adoptive placement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadoptiveandplacement
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adoptive
adjective[before noun]
uk/əˈdɒp.tɪv/us/əˈdɑːp.tɪv/
An adoptive parent is one who has adopted ...
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placement
noun
uk/ˈpleɪs.mənt/us/ˈpleɪs.mənt/
a temporary position or job in ...
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(Definition ofadoptiveandplacementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Atadoptiveplacementthis latter child had been in institutional care for 28 months.
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Children freed from their birth parents but left in a ghastly limbo without anadoptiveplacementhave been denied a basic human right.
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For six months following theadoptiveplacement, the agency supervises the placement, and then can write to the court to approve the adoption.
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However, state law requires adoption agencies to give primary consideration toadoptiveplacementwith a married man and woman.
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These registers maintain records of children waiting to be adopted and of approved prospective adopters awaiting anadoptiveplacement.
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As many as one in five adoptive placements break down before the child is legally adopted.
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We also take account of those people who provide adoptive placements for children.
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We have to minimise the number of adoptive placements that break down.
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Adoptive families need access to services that will support adoptive placements and help them to last.
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The position of those in adoptive placements is bound to show in a better light.
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I would entirely support the idea that we do not disturb adoptive placements.
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We must ensure that the needs of children who require adoptive placements are met.
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We know that about 5,000 children are in homes awaiting adoptive placements.
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It is little wonder, then, that nearly one in 10 adoptive placements break down before the child is legally adopted.
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We need to pay special attention to ensure that adoptive placements have as high a chance as possible of being a stable environment to give damaged children a second chance.
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The available evidence shows that a significant number of people will be willing to come forward as unmarried partners to offer adoptive placements to children in the care system.
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Better adoption services will be a key means of ensuring the stability of adoptive placements, and of encouraging more families to come forward to adopt.
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