Lesley Frazer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6463380 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lesley Frazer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lesley |
| FAMILY NAME | Frazer |
| SIGNATURE | FRAZER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
It's a Piece of Cake
Julie Selwyn, Sarah del Tufo and Lesley Frazer report on an evaluation of the It's a Piece of Cake? training programme provided by Adoption UK. The programme, unusually, is delivered by professional trainers who are themselves adopters. The immediate impact of the training was an increase in adopters' confidence and a wider repertoire of skills in managing difficult behaviour. The effects of the programme seemed to have continued for some time fo…
More Than Just a Letter
Postbox contact, in which an adoption agency mediates the exchange of letters between adoptive and birth families, now appears to be the most common contact plan for adopted children. Despite their prevalence, postbox services have received little attention from researchers and is not the subject of any national policy or practice guidance. This article by Julie Selwyn, Lesley Frazer and Peter Wrighton draws on a recent evaluation of one local au…
Why are we waiting? The demography of adoption for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage in England
The known shortage of adopters for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage poses many dilemmas for practitioners, not least because of the potentially damaging consequences of delay while placements are sought. Drawing on a study of agency policy and practice in the recruitment of a larger, more diverse pool of adopters, this paper explores the demography of adoption for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage. The paper sug…
Why are we waiting? The demography of adoption for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage in England
The known shortage of adopters for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage poses many dilemmas for practitioners, not least because of the potentially damaging consequences of delay while placements are sought. Drawing on a study of agency policy and practice in the recruitment of a larger, more diverse pool of adopters, this paper explores the demography of adoption for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage. The paper sug…
It's a Piece of Cake
Julie Selwyn, Sarah del Tufo and Lesley Frazer report on an evaluation of the It's a Piece of Cake? training programme provided by Adoption UK. The programme, unusually, is delivered by professional trainers who are themselves adopters. The immediate impact of the training was an increase in adopters' confidence and a wider repertoire of skills in managing difficult behaviour. The effects of the programme seemed to have continued for some time fo…
More Than Just a Letter
Postbox contact, in which an adoption agency mediates the exchange of letters between adoptive and birth families, now appears to be the most common contact plan for adopted children. Despite their prevalence, postbox services have received little attention from researchers and is not the subject of any national policy or practice guidance. This article by Julie Selwyn, Lesley Frazer and Peter Wrighton draws on a recent evaluation of one local au…
Why are we waiting? The demography of adoption for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage in England
The known shortage of adopters for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage poses many dilemmas for practitioners, not least because of the potentially damaging consequences of delay while placements are sought. Drawing on a study of agency policy and practice in the recruitment of a larger, more diverse pool of adopters, this paper explores the demography of adoption for children of black, Asian and black mixed parentage. The paper sug…
More Than Just a Letter
Postbox contact, in which an adoption agency mediates the exchange of letters between adoptive and birth families, now appears to be the most common contact plan for adopted children. Despite their prevalence, postbox services have received little attention from researchers and is not the subject of any national policy or practice guidance. This article by Julie Selwyn, Lesley Frazer and Peter Wrighton draws on a recent evaluation of one local au…
It's a Piece of Cake
Julie Selwyn, Sarah del Tufo and Lesley Frazer report on an evaluation of the It's a Piece of Cake? training programme provided by Adoption UK. The programme, unusually, is delivered by professional trainers who are themselves adopters. The immediate impact of the training was an increase in adopters' confidence and a wider repertoire of skills in managing difficult behaviour. The effects of the programme seemed to have continued for some time fo…
Child Welfare and Adoption (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Agency (philosophy (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 work)