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RE: adoptive placement for siblings

To: Child Maltreatment Researchers <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: adoptive placement for siblings
From: "Hollows, Anne E" <A.E.Hollows@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 21:12:48 -0000
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 A recent UK study on the outcomes of sibling placement was published in
Rushton, A.,Dance, C.,Quniton, D.,Mayes, D. (2001) Siblings in late permanent placement (London, BAAF) BAAF is the British Associatoon for
Adoption and Fostering and can be contacted at www.BAAF.org.uk.
It is an excellent study, especially re large sibling groups. Sadly the evidence in the UK is that very few siblings are placed together.
I currently have a doctoral student who is investigating the experience of support among adoptors of large sibling groups. I have also
recently completed (with a colleague)and submitted for publication an article on the way decisions are made about siblings, using the
contrasting approaches of equity and pragmatism (a qualitative study). Do contact me off list if you want any further details.

Dr Anne Hollows
Principal Lecturer in Social Work
School of Health and Social Care
Sheffield Hallam University
33 Collegiate Crescent 
Sheffield S10 2BP

Tel +44(0)114 2252369
Email: a.e.hollows@shu.ac.uk


-----Original Message-----
From: BEVERLY FORTSON
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Sent: 30/10/2002 22:26
Subject: adoptive placement for siblings

My colleagues and I are interested in research and outcome data on
sibling adoptions. For example, any information you might have on the
decision-making process, especially with large sibling groups, would be
helpful. We have found very little empirical data in the literature and
are wondering if individual agencies collect this information. Thanks in
advance!

________________________

 
Beverly L. Fortson, B.S. 
Graduate Student
West Virginia University 
Department of Psychology 
PO Box 6040 
Morgantown, WV 26506-6040 
E-mail: bfortson@mix.wvu.edu 
>From: "Strathearn, Lane" 
>Reply-To: CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu 
>To: Child Maltreatment Researchers 
>Subject: RE: Physiological growth of abused children 
>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:57:50 -0500 
> 
>We demonstrated a significantly smaller head circumference in prem
infants 
>with substantiated neglect, independent of other growth parameters or 
>complications of prematurity. This was evident ot 2 and 4 years of age,
but 
>not at birth, and was associated with a progressive drop off in
cognitive 
>scores over time. 
> 
>Ref: 
>Strathearn L, Gray PH, O'Callaghen MJ, Wood DO. Childhood neglect and 
>cognitive development in extremely low birth weight infants: A
prospective 
>study. Pediatrics 2001:108:142-151. 
>http://ezproxy2.library.tmc.edu:2124/cgi/content/abstract/108/1/142?max
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>============================================ 
>Dr Lane Strathearn 
>Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow 
>Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine 
>Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics 
>Texas Children's Hospital 
>Clinical Care Center, Suite 1530 
>6621 Fannin St. CC1530 
>Houston, Texas. 77030-2399 
>Tel: 832/822-3422; Fax: 832/825-3399 
>Email: lxstrath@texaschildrenshospital.org 
> 
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Stephanie Dallam [mailto:sjd.scout@worldnet.att.net] 
>Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 3:05 PM 
>To: Child Maltreatment Researchers 
>Subject: Re: Physiological growth of abused children 
> 
> 
> 
> >I am looking for recent studies dealing with the impact of deferent
types 
>of >abuse on physiological parameters such as: height, weight, blood 
>pressure, heart rate, B.M.I. and sexual development status. 
> 
>Bruce Perry has looked at some of these variables. A list of articles
of his 
>which can be found online are below. There was also a good article by 
>Michael Teicher recently in Scientific American. In the article, Dr.
Teicher 
>provides an overview of research showing that early maltreatment can
have 
>enduring and measurable effects on a child's developing brain,
diminishing 
>growth and reducing activity in key areas. 
> 
>Teicher, M. H. (2002). Scars that Won't Heal: The Neurobiology of Child

