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Title Thinking psychologically about children who are looked after and adopted : space for reflection / edited by Kim S. Golding [and others].

Imprint Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, ©2006.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  155.445 T443T    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Being heard : listening to the voices of young people, and their families / Kim S. Golding, Helen R. Dent, Ruth Nissim and Liz Stott -- 2. Holding it all together : creating thinking networks / Liz Stott -- 3. The zoo of human consciousness : adversity, brain development and health / Helen R. Dent and Sharon Brown -- 4. 'Like highly polished mirrors' : educational psychology and support for the education of looked after and adopted children / Anne Peake -- Addendum to part I : supporting the looked after child in school : a case example / Helen Hill -- 5. A snapshot in time : the role of psychological assessment of children and young people in the court system / Jenny Stevenson and Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis -- 6. Engaging the network : consultation for looked after and adopted children / Helen R. Dent and Kim S. Golding -- 7. Finding the light at the end of the tunnel : parenting interventions for adoptive and foster carers / Kim S. Golding -- g 8. Being adopted : psychological services for adopting families / Julie Hudson -- 9. More than walls : the context of residential care / Ruth Nissim -- 10. Home from home : interventions within residential settings / Ruth Nissim -- 11. Opening the door : how can therapy help the child and young person living in foster or adoptive homes? / Kim S. Golding with Ann Courtney and Jane Foulkes -- 12. 'Forgotten miseries' : can attachment theory help to guide interventions? / Kim S. Golding.
Summary The editors aim to address both children in care and also adoption issues. They cover topics such as inter-agency issues, assessment, residential care and users' views. The latest developments in neuroscience will be included in the chapter on health issues.
Processing Action Self-Renewing 2017 UoY
Subject Children -- Institutional care -- Psychological aspects.
Foster home care -- Psychological aspects.
Adoption -- Psychological aspects.
Adoption -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00797097
Children -- Institutional care -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00855014
Foster home care -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00933218
Adoptivkind.
Kind.
Kinderheim.
Pflegekind.
Psychologie.
Added Author Golding, Kim S.
Other Form: Online version: Thinking psychologically about children who are looked after and adopted. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, ©2006 (OCoLC)607851610
ISBN 0470092009 (hbk.)
0470092017 (pbk.)
9780470092002
9780470092019
Standard No. 9780470092002
9780470092019
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