| Edition |
1st American pbk. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (174 pages) |
| Contents |
Introducing the report -- Home or away? Some basic issues -- Developing roles for foster care? -- What should foster care provide? -- Placing children in foster care -- Making placements work: the children -- Making placements work: foster families -- Making placements work: birth family and contact -- School and education -- Recruitment and retention -- Training, professional support and organisations -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 167) and index. |
| Summary |
Fostering Now brings together authoritative research on foster care in the UK. succinct overview of a wide range of research projects and highlights the main implications for policymakers and all professionals involved in the fostering process. Drawing on the varied experiences and views of foster children, social workers, foster carers and parents, this book looks at how placement outcomes are influenced by factors such as foster carers' parenting styles, contact with the child's own parents, and the child's gender, ethnicity, age and physical and emotional health. Other important areas exami. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Foster children.
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Foster home care.
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Foster parents.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Adoption & Fostering.
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Foster children. (OCoLC)fst00933178
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Foster home care. (OCoLC)fst00933198
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Foster parents. (OCoLC)fst00933230
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| Genre/Form |
Computer network resources.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sinclair, Ian, 1938- Fostering now. 1st American pbk. ed. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ©2005 (DLC) 2005004558 |
| ISBN |
1846421373 (electronic bk.) |
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9781846421372 (electronic bk.) |
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