Kinship care : improving practice through research /
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| Imprint: | Washington, DC : CWLA Press, c1999. |
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| Description: | xi, 320 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4220981 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I.. Building Knowledge About Kinship Care as a Child Welfare Service
- 1.. Kinship Care as a Child Welfare Service: What Do We Really Know?
- Part II.. Facilitating Permanence
- 2.. Defining Best Practice in Kinship Care Through Research and Demonstration
- 3.. Who Decides? Predicting Caseworkers' Adoption and Guardianship Discussions with Kinship Caregivers
- 4.. Adoption and Subsidized Guardianship as Permanency Options in Kinship Foster Care: Barriers and Facilitating Conditions
- Part III.. Children, Mothers, and Fathers
- 5.. The Well-Being of Children in Kinship Foster Care
- 6.. Comparing Mothers of Children in Kinship Foster Care: Reunification vs. Remaining in Care
- 7.. Casework Practice with Fathers of Children in Kinship Foster Care
- 8.. Kinship Care When Parents Are Incarcerated
- Part IV.. Kinship Caregivers
- 9.. Child-Rearing Perspectives of Grandparent Caregivers
- 10.. The Effect of Caregiver Preparation and Sense of Control on Adaptation of Kinship Caregivers
- 11.. Caregiver Burden in Kinship Foster Care
- Part V.. Conclusion
- 12.. Future Directions for Research on Kinship Care
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors