Publication - Research and analysis

Historic forced adoption - scoping study: research findings

Published: 14 December 2023
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Communities and third sector, Equality and rights
ISBN: 9781835216774

A summary of findings from research to scope the support needs of people affected by historic forced adoption in Scotland.

Barriers and challenges

Barriers and challenges to supporting people affected by historic forced adoption include:

Ensuring services have the capacity and funding to support people affected by historic forced adoption.
Costs associated with certain activities and services, such as fees related to accessing some documents required to trace family members, travel expenses to reunite with family members, and charges for private counselling and therapy services, which can be prohibitive.
Reservations among some people about accessing support delivered by post-adoption support services, some of whom were involved in historic forced adoption.

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