The least detrimental alternative : a systematic guide to case planning and decision making for children in care /

The least detrimental alternative : a systematic guide to case planning and decision making for children in care /

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Author / Creator:	Steinhauer, Paul D., 1933- author.
Imprint:	Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1991.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 426 page)
Language:	English
Subject:	Foster home care. Foster children -- Psychology. Attachment behavior in children. Adoption. Social work with children. Child Welfare. Mental Health. Child. Infant. Adoption. Attachment behavior in children. Foster children -- Psychology. Foster home care. Social work with children. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177187

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ISBN:	9781442676626 1442676620 1282056476 9781282056473 0802068367 0802027865 9780802068361 9780802027863
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	When children are in distress or at risk in their homes, social service agencies may institute a number of measures. The most drastic entails removing such children from their homes and placing them in foster care. But placement often fails. Many children, some with severe and long-standing psychological, social, and educational handicaps, simply leave one unstable environment for another. In many cases, things just get worse. Paul Steinhauer, a child psychiatrist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, argues that foster placement has suffered from a lack of proven or generally acceptable models of intervention. It has further been impeded by decreases in the funding of social services and by ambivalence, on the part of both society and the mental health professions, towards the child welfare system. These factors have combined to produce a high failure rate, decreasing morale, and widespread disillusionment and burn-out in both foster parents and child welfare workers. In this book Steinhauer brings together the fragmented research that has been done in a number of different disciplines. From this body of work he develops a model of intervention based on an understanding of attachment theory, development theory, and the practice of mental health consultation. The model provides a basis for pragmatic decision making and step-by-step guidelines for implementation of many of its components. Steinhauer provides an important tool in the struggle to protect society's most vulnerable population.
Other form:	Print version: Steinhauer, Paul D., 1933- Least detrimental alternative. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1991 9780802068361

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Summary:	In this book Steinhauer brings together the fragmented research that has been done in a number of different disciplines. From this body of work he develops a model of intervention based on an understanding of attachment theory, development theory, and the practice of mental health consultation.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 426 page)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781442676626 1442676620 1282056476 9781282056473 0802068367 0802027865 9780802068361 9780802027863