Introduction - Hedi Argent = 1
1. Managing face to face contact for young adopted children - Elsbeth Neill = 9
2. Managing Post-adoption contact through mediation - Sally Sales = 26
3. ‘Is mummy coming today?’ contact arrangements in kinship placements - David Pitcher = 45
3a.Managing contact arrangements in black kinship care - Hilary Galloway & Fiona Wallace = 58
4. Through the letterbox: indirect contact arrangements - Alison Vincent & Alyson Graham = 65
5. Split up but not cut off: contact arrangements between siblings - Shelagh Beckett = 80
6. Managing and valuing contact with contesting birth families - Maureen Crank = 98
7. Contact after adoption : What they say and how it feels - Pat Swanton = 115
8. Contact in placements which match children’s race, religion and culture - Pauline Hoggan, Aminah Husain Sumpton & Wendy Ellis = 131
9. Managing contact arrangements for children with learning difficulties - Catherine Macaskill = 139
10. Does the legal framework faciliate contact? : A view from scotland - Paula Bell = 153
11. Protection and supervision : Making problematic contact safe and beneficial - Alan Slade = 165
11.a.Supervised contact in private law ; problematic example = 179
12. Contact and terminal illness : Adopting a flexible approach - Margaret Bell = 184
13. The Paraguayan connection = 191
14. Remaining connected : from an overseas adoption perspective = 197
15. Orders and agreements - Mary Jones = 207
End-piece with lauren = 220
Appendix : Open adoption research synopsis = 226
Notes on contributors = 238
Index = 242
1. Managing face to face contact for young adopted children - Elsbeth Neill = 9
2. Managing Post-adoption contact through mediation - Sally Sales = 26
3. ‘Is mummy coming today?’ contact arrangements in kinship placements - David Pitcher = 45
3a.Managing contact arrangements in black kinship care - Hilary Galloway & Fiona Wallace = 58
4. Through the letterbox: indirect contact arrangements - Alison Vincent & Alyson Graham = 65
5. Split up but not cut off: contact arrangements between siblings - Shelagh Beckett = 80
6. Managing and valuing contact with contesting birth families - Maureen Crank = 98
7. Contact after adoption : What they say and how it feels - Pat Swanton = 115
8. Contact in placements which match children’s race, religion and culture - Pauline Hoggan, Aminah Husain Sumpton & Wendy Ellis = 131
9. Managing contact arrangements for children with learning difficulties - Catherine Macaskill = 139
10. Does the legal framework faciliate contact? : A view from scotland - Paula Bell = 153
11. Protection and supervision : Making problematic contact safe and beneficial - Alan Slade = 165
11.a.Supervised contact in private law ; problematic example = 179
12. Contact and terminal illness : Adopting a flexible approach - Margaret Bell = 184
13. The Paraguayan connection = 191
14. Remaining connected : from an overseas adoption perspective = 197
15. Orders and agreements - Mary Jones = 207
End-piece with lauren = 220
Appendix : Open adoption research synopsis = 226
Notes on contributors = 238
Index = 242