How Does Foster Care Work?: International Evidence on Outcomes - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1849058121 ISBN 13 : 9781849058124

Editeur : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

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 children's services across the developed world, the book provides an evidence base for programme planning, policy and practice.

This volume establishes a platform for comparison of international systems, trends and outcomes in foster care today. Each contributor provides a commentary on one other chapter to highlight the global significance of issues affecting children and young people in care. Each chapter offers new ideas about how foster care could be financed, delivered or studied 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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Robbie Gilligan is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin and associate director of the Children's Research Centre. He has written extensively on child care and foster care.

Peter J. Pecora is Senior Director of Research Services at the Casey Family Programs and Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington, Seattle. He has researched and published extensively in the field of child and family outcomes. His publications include Evaluating Family-Based Services and The Child Welfare Challenge.

Richard P. Barth is Dean and Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, USA. He has directed more than 40 studies, and most recently served as Co-Principal Investigator of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, the first national study of child welfare services in the USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849058121
• ISBN 13: 9781849058124
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Fernandez Elizabeth, Barth Richard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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