| Description |
vi, 216 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Family foster care in the next century / Kathy Barbell and Lois Wright -- Data-driven child welfare policy and practice in the next century / Marie Jamieson and Jami M. Bodonyi -- Measuring performance in child welfare / Charles L. Usher, Judith B. Wildfire, and Deborah A. Gibbs -- Satisfaction of children in out-of-home care / Leslie Wilson and James Conroy -- Concurrent planning / Linda Katz -- Shared family care / Richard P. Barth and Amy Price -- Professional foster care / Mark F. Testa and Nancy Rolcok -- Completing the evaluation triangle for the next century / Sandra J. Altshuler and James P. Gleeson -- Starting young / Judith Silver [and others] -- Delivering health and mental health care services to children in family foster care after welfare and health care reform / Mark D. Simms [and others] -- The impact of drug-exposed children on family foster care / Theresa McNichol -- Evaluation of a training program for foster parents of infants with prenatal substance effects. |
| Summary |
This volume is a reprint of a special issue of Child Welfare (v.78, no.1) published in January/February of 1999. Barbell (Child Welfare League of America) and Wright (social work, U. of South Carolina, Columbia) provide a short introduction to the volume. The papers, all written by professionals in pediatrics, social work, psychology, and one specialist in data analysis, include treatment of issues concerning data-driven child welfare policy, professional foster care, measuring child "well-being", improving health and developmental outcomes of infants and toddlers, and delivering health and mental health care services. There is no index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR. |
| Subject |
Foster home care -- United States.
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Family social work -- United States.
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Family social work. (OCoLC)fst00920516
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Foster home care. (OCoLC)fst00933198
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Barbell, Kathy.
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Wright, Lois, 1942-
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| ISBN |
0765807122 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780765807120 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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