Caroline Archer is a parent mentor, consultant and trainer in adoption support, a member of the Family Futures team and an adoptive parent. She has published two popular adoption-related books, First Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts and Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts with Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Alan Burnell is an adopted person and a social worker with many years experience in working with families. For some years he was Director of the Post Adoption Centre in London, before moving on to co-found Family Futures with Jay Vaughan and Christine Gordon. Family Futures Consortium provides services for parents and professionals working with adopted and fostered children, including training and consultation for statutory and voluntary agencies nationwide. In their therapeutic work with families, they have evolved a unique intensive, multi-disciplinary approach to supporting children with attachment and trauma-related difficulties.
Foreword. Daniel A. Hughes. Introduction: A Tapestry of Colours. Caroline
Archer, Family Futures Consortium, London Part 1. State of Play: Current
Theory and Practice. 1. Adoption and Permanence Today: A Discussion. Adrian
Briggs, Family Futures Consortium, London. 2. The `Coherent Narrative':
Realism, Resources and Responsibility in Family Permanence. Elsie Price. 3.
Setting up the Loom: Attachment Theory Revisited. Alan Burnell, Family
Futures Consortium, London with Caroline Archer. 4. Weft and Warp:
Developmental Impact of Trauma and Implications for Healing. Caroline
Archer. 5. Clinical Concepts and Caregiving Contexts: A Consultant's
Perspective. Jeanne Magagna, Principal Child Psychotherapist, Great Ormond
Street Hospital for Sick Children, London. 6. `A Hard Day's Night': A
Parent's Perspective. Lucy Greenmile. Part 2: State of the Art: Theory into
Practice. Jenny and Marty's Story Jay Vaughan, Family Futures Consortium,
London. 7. Assessment: A Multi-disciplinary Approach. Alan Burnell. 8.
Rationale for the Intensive Programme. Jay Vaughan. 9. The Drama of
Adoption Jay Vaughan. 10. The Drama Unfolds. Jay Vaughan. 11. Contact as
Therapy. Alan Burnell. 12. Holding the Fort. Christine Gordon, Family
Futures Consortium, London. 13. Hands on Help. Christine Gordon. 14.
Difficulty with Learning or Learning to be Difficult? Griselda
Kellie-Smith, Family Futures Consortium, London. Part 3: State, Community
and Family: The Future. 15. Weaving Together the Threads: Families with
Futures. Caroline Archer. References. Index.
