Creating stable foster placements : learning from foster children and the families who care from them / Andy Pithouse and Alyson Rees ; foreword by Freda Lewis.

By:

Pithouse, Andy [author.]

Contributor(s):

Rees, Alyson [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015Description: 1 online resource (232 pages .)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

085700865X
9780857008657
9781322228938
1322228930

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

362.73/30941 23

LOC classification:

HV887.G7 P58 2015

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Contents:

Creating StableFoster Placements; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Fostering in the UK: Key Characteristics and Challenges; Chapter 2: Ways of Thinking About Children and Families in Foster Care; Chapter 3: Meet the Families; Chapter 4: Tough Job Fostering: Why Do It?; Chapter 5: Food, Fostering and Family Life; Chapter 6: Foster Care and the 'Body'; Chapter 7: Space and Place in the Foster Home: Views from the Young People; Final Comments; References; Subject Index; Author Index.

Summary: What are the key ingredients for long lasting foster care placements? In this study the lives and routines of 10 foster families, considered to be providers of effective and lasting care are examined. Featuring original research, the type of care that these families provide and the reason for their success is analysed.

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What are the key ingredients for long lasting foster care placements? In this study the lives and routines of 10 foster families, considered to be providers of effective and lasting care are examined. Featuring original research, the type of care that these families provide and the reason for their success is analysed.

English.

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