The wellbeing of children in care : a new approach for improving developmental outcomes

The wellbeing of children in care a new approach for improving developmental outcomes

Because of their previous damaging experiences, many children and young people enter the care system having already developed emotional problems or at a greater risk of developing them. However, in addition to this, research and experience consistently show that being in care is likely to aggravate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Owusu-Bempah, Kwame (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge 2010.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Children > Institutional care > Psychological aspects.
Foster home care > Psychological aspects.
Adoption > Psychological aspects.
Child development.
Child welfare.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798165506719
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Fostering and adoption in historical perspective; 2 Fostering in cross-cultural perspective; 3 Fostering in contemporary Western societies; 4 Motives for child fostering; 5 Public care and kinship care; 6 Public care versus kinship care: Psychosocial developmental outcomes; 7 In the interest of the child Kinship care; 8 Policy, practice and research implications; Bibliography; Index

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