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Greenhow, SK, Hackett, S, Jones, C and Meins, E (2016) The Maintenance of Traditional and Technological forms of Post-Adoption Contact. Child Abuse Review, 25 (5). pp. 373-385. ISSN 1099-0852
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Abstract
Openness in adoption practice now often includes post-adoption contact with the adopted child's birth family. Traditionally, indirect and direct contact has been supported and mediated by professionals following the adoption of children from the public care system in the UK. However, more recently, the widespread growth in the use of digital technologies has made it possible for both adopted children and birth relatives to search and contact one another through the use of sites such as Facebook without professional support. This practice has been called ‘virtual contact’. Using data from interviews with 11 adoptive parents and 6 adopted young people, who had experienced virtual contact, it is suggested that virtual contact works well when it is successfully integrated with the maintenance of more traditional methods of contact but can present risks when introduced without prior contact. Implications for practice are discussed in terms of how virtual contact can become a positive addition to adoption practices by utilising integrated methods of openness through which adoptive relationships can be maintained.
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| Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: The maintenance of traditional and technological forms of post-adoption contact. / Greenhow, Sarah; Hackett, Simon; Jones, Christine; Meins, Elizabeth. In: Child Abuse Review, 17.06.2016, p. 1-22. which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/car.2446. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1607 Social Work |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Divisions: | Humanities & Social Science |
| Publisher: | Wiley: 24 months |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2016 09:39 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2022 10:40 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1002/car.2446 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4055 |
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