Janette Logan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4005131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janette Logan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janette |
| FAMILY NAME | Logan |
| SIGNATURE | LOGAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Confronting Prejudice
Adoption
Contemporary adoptive kinship
This paper was concerned with the changing nature of adoptive kinship. The analysis was located in the context of current sociological and anthropological theory and parallels were drawn with other alternative family forms i.e. gay and lesbian families, and families formed by new reproductive technologies. Adoption as a family form has largely been neglected in sociological and anthropological literature, yet the changing nature of adoption, part…
Preparation and planning for face‐to‐face contact after adoption
Whilst there is a general international trend towards more open adoption, there is considerable variation between agencies in the extent to which they are prepared to support different forms of contact arrangements. Agencies have a pivotal role to play in decisions about contact and early planning that is integrated into the assessment and preparation of prospective adopters is fundamental to its success. This paper reports on adoptive parents' e…
The Emotional Experience of Adoption, a Psychoanalytic Perspective
Debbie Hindle and Graham Shulman (eds) Routledge , London and New York , 2008 , 279 pp. £25.99. ISBN 10: 0-415 37276-3 This book explores the emotional experience of adoption from a psychoanalytic perspective. It demonstrates how psychoanalytic understanding, with its focus on the inner world, and emotional and unconscious processes, can contribute to thinking about and working with adopted children and their families. It is primarily concerned w…
Exchanging Information Post Adoption
Janette Logan reports on the findings of a research study which examined the experiences of adoptive parents and birth parents who were involved in an information exchange scheme. While both acknowledged the importance of exchanging information, different views were expressed as to how the exchange should happen and people's experiences were considerably influenced by their pattern and process of exchange. This study provides empirical evidence t…
Adoption and Direct Post-Adoption Contact
Essential Reading
Research for Practice
The Agenda for Post-Adoption Services
Contemporary adoptive kinship
This paper was concerned with the changing nature of adoptive kinship. The analysis was located in the context of current sociological and anthropological theory and parallels were drawn with other alternative family forms i.e. gay and lesbian families, and families formed by new reproductive technologies. Adoption as a family form has largely been neglected in sociological and anthropological literature, yet the changing nature of adoption, part…
Exchanging Information Post Adoption
Janette Logan reports on the findings of a research study which examined the experiences of adoptive parents and birth parents who were involved in an information exchange scheme. While both acknowledged the importance of exchanging information, different views were expressed as to how the exchange should happen and people's experiences were considerably influenced by their pattern and process of exchange. This study provides empirical evidence t…
Preparation and planning for face‐to‐face contact after adoption
Whilst there is a general international trend towards more open adoption, there is considerable variation between agencies in the extent to which they are prepared to support different forms of contact arrangements. Agencies have a pivotal role to play in decisions about contact and early planning that is integrated into the assessment and preparation of prospective adopters is fundamental to its success. This paper reports on adoptive parents' e…
Adoption and Direct Post-Adoption Contact
Confronting Prejudice
Research for Practice
The Agenda for Post-Adoption Services
The Agenda for Post-Adoption Services
Research for Practice
Essential Reading
Exchanging Information Post Adoption
Janette Logan reports on the findings of a research study which examined the experiences of adoptive parents and birth parents who were involved in an information exchange scheme. While both acknowledged the importance of exchanging information, different views were expressed as to how the exchange should happen and people's experiences were considerably influenced by their pattern and process of exchange. This study provides empirical evidence t…
Adoption and Direct Post-Adoption Contact
Preparation and planning for face‐to‐face contact after adoption
Whilst there is a general international trend towards more open adoption, there is considerable variation between agencies in the extent to which they are prepared to support different forms of contact arrangements. Agencies have a pivotal role to play in decisions about contact and early planning that is integrated into the assessment and preparation of prospective adopters is fundamental to its success. This paper reports on adoptive parents' e…
The Emotional Experience of Adoption, a Psychoanalytic Perspective
Debbie Hindle and Graham Shulman (eds) Routledge , London and New York , 2008 , 279 pp. £25.99. ISBN 10: 0-415 37276-3 This book explores the emotional experience of adoption from a psychoanalytic perspective. It demonstrates how psychoanalytic understanding, with its focus on the inner world, and emotional and unconscious processes, can contribute to thinking about and working with adopted children and their families. It is primarily concerned w…
Contemporary adoptive kinship
This paper was concerned with the changing nature of adoptive kinship. The analysis was located in the context of current sociological and anthropological theory and parallels were drawn with other alternative family forms i.e. gay and lesbian families, and families formed by new reproductive technologies. Adoption as a family form has largely been neglected in sociological and anthropological literature, yet the changing nature of adoption, part…
Adoption
Confronting Prejudice
Child Welfare and Adoption (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works)