PFAN provides many categories of information. These include information on the Coronavirus crisis; possible solutions to how child protection systems can become more humane; key texts that give information about parent advocacy or the child protection system; and facts and figures that are important to understand how child protection works. You can browse all categories or select ones you are interested in below.
Parent Advocacy and Children’s Rights
Handout for the launch of PFAN at Preservation Versus Severance: Promoting Human Rights In Adoption Policy on 14th October 2019 ...
Casey Foundation review
How do parent partner programs instil hope and support prevention and reunification? This briefing from Casey Foundation gives a ...
Adoption trends
"The government’s adoption drive isn’t achieving its aims" This Community Care article by Andy Bilson shows how many under 18 ...
Child Protection: Listening to and learning from parents
This article by Maggie Mellon says:
- Research points to parents' experiences of child protection investigations and associated processes as ...
Adoption
Whilst for some children adoption is a positive outcome there are many concerns about it's use:
- The number of adoptions ...
Investigative Turn
Across English speaking countries there has been a change from systems of child welfare and family support to systems focussing ...
