| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index. |
| 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. |
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The serial eviction of disruptive childrenThe views of disruptive children and their carers; Myths and legends in foster care; References; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Foster home care.
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Foster home care. |
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Child welfare.
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Child welfare. |
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Children -- Institutional care.
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Children -- Institutional care. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Added Author |
Delfabbro, Paul H. (Paul Howard)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barber, James G. Children in foster care. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415311640 (DLC) 2003061107 (OCoLC)52821094 |
| ISBN |
0203462777 (electronic book) |
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9780203462775 (electronic book) |
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0415311640 (Cloth) |
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