Interventions to support looked-after children and young people transitioning out of care to living with adoptive or birth parents or special guardians, or into connected care
This review examined interventions supporting moves from care into permanent family arrangements. It included 32 publications from 28 studies, including adoption research from England. Much of the evidence measured whether permanence was achieved rather than subsequent health, safety or wellbeing. An English concurrent-planning comparison reported fewer moves and faster permanence, with methodological limitations.
Limitations: Combines adoption, reunification and other permanence pathways; much evidence comes from the United States. Study limitations include attrition, imprecision and non-randomised comparisons. Underlying studies also appear separately in this database. Prepared by NICE to inform guidance for services in England.
- Research type
- Systematic review
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: NICE NG205 evidence reviews (2021)
Institutional context: Government / government-commissioned research
Prepared by NICE to inform guidance for services in England.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption disruption, adoption system
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England-focused review; international evidence
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- Adoptee involvement
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