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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783326703321

Autore

Hart Angie

Titolo

Developing adoption support and therapy [[electronic resource] ] : new approaches for practice / / Angie Hart and Barry Luckock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004

ISBN

1-280-26685-6

9786610266852

1-4237-0992-6

1-84642-021-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LuckockBarry <1953->

Disciplina

362.734

Soggetti

Adopted children - Great Britain

Adopted children - United States

Adoption - Great Britain

Adoption - United States

Adoptive parents - Services for - Great Britain

Adoptive parents - Services for - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Developing Adoption Support and Therapy: New Approaches for Practice; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Adoption Today; 2 Understanding Adoptive Childhood and Family Life; 3 Adoption Support: The Legal and Organisational Framework for Practice; 4 'Someone There for Us': The Adoption Support Services Adviser in Context; 5 Facilitating 'Good Enough' Adoptive Parenting Through Formal Therapeutic Interventions; 6 'Holding Multiple Families in Mind': Enabling Open Communication in Adoptive Kinship; 7 Developing Communities of Adoptive Practice; References; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the challenges of adoption and how best to support families coping with these demands. Angie Hart and Barry Luckock draw together adoptive parents' experiences, professional practice and empirical research to provide an integrative account of adoption support services.