Fostering adolescents [electronic resource] / Elaine Farmer, Sue Moyers, and Jo Lipscombe.
By: Farmer, Elaine.
Contributor(s): Lipscombe, Jo | Moyers, Sue | ebrary, Inc
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Series: Supporting parents: Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2004Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Foster home care -- Great Britain -- Case studies | Teenagers -- Great Britain -- InterviewsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.73/3/0941 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-247) and indexes.
Introduction -- Background and research literature -- How we designed and carried out the study -- Description of the young people and the foster carers in the sample -- Planning and preparation for the placements -- The young people's behaviour in the placements -- Foster carer strain -- Support for the foster carers -- The parenting approaches of the foster carers -- The young people's contact with family members -- Predicting placement outcome -- Implications for practice and policy.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.