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  • Exploring foster carers’ experiences of the assessment and feedback processes of children in their care

    This study explores perspectives of foster carers working at one UK-based independent fostering agency, Five Rivers Child Care (FRCC). The twofold study involved understanding foster carers’ perceptions both of routine assessments and subsequent feedback procedures.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Anderson, K., Demetri, C., et al.

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  • The efficacy of mentalization-based treatment for children with internalizing and externalizing problems: A randomized controlled trial

    This study compares MBT-C with PSSG, showing that while both had similar effects at 12 weeks, MBT-C was superior at 36 weeks in reducing problems and improving emotion regulation in parents and children. Further research is needed to confirm these findings.

    Authors: Halfon, S., Beşiroğlu, B., Bulut, P. et al.

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  • How can measurement‐based care improve psychotherapy processes and mental health service delivery? A synthesis of expert perspectives

    This letter from the INSPIRE research group summarises expert views on the benefits and future of measurement-based care, where client progress is shared to guide therapy. The authors call for greater co-ordination across settings, cultures and systems to support the development of measures and practice.

    Authors: Moltu, C., van Sonsbeek, M., Bovendeerd, B., et al.

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  • Childhood and adolescence’s predictors of parenting stress in adoptive mothers of early and late placed children

    This longitudinal study examined parenting stress and its predictors in 51 mothers of early- and late-placed adoptees, from childhood to adolescence.

    Authors: Lajmi, N., Hillman, S., Steele, M., et al.

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  • Adoptive parents’ worries and concerns about their adolescent adopted children

    This study draws upon the experiences of adoptive parents, all of whom were mothers, of late-adopted children, currently in early adolescence (aged 12 to 15 years). The study focused on their worries and fears regarding their children during adolescence and as they approach adulthood.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Lajmi, N., Steele, M., Hodges., et al.

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  • Sibling co-placement as a protective factor: A mixed method study on the impact of sibling placement on adolescent adoptees’ emotional and behavioral development

    This mixed-method study examined how being separated or adopted with siblings affects adolescent adoptees’ emotional, behavioural, and conflict regulation outcomes.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Lajmi, N., Steele, M., et al.

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  • Predictors of attachment in early-and late-placed adoptees

    This study explores adolescent adoptees’ attachment representations in order to see the impact of both pre-placement factors, including age of placement, and earlier attachment representations. The study focuses on 70 adoptees (35 early-placed and 35 late-placed) at two time points.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Lajmi, N., Hodges, J., et al.

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  • Exploring attachment and internal representations in looked-after children

    Using SSAP, this paper compared looked-after and community-based children. Looked-after children showed more disorganised, avoidant, and negative representations, and fewer secure ones.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Cross, R., Anderson, K.

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  • Assessing changes in the internal worlds of early-and late-adopted children using the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP)

    This study used the SSAP to compare internal representations in three child groups. Maltreated late-adopted children showed more disorganised, avoidant, and negative representations than early-adopted and non-adopted peers. Over two years, secure representations increased, while avoidant and disorganised ones decreased in both adopted groups.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Hodges, J., Steele, M., et al.