Table of Contents

Background and Research Issues.

Aims, Design, Sampling and Methodology.

Outcomes After One Year in Placement.

The Children's Backgrounds, Health and Behaviour.

New Family Characteristics and Placement Arrangements.

Preparation of the Child.

Pre-placement Work with New Families.

The Children's Adjustment at Home.

The Development of New Relationships.

The Children in School.

New Parents' Experiences: Stresses and Supports, Crises andDisruptions.

Post-placement Social Work Support.

Parenting Approaches and Responses.

Predicting Placement Stability.

Implications for Practice, Policy, Management and the Law.

Appendices.

List of Figures.

List of Tables.

References.

Index.

About the Author

David Quinton is the author of Joining New Families: A Study of Adoption and Fostering in Middle Childhood, published by Wiley.

Alan Rushton is a Director of Dialog Consultants, a consultancy specialising in distribution, logistics and supply chain management. He was formally the Director of Graduate Programmes at the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Cranfield University. He is a Chartered Fellow of the CILT (UK).

Cherilyn Dance is the author of Joining New Families: A Study of Adoption and Fostering in Middle Childhood, published by Wiley.

Deborah Mayes is the author of Joining New Families: A Study of Adoption and Fostering in Middle Childhood, published by Wiley.