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Author Farmer, Elaine, 1949-

Title Fostering adolescents / Elaine Farmer, Sue Moyers, and Jo Lipscombe.

Publication Info. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Supporting parents
Supporting parents.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-247) and indexes.
Contents Introduction -- Background and research literature -- How we designed and carried out the study -- Description of the young people and the foster carers in the sample -- Planning and preparation for the placements -- The young people's behaviour in the placements -- Foster carer strain -- Support for the foster carers -- The parenting approaches of the foster carers -- The young people's contact with family members -- Predicting placement outcome -- Implications for practice and policy.
Summary Using interviews with over sixty fostered adolescents, their social workers and foster carers, Fostering Adolescents builds up a picture of the challenges faced by both carers and the young people themselves, from planning and preparation for a placement to the impact of foster carer strain. It highlights overlooked factors affecting fostering placements, such as the significance of peer relationships and the role of foster carers' children, and considers which supports and services are vital in maintaining placements. Based on the findings of research commissioned by the Department of Health.
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Subject Foster home care -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Foster home care.
Great Britain.
Teenagers -- Great Britain -- Interviews.
Teenagers.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Interviews.
Added Author Moyers, Sue, 1948-
Lipscombe, Jo.
Other Form: Print version: Farmer, Elaine. Fostering adolescents. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004 1843102277 (DLC) 2004001078 (OCoLC)54103787
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