| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Foster Children: Where They Go and How They Get On; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Movements and Destinations: An Overview; 3. Outcomes and Going Home; 4. Going Home: What Makes A Difference?; 5. Adoption: Who is Adopted and How Do They Do?; 6. Adoption: What Makes A Difference?; 7. Foster Care: Can It Offer 'Permanence'?; 8. Foster Care: Does It Feel Like A Family?; 9. Leaving Foster Care; 10. Living Independently: What Makes A Difference?; 11. Tara's Story: A Case Study; 12. Alistair's Story: A Case Study; 13. A Common Explanation?; 14. Conclusion. |
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APPENDIX 1: SAMPL ING BIAS IN SWEEPS 1 AND 2APPENDIX 2: SOME KEY VARIABLES; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX. |
| Summary |
What happens to looked-after children in the longer term? This book analyses the outcomes of a large-scale study of foster children in the UK. It includes individual case studies and draws extensively on the views of foster children themselves. The authors examine: why children remain fostered or move to different settings (adoption, residential care, their own families or independent living); how the children fare in these different settings and why; what the children feel about what happens to them. Other important issues covered include the support given to birth families to enable children. |
| 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 home care -- Great Britain -- Evaluation.
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Foster home care. |
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Evaluation. |
| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sinclair, Ian, 1938-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781843102786 |
| ISBN |
9781846421365 (electronic book) |
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1846421365 (electronic book) |
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9781843102786 |
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1843102781 |
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1846421365 |
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128034945X |
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9781280349454 |
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