Non-infant adoption from care: lessons for safeguarding children
Researchers traced a historical UK cohort of 130 children recommended for adoption at ages three to eleven, using social-work records and later adopter interviews. Many adopters reported persistent difficulties and extensive service use. Thirty-eight per cent of children did not achieve stable adoption; later entry to care correlated with poorer outcomes.
Limitations: Historical selected non-infant cohort; this is not a disruption estimate for all UK adoptions. Adopter and record evidence cannot substitute for adoptees’ direct accounts. Sample overlap with other non-infant adoption studies requires verification.
- Research type
- Longitudinal cohort analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children / Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children; adolescents
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: Rees–Selwyn non-infant adoption cohort (1991–1996)
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in indexed metadata reviewed. Affiliations, funding and conflicts have not been comprehensively audited; this does not confirm institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption disruption, mental health, 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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