Issues in foster care : policy, practice and research /
"Issues in Foster Care: Policy, Practice and Research assesses the current state of foster care, the pressures which have shaped it and the challenges it faces. Arguing the importance of fostering within a coherent child care policy, the contributors examine the latest research into key areas o...
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- The survival of long-term foster care / Greg Kelly
- The importance of listening to the child in foster care / Robbie Gilligan
- Outcome studies of foster care / Greg Kelly
- Leaving care and fostering / John Pinkerton
- Promoting resilience in children in foster care / Robbie Gilligan
- Pathways to change: the application of solution-focused brief therapy to foster care / Stan Houston
- Managing children's behaviour in foster care / Ken Kerr
- Safe care, abuse and allegations of abuse in foster care / Stephen Nixon
- Relative care: a different type of foster care
- implications for practice / Valerie O'Brien.