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Education secretary Nicky Morgan has today unveiled new measures to prioritise permanence and therapeutic care in placement decisions for vulnerable children. āEvery single day a child spends waiting in care is a further delay to a life full of love and stability ā and this simply isnāt good enough. We have a responsibility to transform … Continue reading Law will be changed to increase adoptions, government announces
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The Family Justice Council held its 9thĀ Annual Debate and panel discussion on Tuesday 24 November 2015. The topic for this yearās debate was adoption. The motion read: āAdoption without parental consent is wrong in principleā The event was chaired by theĀ Rt. Hon. Sir James Munby,Ā President of the Family Division of the High Court, and Chairman … Continue reading āAdoption without parental consent is wrong in principleā
By Dr Bruce Perry, adapted from the Foreword to the new book, Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children,Ā by Richard Rose. EXTRACT A fundamental and permeating strength of humankind is the capacity to form and maintain relationships ā the capacity to belong. It is in the context of our clan, community and culture that we are … Continue reading āWithout a life story, a child is adrift, disconnected and vulnerableā ā Dr Bruce Perry on the value and power of the Life Story approach
"A member of the House of Lords has criticised the governmentĀ for an unfair focus on adoption reform above other permanency options, during a debate on the new education and adoption bill. Lord Watson of Invergowrie, Labourās spokesperson on education in the Lords, said it was āwrong for adoption to be singled out for preferential treatment … Continue reading Government faces criticism in House of Lords for āpreferentialā adoption focus
Examined from a legal perspective byĀ suesspiciousmindsĀ read in full here:Ā Foster to adopt ā two small but significantĀ issues Summary of the significant issues covered by suesspiciousminds "Question 1 āĀ when is the child āplacedā for adoption?" The Judge in this case confirmed that the child is not āplaced with adoptersā until the child is in a position to … Continue reading Foster to adopt – two small but significant issues
.@CoramBAAF@AdoptionUK@educationgovuk@IsabelleTrowler @FamilyFuturesUKI'm stepping back from adoption: https://t.co/rVA8h1JphS ā Sir Martin Narey (@martinnarey) November 17, 2015 A statement by Sir Martin Narey "About my stepping down from the ALB" //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js In 2010 as I prepared to retire from Barnardoās, and contemplated all the things I might do in retirement, I was asked by The Times to … Continue reading Adoption: Sir Martin Narey’s Resignation as Chair of the Leadership Board
Social worker criticised for flawed Re B-S assessment in care proceedings https://t.co/SlIhNSPrCR There are too many closed minds! ā Russ Martin (@iRussMartin) November 17, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js She also put too much emphasis on the report of a psychologist who did not know all of the evidence, rather than making her own assessment Read at … Continue reading Social worker criticised for flawed Re B-S assessment in care proceedings
