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What do foster families and social workers think about children’s contact with birth parents? A focus group analysis. Fuentes-Rebollo, María Jesús Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel María Salas-Martínez, María Dolores García-Martín, Miguel Ángel Acogimiento familiar Trabajadores sociales This study analyzes the opinions of foster families and social workers regarding the benefits and problems associated with contact visits. Data were gathered through two focus groups, comprising social workers and foster carers, respectively. Both groups agreed that visits were useful for maintaining foster children’s attachment to their birth family, for enhancing their psychological wellbeing and for helping them to understand the real situation of their birth family. Regarding difficulties, the two groups highlighted problems of coordination between social workers and foster families, as well as a lack of support and preparation for foster carers, children, and birth families. 2024-02-20T10:40:21Z 2024-02-20T10:40:21Z 2024-02-20T10:40:21Z 2018-05-22 journal article Fuentes, M. J., Bernedo, I. M., Salas, M. D., & García-Martín, M. A. (2019). What do foster families and social workers think about children’s contact with birth parents? A focus group analysis. International Social Work, 62(5), 1416-1430. https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30543 10.1177/0020872818775475 eng open access SAGE