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Towards modernising adoption in Scotland: A focused mapping review
This review of current adoption legislation, policy and practice considers what works well, what challenges and issues there are, and what factors sho…
Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 2024. Overview analysis to inform prevention and response
CELCIS was asked by Scottish Government to provide an overview analysis of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE). The aim of this focussed mappin…
Blog
Whose experiences are we relying on to explain what the reality of adoption feels like for adoptees?
In this blog post, Dr Polly Cowan, a Practice Manager at Scottish Adoption and Fostering, explains how the organisation’s Young Ambassadors developed …
Developing a new resource to help support adoptive families caring for brothers and sisters
In this blog post, Dr Christine Jones, an adoptive parent and researcher who worked to ensure the rights of care experienced brothers and sisters are …
Spotlight
PACE Quality improvement homepage
Quality Improvement methodology has been proven to enable real and positive change, and was therefore selected by the Scottish Government to be used i…
My journey from care leaver to author
On World Book Day UK, Kirsty Capes, author of the upcoming novel, ‘Careless’, and marketer at HarperCollins, discusses how her childhood experience in…