  Professor Robbie Gilligan, Head of School of Social Work & Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin

BAAF’s quarterly peer-reviewed journal has been at the cutting edge of debate on childcare issues for over 50 years.

Adoption & Fostering offers:

• an all-round perspective on developments in adoption and fostering, including support for foster carers and adoptive parents
• a wide range of insightful and thought-provoking articles, each scrutinised by members of our expert panel of academics and practitioners
• special editions focusing on key themes, eg education, listening to children, ethnicity in placement, and kinship care (forthcoming , autumn 2009)
• health notes and legal notes for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
• book reviews and abstracts from other relevant publications
• online access for subscribers including back issues to 1999.

Whether you’re an academic or practitioner, whether your background is in social work, psychology, law, medicine, training or caring, in the UK or overseas, Adoption & Fostering keeps you up-to-date with the latest developments in research and practice.

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