Gillian Schofield

Emma Ward

Looks at the foster care experience of parents through interviews and accounts of famly life before their children were taken into care, the experiences of the court system, and the challenges of maintaining a relationship with their children.

Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-term Foster Care

Mary Beek

British Association for Adoption & Fostering

British Association for Adoption & Fostering Staff

Promoting Attachment and Resilience in Foster Care and Adoption

The Secure Base Model

Attachment is at the heart of family life and adoption. Schifield and Beek trace the pathways of secure and insecure patterns of attachment from birth to adulthood, exploring the impact of past experiences of abuse, neglect and separation on children's behaviour in foster and adoptive families. They explain from an attachment perspective the dimensions of parenting that are associated with helping children to feel more secure and fulfil their potential in the family - with peers, at school and in the community.

Gillian Schofield

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