‘What happened next’: a study of outcomes for maltreated children following care proceedings
Researchers followed children assessed by a multidisciplinary expert service during care proceedings, initially covering 114 children from 49 families. Assessment reports were coded and later compared with carer interviews across birth, adoptive, foster and kinship placements. Average adjustment improved at follow-up, but the initially most concerning group showed little improvement. Many recommended supports were not received.
Limitations: The follow-up includes different placements and does not provide adoption-only outcome estimates in the abstract. Carers reported children’s functioning; this is not direct adoptee testimony. A selected expert-assessment sample, incomplete follow-up and observational change do not establish effects of adoption or court recommendations. 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
- Longitudinal follow-up 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: Multidisciplinary care-proceedings outcome 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: Child development, mental health, Parent proxy evidence, post-adoption support
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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