Assessing prospective adoptive and foster parents is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurised time frame. Currently, assessments dra

The ideal first book for prospective adopters. When you decide to adopt a child, you might assume that all the important work begins when the child comes to liv

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 adulth