Residential child care : international perpectives on links with families and peers / edited by Mono Chakrabarti and Malcolm Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chakrabarti, Mono.

Hill, Malcolm.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Institutional care--Great Britain.

Children.

Children--Institutional care.

Foster children.

Social networks.

Great Britain.

Foster home care--Great Britain.

Foster home care.

Foster children--Family relationships--Great Britain.

Foster children--Family relationships.

Foster children--Social networks--Great Britain.

Child welfare--Great Britain.

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.

Contents:

1 The residential child care context / Malcolm Hill 9

2 Inclusiveness in residential child care / Malcolm Hill 31

3 Meeting children's needs through integrated practice in Perth and Kinross / Andrew Turnbull 67

4 Partners in parenting: Safe reunification / Nora Fariss 81

5 Parental responses to a complementary model for residential care / Denis Halliday 93

6 Residential treatment: A resource for families / Elizabeth Ridgely, William Carty 101

7 The family group home in Israel / Nechama Gluck 109

8 Family reconstitution and the implications for group care workers: An American perspective / Irene Stevens 117

9 Role of siblings in relation to children in residential care / Marjut Kosonen 125

10 Peer groups: A neglected resource / John Hudson 141

11 Conclusion: Perspectives in residential child care / Mono Chakrabarti 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1853026875

OCLC:

42040910