A Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of the Nurturing Attachments Group Programme
Pre- and post-programme questionnaires in 29 families, representing 49 adopted children, assessed a parenting programme across four English areas. Parent-rated overall child difficulties increased on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, while another child assessment showed no change. Conduct ratings decreased but emotional and peer difficulty ratings increased. Researchers considered whether parents’ changed understanding affected their ratings.
Limitations: Parents supplied child-proxy ratings. Small selected sample, no untreated control and changes in parental interpretation complicate conclusions about children’s actual change. Included for child outcomes, not parent-experience interviews. Overlaps with the later Nurturing Attachments journal paper. Published by Adoptionplus, an adoption-service provider, about its programme. The report acknowledges Hadley Trust funding; authors include programme-associated practitioners.
- Research type
- Mixed-methods programme evaluation
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: AdoptionPlus Nurturing Attachments evaluation
Institutional context: Adoption-sector service evaluation
Published by Adoptionplus, an adoption-service provider, about its programme. The report acknowledges Hadley Trust funding; authors include programme-associated practitioners.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: mental health, post-adoption support
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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