Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-Term Foster Care
Gillian Schofield and Emma Ward
Paperback: £22.99 / $36.95
2010, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-026-5, BIC 2: JKSF
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1. Introduction: legal, policy and research context. 2. Parenting before the children went into care. 3. Parents' experience of their children going into care. 4. Parents' experience of their children growing up in foster care. 5. Contact between parents and their children. 6. Parents' relationships with foster carers. 7. Parents' relationships with social workers. 8. Am I still a parent? Managing a threatened identity. 9. Social workers' perspectives on their work with parents. 10. Conclusion: developing social work practice. References. Index.
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Keywords
- adolescence,
- adoption,
- adults,
- attachment,
- child development,
- child protection,
- children,
- communication,
- domestic abuse,
- drugs,
- emotions,
- families,
- fostering,
- looked after children,
- mental health,
- parenting,
- relationships,
- residential care,
- resilience,
- safeguarding children,
- self esteem,
- social care,
- social policy,
- social work,
- teenagers,
- transitions,
- trauma
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