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Fostering adolescents /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farmer, Elaine, 1949-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Moyers, Sue, 1948-, Lipscombe, Jo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
Series:Supporting parents.
Subjects:
Foster home care > Great Britain > Case studies.
Teenagers > Great Britain > Interviews.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.