Young people and the care experience : research, policy and practice /
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| Author / Creator: | Shaw, Julie, 1945- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2013. |
| Description: | ix, 165 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Adolescence and society Adolescence and society. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9117994 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Supporting children and young people at home
- Prevention, family support and the care system
- 'Family support'
- Family support: a theoretical and research base
- Theoretical approaches to family support
- Delivering family support
- Children on the edge of care
- Conclusion
- 2. Who is in care and where do they live?
- Historical overview
- The care population today
- Contemporary policy and practice
- Conclusion
- 3. Living in foster care
- Foster care today
- Recent research in foster care
- Gender and race in foster care
- What young people say
- Theory in foster care
- Evidence-based programmes
- Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)
- Policy and practice developments
- Conclusion
- 4. Living in a children's home
- Residential care for children and young people today
- Theoretical approaches to residential care
- Abuse in residential care
- Life in children's homes: the potential for success?
- The residential environment
- Young people and crime in residential care
- Peer relations in residential care
- Behaviour management in children's homes
- The impact of staff-resident relationships
- Therapeutic approaches: the way forward?
- Gender in residential care
- Minority ethnic children
- Policy developments
- Conclusion
- 5. Being adopted
- Issues and controversies on the road to permanence
- Controversies
- Adoption: challenge and contention
- A brief history of adoption
- Professional attitudes to adoption
- Post-adoption support
- Adoption and ethnicity - child welfare and political controversary
- Conclusion
- 6. Leaving care and the transition to adulthood
- Being in care: the impact on life after care
- Working with the young person
- Involving parents and carers in the planning process
- Towards effective care planning
- The role of the Independent Reviewing Officer
- Young people's views of the role of the IRO
- 'Leaving care' and the 'transition to adulthood'
- Young peopleÆs views of the role of care planning and leaving care
- Support after leaving care
- What makes the difference?: an important research project
- Conclusion
- 7. Being in care: a global experience
- Concepts and approaches
- Cross-continental comparisons
- Conclusion
- 8. Promoting positive outcomes for children and young people in care
- Health needs of children and young people in care
- Health challenges for looked after children
- Educational needs of children and young people in care
- Conclusion
- 9. What future for children and young people in care?
- A robust system of social justice
- Targeted family support
- A fluid, flexible and responsive care system
- A child- and young person-centred system
- Investing in carers and professionals
- A positive view of children and young people in care
- Bibliography
- Index
