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Child-centred foster care : a rights-based model for practice / Annabel Goodyer ; foreword by Sue White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodyer, Annabel, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foster home care--Great Britain.
- Foster home care.
- Foster children--Great Britain.
- Foster children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book sets out a child-centred approach to foster care which argues against thinking about children purely from a psychological perspective and instead places children's views, rights and needs at the centre of care. It sets out the theory behind working with children who are fostered, and discusses children's views about the fostering system.
- Contents:
- Introducing the contexts of fostering
- Theory and statutory frameworks
- Fostering research
- Children and young people's views about being fostered
- A recent study about children moving into foster homes
- Children's views about living with foster carers
- Children's views about fostering systems
- Best practice
- How to communicate with children who are fostered, including advocacy
- Participation
- Selecting carers
- Conclusion: joined-up service provision towards better outcomes for foster children.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613238344
- 9781283238342
- 1283238349
- 9780857004024
- 0857004026
- OCLC:
- 747410564
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