Category - Emotional/Mental Health

Children coming into residential care have usually experienced trauma and rejection. Whether they have been removed from biological parents or from adoptive or foster placements which have broken down, many will feel they have been abandoned. Read...

Findings are presented from the second phase of a UK longitudinal study of 33 gay father, 35 lesbian mother, and 43 heterosexual parent families when their adopted children reached early adolescence. Participants predominantly lived in...

The Fostering Network has published a report on the findings of the Muslim Fostering Project which explored the experiences of Muslim children in foster care and that of Muslim foster carers in the UK. Recommendations include: Ofsted to include...

Many children who have been sexually abused have also experienced other abuse such as domestic violence and neglect. The experience of stigma, betrayal and poor attachment can lead to challenging behaviour, which affects placement stability. Key...

The paper explores the taboo of love for children in care. A taboo is a social custom setting a thing apart, prohibiting association with a person, place, or thing (Oxford English Dictionary 2012). Love can become a taboo for children in care...

Nine areas have been chosen to pilot mental health assessments for children when they enter the care system. The Department for Education-funded pilot is to take place over the next two years in a bid to improve mental health support for looked...

The Children’s Commissioner for England has published the second Stability Index, an annual report that tracks the experiences of children in care. The Index gathers data from local authorities in England. Key findings include: almost 2,400 children...