Interviews with researchers
A series of short interviews with the lead Adoption Research Initiative researchers covers some of the key findings and messages from the projects. Parts of the interviews address particular audiences including children and families social workers, adoption workers, those working in the family justice system, commissioners of children’s services, and service users. The interviews might be used for individual professional development, for teaching, or to support training or practice development sessions.
Study 1: Professor Nina Biehal
Nina Biehal is Research Director of the Children and Young People’s Social Work Team at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York. She was speaking to Mary Beek, Professional Adviser to the ARi about the ‘Characteristics, outcomes and meanings of four types of permanent placement’ study.
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Study 1: Jim Wade
Jim Wade is a Senior Research Fellow in the Children and Young People’s Social Work Team at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York. He was speaking to Caroline Thomas, Academic Adviser to the ARi about ‘Special Guardianship in Practice’ which was part of Study 1.
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Study 3: Elaine Farmer
Elaine Farmer is a Professor of Child and Family Studies at The Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She was speaking to Caroline Thomas, Academic Adviser to the ARi about ‘An investigation of family finding and matching in adoption’ which was part of Study 3.
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Study 4: Dr Julie Selwyn
Julie Selwyn is the Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster care Studies in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She was responding to questions from Caroline Thomas, Academic Adviser to the ARi, about the ‘Pathways to Permanence for Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnicity Children’ study.
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Study 5: Dr Elsbeth Neil
Beth Neil is a Senior Lecturer in social work in the School of Social Work and Psychology at the University of East Anglia. She was speaking to Mary Beek, Professional Adviser to DfE's Adoption Policy Team about the ‘Helping birth families’ study.
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In this second interview, Beth was speaking to Mary about the ‘Supporting contact after adoption’ study.
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Study 6: Professor Alan Rushton
Alan Rushton is Visiting Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. He was speaking to Mary Beek, Professional Adviser to the ARi about the ‘Enhancing adoptive parenting’ study.
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Study 7: Dr Julie Selwyn
Julie Selwyn is the Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster care Studies in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She was responding to questions from Caroline Thomas, Academic Adviser to the ARi, about the ‘Adoption and the Inter-agency Fee’ study.
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