Advocating for children in foster and kinship care : a guide to getting the best out of the system for caregivers and practitioners /

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This book is the first to provide strategies for effective advocacy and placement within the foster care and kinship care systems. It also takes a rare look at the dynamics of the foster and kinship relationship, not just among children and the agency workers and service providers who intervene on t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosenwald, Mitchell
Otros Autores: Riley, Beth N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Foster home care > United States.
Foster parents > Services for > United States.
Foster children > Services for > United States.
Foster children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Child welfare > United States.
Familles d'accueil > Services > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Child welfare.
Foster children > Legal status, laws, etc.
Foster children > Services for.
Foster home care.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In the beginning: assessing commitment and family resources
  • Knowing limits: finding the right match between the children in care and the foster parents and kinship caregivers
  • Advocating within the social services system
  • Advocating within the family court system
  • Advocating within the school system
  • Advocating within the health and mental health systems
  • Advocacy in interdisciplinary teams
  • Advocating for agency policy change
  • Advocating legislatively
  • Advocating in communities.

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