Assessing Adoptive Parents, Foster Carers and Kinship Carers, Second Edition, edited by Joanne Alper and David Howe; Foreword -- John Simmonds; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction -- Joanne Alper; 2. Why Are You Frightened of Being Parented? Understanding Developmental Trauma -- Kim S. Golding; 3. The Home Study and Assessment of Applicants: Research Evidence -- Julie Selwyn; 4. A Case Study in Assessment: Adoptionplus -- Joanne Alpher; 5. Parenting Well and Staying Well: Understanding the Qualities Needed for Parenting Children with Developmental Trauma -- Kim S. Golding and Ben Gurney-Smith. and 6. Understanding Developmental Trauma, Parental Attachments, Caregiving and PACE -- Dan Hughes7. The Parenting Brain -- Jonathan Baylin; 8. Assessing Potential Kinship Placements -- Joanne Alper and Ailsa Edwards ; 9. Reflective Functioning and Parenting -- Jonathan Baylin; 10. Conclusion -- David Howe; Contributors; Index; Blank Page.