10 top tips for managing contact - Henrietta Bond

In recent years the idea of separated children maintaining some form of contact with their birth relatives has risen rapidly up the practice agenda. But it is not always an easy process to establish contact arrangements, or to keep them running smoothly and successfully for both the child and carers or parents. Henrietta Bond looks at some fundamental positive steps that workers, adopters and carers can take to ensure that contact is a beneficial experience, with emphasis on evidence from practice and experience.