This paper addresses the challenges facing ICA assessment and decision making in Irish adoption practice? The following questions are addressed
•How can a balance be struck between legislative, procedural and best practice ...
The provision of preparation courses for intending adoptive parents was integral to the Standardised Framework proposed and accepted for Inter-Country Adoption Assessment in Ireland. In November 2002 funding was made ...
The objective of the report is to present draft guidelines for the accreditation and registration by the Irish Adoption Board (Now Adoption Authority of Ireland) of intercountry adoption mediation agencies that are based ...
The course notes for the train the trainers intercounty adoption education and preparation course covers the following topics: objectives of course, values of course, terms used pre course trainer preparation, pre-course ...
This article is based on an interview with Dr. Valerie O’Brien, lecturer and researcher in Applied Social Science at University College Dublin, about her joint project with Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, founder and CEO of ...
In the wake of the Ryan and Murphy report, many previously untold stories about life in Ireland have got told. The telling of these stories has brought great relief to many but it has also presented difficulties. Telling ...