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Fostering adolescents / Elaine Farmer, Sue Moyers, and Jo Lipscombe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farmer, Elaine, 1949-
- Series:
- Supporting parents.
- Supporting parents
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foster home care--Great Britain--Case studies.
- Foster home care.
- Teenagers--Great Britain--Interviews.
- Teenagers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on government-commissioned research and part of the Supporting Parents initiative, this book addresses each stage of the care process, from placement selection to leaving foster care. The authors consider which kinds of professional support at which stages make a difference, and the foster carer parenting skills that are crucial.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-247) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-26688-0
- 9786610266883
- 1-4237-0985-3
- 1-84642-014-8
- OCLC:
- 567972111
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