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Placement stability for children in kinship care : A long-term follow-up of children placed in kinship care through care proceedings
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Lutman, Eleanor, Hunt, Joan and Waterhouse, Suzette (2009) Placement stability for children in kinship care : A long-term follow-up of children placed in kinship care through care proceedings. Adoption and Fostering, Volume 33 (Number 3). pp. 28-39. doi:10.1177/030857590903300304 ISSN 0308-5759.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857590903300304
Abstract
One of the key arguments put forward for the benefits of kinship placements is that they are likely to provide permanency for children. However, little is known about the factors which promote placement stability or the reasons for placement disruption. This article examines placement stability and disruption for a cohort of children placed in kinship care through care proceedings (Hunt et al, 2008). When compared with disruption rates for other forms of care, it appears that for younger children kinship care can be a positive option but the figures are less positive for older children. However, after disruption over half of the kinship-placed children remained within their family networks and many kinship carers retained a positive relationship with the child. The findings indicate placements of older children, placements with aunts/uncles and placements where the carer and child are less familiar with each other are more likely to disrupt and thus may need more support.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Other > Centre for Lifelong Learning | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Adoption and Fostering | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0308-5759 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 33 | ||||
Number: | Number 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 28-39 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/030857590903300304 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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