| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Child welfare outcomes
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Child welfare outcomes (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Introduction. International perspectives on foster care / June Thoburn -- pt. II. Placement movements and destinations. Five-year developmental outcomes for young children remaining in foster care, returned home or adopted / Richard P. Barth and Christopher Lloyd -- Placement stability and movement trajectories / Fred Wulczyn and Lijun Chen -- Foster care in the Netherlands : correlates of placement breakdown and successful placement / Johan Strijker -- Profile and scope of foster care in Spain / Jorge F. del Valle and Mónica López -- Reunification in Australia : insights from South Australia and New South Wales / Elizabeth Fernandez and Paul Delfabbro -- pt. III. The foster care experience : a life course perspective. Very young children in care in England : issues for foster care / Harriet Ward and Emily R. Munro -- Fostering adolescents in England : what contributes to success? / Elaine Farmer -- Rates of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders among alumni of family foster care in the United States : The Casey National Alumni Study / Peter J. Pecora [and others]. |
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pt. IV. Psychological outcomes and correlates of outcomes. What makes for effective foster care : some issues / Ian Sinclair -- Long-term outcomes of foster care : lessons from Swedish national cohort studies / Bo Vinnerljung [and others] -- Foster care in Denmark : comparing kinship and non-kinship forms of care / Lajla Knudsen, Tim Egelund and Anne-Dorthe Hestbœck -- Selected educational outcomes for young people aged 17-19 years in long term foster care in Ireland / Fiona Daly and Robbie Gilligan -- Can tutoring by foster parents improve foster children's basic academic skills? A Canadian randomized field trial / Robert J. Flynn, Marie-Pierre Paquet and Robyn Marquis -- Growing up in care : an Australian longitudinal study of outcomes / Elizabeth Fernandez. |
| 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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Foster children.
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Foster children. |
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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 |
Fernandez, Elizabeth, 1942-
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Barth, Richard P., 1952-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: How does foster care work? London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010 9781849058124 (DLC) 2010006972 (OCoLC)462889541 |
| ISBN |
9780857003898 (electronic book) |
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0857003895 (electronic book) |
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9781849058124 |
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1849058121 |
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