‘By Listening Hard’: Developing a Service-User Feedback System for Adopted and Fostered Children in Receipt of Mental Health Services
Researchers developed ways for junior-school-aged adopted and fostered children receiving psychological therapy to give feedback about the service. Age-specific approaches enabled children to discuss their experiences reflectively. The paper describes methods for obtaining children’s perspectives and their implications for therapeutic practice.
Limitations: This is methodological service-user research, not a trial demonstrating therapy benefits. Adoption and fostering were combined, and the abstract does not state the sample size or recruitment region. Children receiving specialist care may differ from other adoptees. Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
- Research type
- Participatory methodology study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: Davies–Wright child therapy feedback study
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoptee voice, mental health, post-adoption support, research methodology
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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