Foster placements : why they succeed and why they fail /

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How can we determine success in foster placements? Based on exhaustive research, the authors discuss the primary concerns in foster placement planning, considering the high frequency of placement breakdowns, their impact on the child's behaviour and school performance, and the challenges this p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sinclair, Ian, 1938-
Otros Autores: Wilson, Kate, 1943-, Gibbs, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.
Colección:Supporting parents.
Temas:
Foster home care > Great Britain.
Foster children > Great Britain.
Sociology: Family & Relationships.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
Foster children
Foster home care
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The sample : characteristics and reasons for placement
  • Placements and destinations
  • A kind of loving : the children's accounts
  • Outcomes
  • Explanations : social worker and carer accounts
  • The case studies
  • Spirals of interaction
  • Measuring success
  • Foster children : characteristics, personalities and problems
  • Birth families : characteristics and patterns of contact
  • Foster families : characteristics, reactions to child and approach of main carer
  • Social work support
  • Other forms of support
  • Change and containment.

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