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Children in foster care /
As child welfare increasingly enters a world of research-based practice Children in Foster Care provides some much needed hard evidence of how foster care policy and practice can be improved.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Foreword by Professor Peter Pecora; An introduction to foster care; Assessment, planning and intake; In-care standards; Background to the study; From parent to purchaser: the new policy context; Methodology; Results; The views of workers and carers on outsourced care; Background characteristics of children entering foster care; The progress and satisfaction of children in care; How important is family contact?; The predictors of family reunification; The psychosocial consequences of placement instability.
- The serial eviction of disruptive childrenThe views of disruptive children and their carers; Myths and legends in foster care; References; Index.