How does foster care work? : international evidence on outcomes / edited by Elizabeth Fernandez and Richard P. Barth ; foreword by James K. Whittaker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Introduction. International perspectives on foster care / June Thoburn -- pt. II. Placement movements and destinations. Five-year developmental outcomes for young children remaining in foster care, returned home or adopted / Richard P. Barth and Christopher Lloyd -- Placement stability and movement trajectories / Fred Wulczyn and Lijun Chen -- Foster care in the Netherlands : correlates of placement breakdown and successful placement / Johan Strijker -- Profile and scope of foster care in Spain / Jorge F. del Valle and Mónica López -- Reunification in Australia : insights from South Australia and New South Wales / Elizabeth Fernandez and Paul Delfabbro -- pt. III. The foster care experience : a life course perspective. Very young children in care in England : issues for foster care / Harriet Ward and Emily R. Munro -- Fostering adolescents in England : what contributes to success? / Elaine Farmer -- Rates of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders among alumni of family foster care in the United States : The Casey National Alumni Study / Peter J. Pecora [and others].

pt. IV. Psychological outcomes and correlates of outcomes. What makes for effective foster care : some issues / Ian Sinclair -- Long-term outcomes of foster care : lessons from Swedish national cohort studies / Bo Vinnerljung [and others] -- Foster care in Denmark : comparing kinship and non-kinship forms of care / Lajla Knudsen, Tim Egelund and Anne-Dorthe Hestbœck -- Selected educational outcomes for young people aged 17-19 years in long term foster care in Ireland / Fiona Daly and Robbie Gilligan -- Can tutoring by foster parents improve foster children's basic academic skills? A Canadian randomized field trial / Robert J. Flynn, Marie-Pierre Paquet and Robyn Marquis -- Growing up in care : an Australian longitudinal study of outcomes / Elizabeth Fernandez.

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How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in child welfare across the developed world, the book provides an evidence base for programme planning, policy and practice.

This volume compares international systems, trends and outcomes in foster care today. Each chapter concludes with a critical commentary by one of the contributors, bringing a cross-national perspective to the issues affecting children and young people in care. The book offers new ideas about how foster care could be delivered in order to become more effective.

This book is important reading for anyone involved in delivering child welfare services, such as administrators, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, children's advocates, academics and students.

This authoritative series draws from original research and current policy debates to help social work managers, policy makers and researchers to understand and improve the outcomes of services for children and young people in need. Taking an evidence-based approach, these books include children's experiences and analysis of costs and effectiveness in their assessment of interventions, and provide guidance on how to develop more effective policy, practice, and training. --Book Jacket.

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