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What works in foster care? : key components of success from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study / Peter J. Pecora ... [and others].
LIBRA HV863 .W43 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foster children--United States.
- Foster children.
- United States.
- Foster home care--United States.
- Foster home care.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Study background, rationale, and participating agencies
- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks and past research
- Study sample and demographics of the participating agencies
- Data sources, varibles, and data colleection procedures
- Risk factors
- Mental and physical health functioning
- Educational achievements
- Employment and finances
- Relationships, social support networks, and parenting
- Relation between agency membership and outcomes
- Relation between foster care experience and outcomes
- Effects of optimizing the foster care experience on outcomes
- Summary and recommendations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195175912
- 0195175913
- OCLC:
- 300720949
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