| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages .) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Creating StableFoster Placements; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Fostering in the UK: Key Characteristics and Challenges; Chapter 2: Ways of Thinking About Children and Families in Foster Care; Chapter 3: Meet the Families; Chapter 4: Tough Job Fostering: Why Do It?; Chapter 5: Food, Fostering and Family Life; Chapter 6: Foster Care and the 'Body'; Chapter 7: Space and Place in the Foster Home: Views from the Young People; Final Comments; References; Subject Index; Author Index. |
| Summary |
What are the key ingredients for long lasting foster care placements? In this study the lives and routines of 10 foster families, considered to be providers of effective and lasting care are examined. Featuring original research, the type of care that these families provide and the reason for their success is analysed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Foster children -- Great Britain.
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Foster children. |
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Great Britain. |
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Foster parents -- Great Britain.
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Foster parents. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Foster parents. |
| Added Author |
Rees, Alyson, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781849054812 1849054819 (DLC) 2014015603 |
| ISBN |
085700865X (electronic book) |
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9780857008657 (electronic book) |
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9781322228938 |
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1322228930 |
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9781849054812 (alkaline paper) |
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1849054819 (alkaline paper) |
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