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Shaping Childcare Practice in Scotland:Key papers on adoption and fostering

	Price: £5.00 480 pages A5	BAAF, September 2002 ISBN 978-1-903699-14-0

This invaluable anthology brings together seminal papers published in BAAF’s quarterly journal, Adoption & Fostering, which have contributed to shaping childcare practice in Scotland since 1980.

Adoption and fostering policy and practice in Scotland have altered dramatically over the last 20 years. The types of children needing adoptive families are quite different and consequently, the experiences of adoptive families also differ significantly from those of even just a generation ago. What are the important changes and key trends? And what are the major issues and controversies that have preoccupied child care professionals and practitioners?

• trends in child placement philosophy
• children’s legislation in Scotland
• perspectives on adoption
• post-adoption services and issues
• perspectives on foster care
• placement outcomes, and assessment and meeting children’s needs.

Essential reading for managers, practitioners, researchers, students, academics and all those interested in the issues which have influenced the development of adoption and foster care policy and practice.