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Author: Joanne Alper

Supporting Birth Parents Whose Children Have Been Adopted

Provides professionals who work with birth parents insights into the support needs of this sometimes-neglected group of people in the adoption process.

Edited by Joanne Alper

Adoption, Birth Parents, Therapy, Trauma

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Supporting Birth Parents Whose Children Have Been Adopted © JKP

A Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of the Nurturing Attachments Group Programme

The Nurturing Attachments groupwork programme is a DDP-informed intervention developed by Kim Golding. In 2016 the UK Government's DfE funded Adoptionplus to carry out an evaluation of the programme across 4 geographical sites for adoptive families.

Kim S. Golding, Joanne Alper, Ben Gurney-Smith, Julie Selwyn

Article Online Document

Adoption, Evidence Base, Parenting, Research

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AdoptionPlus Summary Report

Assessing Adoptive and Foster Parents

Improving Analysis and Understanding of Parenting Capacity. Combining theory and practice guidance for professionals, this is a guide to assessing foster or adoptive parents. Contributors are David Howe, Joanne Alper, Dr John Simmonds, Kim Golding, Daniel Hughes, Ben Gurney-Smith, Jon Baylin

Joanne Alper, David Howe

Adoption, Assessment, Foster care, Parenting

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