Do children adopted from British foster care show difficulties in executive functioning and social communication?

Alexandra E Wretham, Matt Woolgar, Alexandra E Wretham - Adoption & Fostering

In this study, 30 primary school aged UK adoptees without a history of institutionalisation completed an assessment of their intellectual, executive functioning and social communication abilities.

The effectiveness of psychological interventions with adoptive parents on adopted children and adolescents’ outcomes: A systematic review

Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh, Fiona Duffy, Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

This systematic review aimed to establish the effectiveness of interventions with adoptive parents on adopted children and adolescents’ psychological well-being, behavioural functioning and parent–child relationship.

Conceptualisations of Family and Social Work Family Practice in Chile, Mexico and Norway

Ingunn Studsrød, Ingunn T. Ellingsen, Carolina Muñoz Guzmán and Sandra E. Mancinas Espinoza - Social Policy and Society

This article presents findings from a cross-national study exploring how social workers in child welfare conceptualise ‘family’, and how they relate to ‘family’ in their practice.

A Four-Nation Comparison of Kinship Care in the UK: The Relationship between Formal Kinship Care and Deprivation

Claire McCartan, Lisa Bunting, Paul Bywaters, Gavin Davidson, Martin Elliott and Jade Hooper - Social Policy and Society

This study provides UK evidence for the relationship between kinship care and deprivation and examines how the welfare state frames kinship care in policy and practice.