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1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Theories of practice with transitional families -- Transitional families : Where do I begin? / Cheryl Zlotnick and Luann DeVoss -- "We don't get whuppings here anymore" : toward a collaborative, ecological model of parenting / Marguerite A. Wright -- Giving voice : an exploration of the integration of social justice and infant mental health / Erica Torres and Kathryn Orfirer -- Preparing the organization for its work with transitional families -- Letting some air into the room : opening agency space for considerations of culture and power / Lisa R. Berndt -- Rediscovering positive work relationships within a diverse relationship-based organization : serving children in transition / Karen Thomas -- Promising programs and culturally informed interventions -- Transforming shame : allowing memories in foster care to inform interventions with foster youth / Lou Felipe -- Crossing the border and facing the system : challenges immigrant families experience when a child is removed from their care and placed into the child welfare system / Rosario Murga-Kusnir -- "I am bad!" / Roberto Macias Sanchez -- "When do I get to go home?" / Peggy Pearson -- The CATS project : helping families land on their feet / Vance Hitchner -- Needs for the future -- A systems dilemma : intergenerational foster care and homelessness / Cheryl Zlotnick. |
| Summary |
Sharing the daily struggles of children and families residing in transitional situations (homelessness or because of risk of homelessness, being connected with the child welfare system, or being new immigrants in temporary housing), this text recommends strategies for delivering mental health and intensive case-management services that maintain family integrity and stability. Based on work undertaken at the Center for the Vulnerable Child in Oakland, California, which has provided mental health and intensive case management to children and families living in transition for more than two d. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Foster children.
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Foster children. |
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Foster parents.
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Foster parents. |
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Foster home care.
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Foster home care. |
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Homeless children.
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Homeless children. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Foster parents. |
| Added Author |
Zlotnick, Cheryl, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Children living in transition. 9780231160964 0231160968 (DLC) 2013034468 |
| ISBN |
0231536003 (electronic book) |
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9780231536004 (electronic book) |
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9780231160964 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0231160968 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780231160971 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0231160976 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781306774901 |
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130677490X |
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