Mediation and Post-Adoption Contact
The Early Experience of the Post-Adoption Centre Contact Mediation Service
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11940577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Kedward (Social Policy & Social Work at the University of Sussex department of the same title, corresponding author), Barry Luckock (0000-0003-1558-0370, Social Policy & Social Work at the University of Sussex department of the same title), Hilary Lawson (Social Policy & Social Work at the University of Sussex department of the same title) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 16-26 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Adoption & Fostering (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030857599902300304 |
| OpenAlex | W2002745023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 3 |
Post-adoption contact, whether through letterbox arrangements or direct links between the adoptive child and family and the birth parents and relatives, is becoming a common practice aspiration. However, adoption law remains rooted in assumptions of severance and the courts are extremely reluctant to order such contact and thereby interfere with the right of adoptive parents to make their own decisions. In this situation agreements have to be voluntarily negotiated and mediation has been proposed as a method of helping birth and adoptive parents to come to joint decisions about the nature and extent of post-adoption contact. Carol Kedward, Barry Luckock and Hilary Lawson report and discuss the results of a small-scale, evaluative study of the service outcomes and experiences of parents who were in touch with the Post-Adoption Centre Contact Mediation Service during the first two years of its operation
Business · Mediation · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Severance · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology · Marketing
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2019 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |