Rena Phillips
Biographic Data
| ID | 6463406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rena Phillips |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rena |
| FAMILY NAME | Phillips |
| SIGNATURE | PHILLIPS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stirling |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
The Need for Information on How the Attachment Difficulties of Adopted and Looked after Children Affect their Schooling
The loss, separation and trauma experienced by looked after and adopted children can seriously affect their school life and ability to learn. A great deal has been written and researched on the low educational achievement of looked after children, but there is much less available on how adopted children fare. An attachment perspective can make a valuable contribution to understanding the learning needs of vulnerable children. Rena Phillips discus…
Ethical Issues in Adoption
As part of its remit to critically evaluate adoption policy and practice, the Evan B Donaldson Adoption Institute, based in New York, recently held a major international conference on the role of ethics in adoption. In collaboration with former Institute Director Madelyn Freundlich, Rena Phillips reports on some of the conference discussions and debates around four key ethical issues in adoption: secrecy and openness; the role of race, culture an…
Empowering Prospective Adopters
The Benefits of Experience
Developing Partnership
Barriers to Training for Disabled Social Work Students
Disabled people wishing to enter Higher Education are confronted with a number of barriers, yet relatively little research has been carried out to identify the level and nature of such obstacles. The short study reported here was designed to examine policy and practice within a number of social work training institutions in Scotland. Interviews were held with disabled students and ex-students, course tutors and practice teachers. Barriers to trai…
Support for Openness in Adoption Placements‐What can we learn from New Zealand
The placement for adoption of older children and those with special needs brings into focus the practice of open adoption whereby there is some form of continuing contact, including face to face contact, between birth and adoptive families. This in turn raises issues about the support needed to maintain such links. The paper discusses the progress made in New Zealand towards open adoption. The views of social workers, birth and adoptive families …
Developing a post-adoptive service for adoptive families
Adoption today is frequently used as a provision for older children, or children with special needs, who cannot live with their family of origin. Research indicates that adoptive families may need a wide range of services long after the adoption order has been granted. This ongoing support has resource implications for Local Authorities, and at present post adoption services are patchy and underdeveloped. We describe the various elements that mak…
The Role of Social Work Departments in Stepparent Adoptions
Post-Adoption Services — the Views of Adopters
Barriers to Training for Disabled Social Work Students
Disabled people wishing to enter Higher Education are confronted with a number of barriers, yet relatively little research has been carried out to identify the level and nature of such obstacles. The short study reported here was designed to examine policy and practice within a number of social work training institutions in Scotland. Interviews were held with disabled students and ex-students, course tutors and practice teachers. Barriers to trai…
The Need for Information on How the Attachment Difficulties of Adopted and Looked after Children Affect their Schooling
The loss, separation and trauma experienced by looked after and adopted children can seriously affect their school life and ability to learn. A great deal has been written and researched on the low educational achievement of looked after children, but there is much less available on how adopted children fare. An attachment perspective can make a valuable contribution to understanding the learning needs of vulnerable children. Rena Phillips discus…
Empowering Prospective Adopters
Ethical Issues in Adoption
As part of its remit to critically evaluate adoption policy and practice, the Evan B Donaldson Adoption Institute, based in New York, recently held a major international conference on the role of ethics in adoption. In collaboration with former Institute Director Madelyn Freundlich, Rena Phillips reports on some of the conference discussions and debates around four key ethical issues in adoption: secrecy and openness; the role of race, culture an…
Post-Adoption Services — the Views of Adopters
The Role of Social Work Departments in Stepparent Adoptions
Support for Openness in Adoption Placements‐What can we learn from New Zealand
The placement for adoption of older children and those with special needs brings into focus the practice of open adoption whereby there is some form of continuing contact, including face to face contact, between birth and adoptive families. This in turn raises issues about the support needed to maintain such links. The paper discusses the progress made in New Zealand towards open adoption. The views of social workers, birth and adoptive families …
Developing a post-adoptive service for adoptive families
Adoption today is frequently used as a provision for older children, or children with special needs, who cannot live with their family of origin. Research indicates that adoptive families may need a wide range of services long after the adoption order has been granted. This ongoing support has resource implications for Local Authorities, and at present post adoption services are patchy and underdeveloped. We describe the various elements that mak…
Barriers to Training for Disabled Social Work Students
Disabled people wishing to enter Higher Education are confronted with a number of barriers, yet relatively little research has been carried out to identify the level and nature of such obstacles. The short study reported here was designed to examine policy and practice within a number of social work training institutions in Scotland. Interviews were held with disabled students and ex-students, course tutors and practice teachers. Barriers to trai…
Developing Partnership
Empowering Prospective Adopters
The Benefits of Experience
Ethical Issues in Adoption
As part of its remit to critically evaluate adoption policy and practice, the Evan B Donaldson Adoption Institute, based in New York, recently held a major international conference on the role of ethics in adoption. In collaboration with former Institute Director Madelyn Freundlich, Rena Phillips reports on some of the conference discussions and debates around four key ethical issues in adoption: secrecy and openness; the role of race, culture an…
The Need for Information on How the Attachment Difficulties of Adopted and Looked after Children Affect their Schooling
The loss, separation and trauma experienced by looked after and adopted children can seriously affect their school life and ability to learn. A great deal has been written and researched on the low educational achievement of looked after children, but there is much less available on how adopted children fare. An attachment perspective can make a valuable contribution to understanding the learning needs of vulnerable children. Rena Phillips discus…
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Psychology (9 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (8 works) · Business (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works)