How Does Foster Care Work? International Evidence on Outcomes (PDF)

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.

Book details

Author:

Anders Hjern, Anne-Dorthe Hestbaeck, Bo Vinnerljung, Catherine Roller White, E. Christopher Lloyd, Elaine Farmer, Elizabeth Fernandez, Eva Franzen, Fiona Daly, Frank Lindblad, Fred Wulczyn, Harriet Ward, Ian Sinclair, Irving Hwang, James K Whittaker, Jorge Fernandez del Valle, June Thoburn, Kirk O'Brien, Lajla Knudsen, Lee Ann Murdock, Lijun Chen, Marie-Pierre Paquet, Mónica López, Nancy Sampson, Paul Delfabbro, Peter Pecora, Piet Strijker, Richard Barth, Robbie Gilligan, Robert Flynn, Robyn Marquis, Ronald Kessler, Tine Egelund

ISBN:

9780857003898

Related ISBNs:

9781849856416

Publisher:

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

No

Date of addition:

2017-07-07

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2011

Copyright by:

Jessica Kingsley Publishers 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Nonfiction, Parenting and Family