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Adoption breakdown |
20 October 2006 |
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For prospective parents, adopting a child is a long and demanding process. But some adoptions are not successful - so why do they fail?
The average age at which a child is put up for adoption has gone up. The older the child is when it is put up for adoption, the greater the chance that it has experienced abuse or neglect. But are adoptive parents given sufficient information about the background of the children they are taking on? Could such information cut the number of failed adoptions? And are government targets putting undue pressure on social services to place children in unsuitable circumstances?
Martha talks to Andrew Webb, Co-Chair of the Association of Directors of Social Services’ Children and Families Committee; Meg Henderson, a writer who has been a special foster and adoptive parent; and, Martha Cover, a Family Law Barrister at Coram Chambers in London.
British Association for Adoption and Fostering
NORCAP: National Organisation for the Counselling of Adoptees and ParentsDisclaimer
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