Read more
Originally published in 1970, this book is an account of a four-year project in which International Social Service of Great Britain joined with Bedford College, London University, to provide a first-class adoption service for babies born in Britain of diverse racial origins, and to study the outcome of the adoptions.
List of contents
Foreword. The Committee. Honorary Medical Staff. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Origin and Structure of the Project 2. Service to Babies 3. The Natural Parents 4. Selection of Adoptive Parents 5. The People Who Applied to Adopt a Child - A Study of their Characteristics 6. Placement of a Child 7. The Period from Placement to Legal Adoption 8. Post-Adoption Discussion Groups 9. Follow-up Study of the Adjustment of the Child in the Adoptive Family 10. Agency Adoptions of Non-White Children in the United Kingdom - A Quantitative Study 11. The Adoption Resource Exchange 12. Conclusions and Implications for Practice. List of Member Agencies of the Adoption Resource Exchange. List of Tables. Bibliography. Index.
About the author
Lois Raynor
Summary
Originally published in 1970, this book is an account of a four-year project in which International Social Service of Great Britain joined with Bedford College, London University, to provide a first-class adoption service for babies born in Britain of diverse racial origins, and to study the outcome of the adoptions.
