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The least detrimental alternative : a systematic guide to case planning and decision making for children in care /

When children are in distress or at risk in their homes, social service agencies may institute a number of measures. The most drastic entails removing such children from their homes and placing them in foster care. But placement often fails. Many children, some with severe and long-standing psycholo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinhauer, Paul D., 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1991.
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  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: The Historical Context of Foster Care and Adoption
  • 1 The History of Adoption and Foster Care
  • PART TWO: Background Issues
  • 2 Issues of Attachment and Separation: Mourning and Loss in Children
  • 3 The Child Who Could Not Mourn
  • 4 Identity Formation and the Influence of Life History and Special Status of the Foster and Adopted Child
  • 5 Assessing for Parenting Capacity
  • PART THREE: Client-Related Issues
  • 6 Guidelines for Removal and Placement of Children
  • 7 Guidelines for the Clinical Management of the Sequelae of Separation8 Sharing a Child between Natural and Foster Parents
  • 9 Visits of Foster Children with Their Natural Families
  • PART FOUR: System-Related Issues
  • 10 The Foster Care Service System
  • 11 The Family Court System and the Quality of Foster Care
  • 12 'Permanency Planning'
  • 13 Potential Contributions of Mental Health Consultants within the Child Welfare System
  • 14 The Role of Psychotherapy and Residential Treatment within the Child Welfare System
  • 15 Four Innovative Models of Foster Care
  • PART FIVE: Issues Related to Sexual Abuse within the Foster Care System16 Developmental, Clinical, and Legal Implications of Children's Testimony
  • PART SIX: Adoption as an Alternative to Long-Term Foster Care
  • 17 Factors Related to Success or Failure in Adoption [with Margaret Snowden]
  • 18 Placing the Older Child on Adoption [with Margaret Snowden]
  • PART SEVEN: Summary and Review
  • 19 Summary and Review: The Preventive Use of Foster Care
  • References
  • Index
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