Books, booklets & multimedia

Acting on principle
by Ravinder Barn, Ruth Sinclair, and Dionne Ferdinand (BAAF, 1997)
Price: £8.95 (previously £12.95)
An examination of race and ethnicity in social services provision for children and families.

Adopting or fostering a sexually abused child
by Catherine Macaskill (BAAF, 1997)
Price: £16.95
Essential reading for social workers and adoptive and foster families.

Adoption & Fostering Volume 29:1 Spring 2005 - Special bumper issue - Listening to Children
Guest edited by Caroline Thomas and Nigel Thomas (BAAF, 2005)
Price: £7.95 (normally £11)
A special issue of the BAAF journal Adoption & Fostering, focusing on the theme of Listening to Children.

Adoption, Search and Reunion:
the long-term experience of adopted adults
By David Howe and Julia Feast with Denise Coster, The Children's Society Price: £14.50
This fascinating study was originally published by The Children's Society (2000) and has now been reprinted by BAAF with a new introduction.

Adoption Support Services for Families in Difficulty:
A literature review and UK survey
by Alan Rushton and Cherilyn Dance (BAAF, September 2002)
Price: £6.95
The survey is the first UK-wide research into the types of routine and specialist support services available for adoptive families.

The Adoption Triangle Revisited: A study of adoption, search and reunion experiences
By John Triseliotis, Julia Feast and Fiona Kyle (BAAF, 2005)
Price: £9.95
The first British study to explore the individual experiences and perspectives of all the key players in the adoption, search and reunion process.

Assessment, Preparation and Support
Implications from Research
(BAAF, 1999)
Price: £7.95
This collection offers interesting arguments, new insights and reflective overviews.

A Bibliography of Family Placement Literature
Edited by John Sudbery, Stephen Hicks, Sheila Thompson, Hugh McLaughlin and Carole Bramley with Katrina Wilson (BAAF, May 2005)
Price: £7.95
A guide to publications on children, parents and carers.

Children Adopted from Care - An examination of agency adoptions in England - 1996
by Gilles Ivaldi (BAAF, 1998)
Price: £8.95
This study reports on the first detailed analysis of the Department of Health's Children Looked After database.

Exchanging Visions:
Papers on best practice in Europe for children separated from their birth parents
(BAAF, 1998)
Price: £6.95
A selection of papers from BAAF's first ever European conference which focused on how to achieve the best possible outcomes for children separated from their birth families.

Myths & Practices -
A national survey of the use of experts in care proceedings
by Julia Brophy, Christopher J Wale and Phil Bates (BAAF, 1999)
Price: £5.95
This research, the first national survey in England and Wales of the use of experts, explores a range of practices by courts, guardians ad litem, local authorities and parents.

Novices, Old Hands, and Professionals: Adoption by single people

by Morag Owen (BAAF, 1999)
Price: £5.95
The first major study of single-person adoption, both descriptive and analytical.

Providing a Secure Base in Long-Term foster Care
by Mary Beek and Gillian Schofield (BAAF, February 2004)
Price: £13.95
A study which will inspire social workers, foster carers and other professionals concerned with the stability and security of children in long-term foster families.

The Role of Concurrent Planning - Making permanent placements for young children
by Elizabeth Monck , Jill Reynolds and Valerie Wigfall (BAAF, February 2003)
Price: £9.95

This study provides an independent evaluation of the first innovative child-centred, concurrent planning programmes introduced into England.

Shaping Childcare Practice in Scotland: Key papers on adoption and fostering
By Professor Malcolm Hill (BAAF, September 2002)
Price: £5.00
In this guide, the authors examine how adoption practice has evolved and chart the changes.

Signposts in Adoption:
Policy, practice and research issues
Edited by Malcolm Hill and Martin Shaw (BAAF, 1998)
Price: £5.00
This unique anthology brings together seminal papers published in BAAF's quarterly journal, Adoption & Fostering.

Supporting Adoption - Reframing The Approach
Directed by Professors Nigel Lowe and Mervyn Murch (BAAF, 1999)
Price: £10.95
Supporting Adoption offers the most comprehensive review of adoption services in England and Wales in the 1990s.

Surveying Adoption
A comprehensive analysis of local authority adoptions 1998-1999 (England)
by Gilles Ivaldi (BAAF, October 2000)
Price: £5.00
The most comprehensive picture of the numbers, characteristics and histories of looked after children who were adopted in England during 1998/99.

Testing the Limits of Foster Care: Fostering as an alternative to secure accommodation
by Moira Walker , Malcolm Hill and John Triseliotis (BAAF, October 2002)
Price: £10.00
This study looks at a pioneering scheme that offers fostering placements for young people whose behaviour would place them beyond the limits of ‘normal’ foster care.

Working with adolescents: Supporting families, preventing breakdown
by Nina Biehal (BAAF, 2005)
Price: £12.95
This book reports the findings of a study, commissioned by the Department of Health, into the effectiveness of these specialist support teams.