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Fostering now [electronic resource] : messages from research / Ian Sinclair ; foreword by Tom Jeffrey.

By: Sinclair, Ian, 1938-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Pub, c2005Edition: 1st American paperback ed.Description: 174 p. ; 30 cm.Subject(s): Foster children | Foster home care | Foster parentsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.73/3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introducing the report -- Home or away? Some basic issues -- Developing roles for foster care? -- What should foster care provide? -- Placing children in foster care -- Making placements work: the children -- Making placements work: foster families -- Making placements work: birth family and contact -- School and education -- Recruitment and retention -- Training, professional support and organisations -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167) and index.

Introducing the report -- Home or away? Some basic issues -- Developing roles for foster care? -- What should foster care provide? -- Placing children in foster care -- Making placements work: the children -- Making placements work: foster families -- Making placements work: birth family and contact -- School and education -- Recruitment and retention -- Training, professional support and organisations -- Conclusion.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.