Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and indexes.
Contents
Adoption today -- Understanding adoptive childhood and family life : family practices and narratives as the context for adoptive support -- Adoption support : the legal and organisational framework for practice -- 'Someone there for us' : the adoption support services adviser in context -- Facilitating 'good enough' adoptive parenting through formal therapeutic interventions -- 'Holding multiple families in mind' : enabling open communication in adoptive kinship -- Developing communities of adoptive practice.