>Abuse. Scientific American, 286(3), 68-75. 
> 
>Stephanie Dallam 
> 
>Articles by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. 
> 
>* Perry, B. D. (1997). Incubated in Terror: Neurodevelopmental Factors 
>in the "Cycle of Violence." In J. Osofsky (Ed.). Children, Youth and 
>Violence: The Search for Solutions. (pp. 124-148). New York: Guilford
Press. 
>http://www.childtrauma.org/incubated1.htm 
> How violence alters the brain 
>and nervous system of the developing child. 
> 
>* Perry, B. D. (1997). Altered Brain Development 
> Following Global Neglect in Early 
>Childhood. (1997). Academy version of a paper presented at the Society
for 
>Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans. 
> 
>* Perry, B. D., & Marcellus, J. (1997). The Impact of Abuse 
> and Neglect on the 
>Developing Brain. (1997) 
> 
>* Perry, B.D. Neurobiological 
> sequelae of Childhood 
>Trauma: Post-traumatic Stress Disorders in Children. 
> 
>* Perry, B.D. (1998). Anxiety Disorders. In C.E. Coffey & R.A. 
>Brumback (Eds.), Textbook of Pediatric Neuropsychiatry. (pp. 579-594). 
>Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Press, Inc. 
> 
>http://www.childtrauma.org/anxiety_disorder.htm 
> 
>* Perry, B.D. (1999). The memories of states: How the brain stores and 
>retrieves traumatic experience. In J.M. Goodwin & R. Attias (Eds.), 
>Splintered Reflections: Images of the Body In Trauma. (pp. 9-38). New
York: 
>Basic Books. http://www.childtrauma.org/Memories.htm 
> 
> 
>* Perry, B.D. (1999). 
>Violence and Childhood: How Persisting Fear Can Alter the Developing 
>Child's Brain. 
> 
>* Perry, B.D. (2000). The neurodevelopmental impact of violence in 
>childhood. In D. Schetky & E. Benedek (Eds.), Textbook of Child and 
>Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric 
>Press, Inc. 
> 
>* Perry, B.D. (2001) The neuroarcheology of childhood maltreatment: 
>the neurodevelopmental costs of adverse childhood events. In B. Geffner

>(Ed.), The Cost of Child Maltreatment: Who Pays? We All Do. San Diego,
CA: 
>Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute. 
> 
>http://www.childtrauma.org/Neuroarcheology.htm 
> 
>* Perry, B.D. (2001). Trauma and Terror in Childhood: The 
>Neuropsychiatric Impact of Childhood Trauma. In Ed., I. Schulz, S.
Carella & 
>D.O. Brady (Eds.). Handbook of Psychological Injuries: Evaluation,
Treatment 
>and Compensable Damages. American Bar Association Publishing. 
>http://www.childtrauma.org/trauma_and_terror.htm 
> 
> 
>* Perry, B.D. (in press). Sexual Abuse of 
> Infants. A five-part question 
>focusing on sexual abuse during infancy 
> 
>* Perry, BD, Conroy, L and Ravitz, A Persisting psychophysiological 
>effects of traumatic stress: The memory of "states".Violence Update
1:(8), 
>1-11, 1991. http://www.childtrauma.org/memory_states.htm 
> 
> 
>* Perry, B.D., & Pollard, R. (1998). Homeostasis, stress, trauma, and 
>adaptation: A neurodevelopmental view of childhood trauma. Child and 
>Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 33-51. 
>http://www.childtrauma.org/pollard.htm 
> 
> 
> 
> This chapter discusses the impact of traumatic experiences on the 
>development and functioning of children as viewed through the lens of 
>developmental neurobiology. The recurring theme in a neurodevelopmental

>view is the remarkable malleability of the developing brain. Dr. Perry
shows 
>how the brain's exquisite sensitivity to experience in early childhood 
>allows traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood to impact all

>future emotional, behavioral, cognitive, social and physiological 
>functioning. 
> 
>* Perry, B.D., Pollard, R.A., Blakley, T.L., Baker, W.L., & 
>Vigilante, D. (1995). Childhood trauma, the neurobiology of adaptation
and 
>use-dependent development of the brain: How states become traits.
Infant 
>Mental Health Journal, 16, 271-291. 
>http://www.childtrauma.org/states_traits.htm 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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