Di Lorenzo, F;
Barge, L;
Thackeray, L;
Peter, S;
Vainieri, I;
(2023)
More than I expected: a qualitative exploration of participants’ experience of an online adoptive parent-toddler group.
Journal of Child Psychotherapy
10.1080/0075417X.2022.2129733.
(In press).
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Abstract
The question of how best to support adoptive parents has been attracting increasing attention in recent years. This paper aims to explore participants’ experience of a new online intervention for adoptive parents and toddlers, which was adapted from an existing psychoanalytic Parent-Toddler Group (PTG) model. Participants were recruited from the parents attending the intervention, and four took part in a semi-structured post-intervention interview, aimed at exploring their experience of the PTG. Findings showed that, despite difficulties with the online setting of this intervention, participants overall experienced it positively, and particularly valued the supportive element of the group and the improvements in the parent-child relationship. However, challenges included engaging toddlers in the online setting, and participants’ confusion over the expectations and outcomes of the group. Based on these findings, suggestions were made for further research and adaptations of this model for future adoptive parenting interventions and support.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | More than I expected: a qualitative exploration of participants’ experience of an online adoptive parent-toddler group |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0075417X.2022.2129733 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0075417X.2022.2129733 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Adoption; post-adoption support; psychoanalytic intervention; therapeutic parent-toddler group; online intervention |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172499 |
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