Research & Resources
Care proceedings, adoption and infant contact: Family Justice Council Debate, Dec 10
President of the Family Division/Family Justice Council Debate, 8 December 2010
Contact for babies in care proceedings
This debate centred on the arrangements for contact for babies as set out in (Re M [2003] 2 FLR 171). Research (Kenrick 2009; Kenrick 2010) has demonstrated the serious negative impact on babies of high levels of contact and the debate reviewed both the legal framework and child development issues. The debate is summarised in an article by Schofield and Simmonds to be published in Family Law later in the year followed by a briefing for social workers to be issued by BAAF. The proceedings of this debate are available as a transcript (see download right>) and audio recording (click here for podcasts)
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Kenrick, J. (2009). "Concurrent planning A retrospective study of the continuities and discontinuities of care, and their impact on the development of infants and young children placed for adoption by the Coram Concurrent Planning Project." Adoption and Fostering 33(4)
Kenrick, J. (2010). "Concurrent planning (2) ‘The rollercoaster of uncertainty’." Adoption and Fostering 34(2).
Research into Outcomes for Adopted Children
A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Attachments Between Older Adopted Children who have Suffered Adversity and their Adoptive Parents, by Miriam Steele (Anna Freud Centre), Jill Hodges (Institute of Child Health) and Jeanne Kaniuk (Coram).
The study was funded primarily by the Headley Trust and the Glasshouse Trust (both part of the Sainsbury’s Family Trusts).
Ongoing research is funded by the Big Lottery, conducted by Miriam Steele (Anna Freud Centre), Jill Hodges (Institute of Child Health) and Jeanne Kaniuk (Coram).
Needs Assessment for Children’s Centres
Needs Mapping for Haringey Children’s Centres – Report for Bounds Green Children’s Centre found:
- Parents required better information about the services offered
- A broader range of affordable services was needed closer to home
Approaches to Safeguarding for Black and Minority Ethnic Children
Study of Strategies to Meet the Safeguarding Needs of Black and Minority Ethnic Children in Tower Hamlets - commissioned by Tower Hamlets Local Safeguarding Children Board.
To read the report, see 'downloads' (top right) >
Coram Pilot Schemes Evaluated by Academic Researchers
Harrow Adoption Service: Report for the Department for Children, Schools and Families by Dr Julie Selwyn of the Hadley Centre, University of Bristol (2009)
A review of the three-year partnership between Harrow Council’s adoption services and Coram revealed:
- Improvement in reducing time taken to place children with adopted families
- Increased confidence amongst Harrow’s decision-making adoption staff
- Benefits of the partnership took time to show
Family Drug and Alcohol Court
An interim report by Prof. Judith Harwin of Brunel University September (2009), funded by Nuffield Foundation, into the key effects of this piloted service.
To read the full report, click here
To learn more about this innovative service, visit the Family Drug and Alcohol Court section
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