The wellbeing of children in care : a new approach for improving developmental outcomes / Kwame Owusu-Bempah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owusu-Bempah, Kwame.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Institutional care--Psychological aspects.

Children.

Foster home care--Psychological aspects.

Foster home care.

Adoption--Psychological aspects.

Adoption.

Child development.

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Because of their previous damaging experiences, many children and young people enter the care system having already developed emotional problems or at a greater risk of developing them. However, in addition to this, research and experience consistently show that being in care is likely to aggravate or worsen developmental problems. Why does public care have these negative effects on children and what is needed to alleviate their problems?This important book looks at how children in care can best be helped to attain desirable developmental outcomes. Owusu-Bempah introduces his

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Fostering and adoption in historical perspective; 2 Fostering in cross-cultural perspective; 3 Fostering in contemporary Western societies; 4 Motives for child fostering; 5 Public care and kinship care; 6 Public care versus kinship care: Psychosocial developmental outcomes; 7 In the interest of the child Kinship care; 8 Policy, practice and research implications; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-136-97142-4

1-136-97143-2

1-282-62959-X

9786612629594

0-203-85172-2

9780203851722

OCLC:

642661379