Academic publications - Newlands Therapy Centre

Doctoral dissertation

Luyt, J. (2023). Adopting Transracially in the Western Cape: Understanding Families’ Experiences in Context. Stellenbosch University. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126927

Adoption-related peer-reviewed journal articles

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2022a). Implementation of adoption in South Africa: Perspectives from practitioners in the Western Cape. Social Work / Maatskaplike Werk, 58 No 2(5), 174–190. https://doi.org/10.15270/58-2-1041

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2022b). Transracial adoption: South Africa as a special case. Adoption Quarterly, 25(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2021.1884153

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2023a). “I’ve Really Let Go of the Language Thing.”: Language Learning in Transracial Adoptive Families in South Africa. Families in Society, 104(3), 361–371. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894221129327

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2023b). Documentary analysis of the legal and policy framework of transracial adoption in South Africa. Child & Family Social Work, 28(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13004

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2023c). Transracial adoption practice in South Africa: The Western Cape as a case study. Children & Society, 37(2), 289–310. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12592

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2024a). Relationships Within the Transracially Adopted Child’s Biological Family in South Africa: Experiences of Families in Closed and Open Adoptions. Social Work / Maatskaplike Werk, 60(4), 827–848. https://doi.org/10.15270/60-4-1400

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2024b). Motivations to Adopt Transracially in South Africa. Adoption Quarterly, 27(4), 349–373. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2023.2180788

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2025a). Adoption process in South Africa: Experiences of transracial adoptive families. Children and Youth Services Review, 108255. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108255

Luyt, J., & Swartz, L. (2025b). Identity Development in Transracial Adoptive Families in South Africa: Attitudes and Practices. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, e0582023. https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs-058-2023

Luyt, J., Swartz, L., & Vogel, L. (2022). A systematic review of empirical research on transracial adoption in South Africa. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(5), 2544–2474. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab189

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Academic literacies book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles

Luyt, J. (2013). Theorising Student Support. In J. Pym & M. Paxton (Eds.), Surfacing Possibilities: What it means to work with First-Generation Higher Education Students. Common Ground Publishing LLC.

Luyt, J., Abrahams, M., & Stuart, S. (2013). Student Support and Wellbeing. In J. Pym & M. Paxton (Eds.), Surfacing Possibilities: What it means to work with First-Generation Higher Education Students. Common Ground Publishing LLC.

Winfield, J., & Luyt, J. (2013). An evaluation of an exploratory intervention to improve progression in a first-year accounting course. South African Journal of Accounting Research, 27(1), 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/10291954.2013.11435169

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