Children in foster care / James G. Barber and Paul H. Delfabbro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, James G.

Contributor:

Delfabbro, Paul H. (Paul Howard)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foster home care--Great Britain.

Foster home care.

Child welfare--Great Britain.

Child welfare.

Children--Institutional care--Great Britain.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Researchers, practitioners, journalists and politicians increasingly recognise that foster care throughout the world is in a state of crisis. There are more and more children needing care and, as residential alternatives dry up, more of these children are being assigned to foster families. This book reports the major findings of a two-year longitudinal study of 235 such children who entered the foster care system in Southern Australia between 1998 and 1999. As well as examining the changing policy context of children's services, the book documents the psychosocial outcomes for these children,

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Foreword by Professor Peter Pecora; An introduction to foster care; Assessment, planning and intake; In-care standards; Background to the study; From parent to purchaser: the new policy context; Methodology; Results; The views of workers and carers on outsourced care; Background characteristics of children entering foster care; The progress and satisfaction of children in care; How important is family contact?; The predictors of family reunification; The psychosocial consequences of placement instability

The serial eviction of disruptive childrenThe views of disruptive children and their carers; Myths and legends in foster care; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-38524-2

1-134-38525-0

1-280-07553-8

0-203-35412-5

0-203-46277-7

9780203462775

OCLC:

437060351