Children living in transition : helping homeless and foster care children and families /
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| Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, [2014] |
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| Description: | xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9864029 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Theories of Practice with Transitional Families
- 1. Transitional Families: Where Do I Begin?
- 2. "We Don't Get Whuppings Here Anymore": Toward a Collaborative, Ecological Model of Parenting
- 3. Giving Voice: An Exploration of the Integration of Social Justice and Infant Mental Health
- Part II. Preparing the Organization for Its Work with Transitional Families
- 4. Letting Some Air into the Room: Opening Agency Space for Considerations of Culture and Power
- 5. Rediscovering Positive Work Relationships Within a Diverse Relationship-Based Organization: Serving Children in Transition
- Part III. Promising Programs and Culturally Informed Interventions
- 6. Transforming Shame: Allowing Memories in Foster Care to Inform Interventions with Foster Youth
- 7. Crossing the Border and Facing the System: Challenges Immigrant Families Experience When a Child Is Removed from Their Care and Placed into the Child Welfare System
- 8. "I Am Bad!"
- 9. "When Do I Get to Go Home?"
- 10. The CATS Project: Helping Families Land on Their Feet
- Part IV. Needs for the Future
- 11. A Systems Dilemma: Intergenerational Foster Care and Homelessness
- List of Contributors
- Index
