This work considers adoption made after court proceedings which have been contested by birth families or guardians. Such adoptions are growing as a percentage o

It is now over 20 years since 'open adoption' was first introduced, but it remains a controversial and contested part of social work practice. This innovative a

You hear all sorts of things said or implied about adoption. Some information comes from people who know a lot about it, while some comes from people who don’

Few children nowadays are placed for adoption with no form of contact planned with birth relatives and it has become common professional practice to advocate di