How Does Foster Care Work? (eBook, ePUB)

International Evidence on Outcomes
Redaktion: Fernandez, Elizabeth; Barth, Richard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857003898
• Artikelnr.: 38231079

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Fernandez is Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her current research involves as eight-year longitudinal study of fostering outcomes for looked-after children. 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.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Introduction. Foreword. James K. Whittaker
University of Washington
USA. Introduction: Reviewing International Evidence to Inform Foster Care Policy and Practice. Elizabeth Fernandez
University of New South Wales
Australia and Richard P. Barth
University of Maryland
USA. 1. International Perspectives on Foster Care. June Thoburn
University of East Anglia
UK. Part 2. Placement Movements and Destinations. 2. Five Year Developmental Outcomes for Young Children Remaining in Foster Care
Returned Home or Adopted. Richard P. Barth and Christopher Lloyd
University of Arkansas
USA. 3. The Placement Stability in Foster Care. Fred Wulczyn and Lijun Chen
University of Chicago
USA. 4. Foster Care in the Netherlands: Correlates of Placement Breakdown and Successful Placement. Johan Piet Strijker
University of Groningen
The Netherlands. 5. Profile and Scope of Foster Care in Spain. Jorge Fernandez del Valle and Mónica López
University of Oviedo
Spain. 6. Reunification in Australia: Insights from South Australia and New South Wales. Elizabeth Fernandez and Paul Delfabbro
University of Adelaide
Australia Part 3. The Foster Care Experience: A Life Course Perspective. 7. Very Young Children in Care in England: Issues for Foster Care. Harriet Ward and Emily R. Munro
Loughborough University
UK 8. Fostering Adolescents in England: What Contributes to Success? Elaine Farmer
University of Bristol
UK. 9. 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
Catherine Roller White
Lee Ann Murdock
Kirk O'Brien
Casey Family Programs
USA
Ronald C. Kessler
Nancy Sampson and Irving Hwang Harvard Medical School
USA. Part 4. Psychological Outcomes and Correlates of Outcomes. 10. What Makes for Effective Foster Care: Some Issues. Ian Sinclair
University of York
UK. 11. Long-term Outcomes of Foster Care: Lessons from Swedish National Cohort Studies. Bo Vinnerljung
University of Stockholm
Sweden
Eva Franzén
Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Sweden
Anders Hjern
National Board of Health and Welfare
Sweden and Frank Lindblad
Uppsala University
Sweden. 12. Foster Care in Denmark: Comparing Kinship and Non-Kinship Forms of Care. Lajla Knudsen
Tim Egelund and Anne-Dorthe Hestbæck
SFI
The Danish National Centre for Social Research
Denmark. 13. Selected Educational Outcomes for Young People Aged 17?19 Years in Long Term Foster Care in Ireland. Fiona Daly
Irish Association of Young People in Care
Ireland and Robbie Gilligan
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland. 14. 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
University of Ottawa
Canada. 15. Wellbeing in Foster Care: An Australian Longitudinal Study of Outcomes. Elizabeth Fernandez. Commentary by Robert Flynn. Conclusion. Richard P. Barth and Elizabeth Fernandez. List of Contributors. Index.