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Advocating for Children in Foster and Kinship Care
presented by Mitchell Rosenwald, fl. 2007 and Beth N. Riley, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, originally published 2010), 272 page(s)
This book is the first to provide strategies for effective advocacy and placement within the foster care and kinship care systems. It also takes a rare look at the dynamics of the foster and kinship relationship, not just among children and the agency workers and service providers who intervene on their behalf, bu...
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presented by Mitchell Rosenwald, fl. 2007 and Beth N. Riley, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, originally published 2010), 272 page(s)
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This book is the first to provide strategies for effective advocacy and placement within the foster care and kinship care systems. It also takes a rare look at the dynamics of the foster and kinship relationship, not just among children and the agency workers and service providers who intervene on their behalf, but also between children and those who take in and care for them as permanency develops. Drawing on their experience interacting with an...
This book is the first to provide strategies for effective advocacy and placement within the foster care and kinship care systems. It also takes a rare look at the dynamics of the foster and kinship relationship, not just among children and the agency workers and service providers who intervene on their behalf, but also between children and those who take in and care for them as permanency develops. Drawing on their experience interacting with and writing about the institution of foster care, Mitchell Rosenwald and Beth N. Riley have composed a unique text that helps practitioners, foster parents, and relative caregivers realize successful transitions for youth, especially considering the traumas these children may suffer both before and after placement. Advocating for a child's best interests must begin early and remain consistent throughout assignment and adjustment. For practitioners, Rosenwald and Riley emphasize the best techniques for assessing a family's capabilities and for guiding families through the challenges of foster care. Part one details the steps potential foster parents and kinship caregivers must take, with the assistance of practitioners, to prepare themselves for placement. Part two describes tactics for successful advocacy within the court system, social service agencies, schools, and the medical and mental health establishments. Part three describes how to lobby for change at the agency and legislative levels, as well as within a given community. The authors illustrate recommendations through real-life scenarios and devote an entire chapter to brokering positive partnerships among practitioners, families, and other teams working to protect and transition children.
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Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Mitchell Rosenwald, fl. 2007, Beth N. Riley, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Topic / Theme
Kin relationships, Relationships, Foster parents, Foster children, Macro
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Copyright © 2010 by Columbia University Press. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced by permission of Columbia University Press.
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Billy Says…You Should be Taken Care of
written by Joanne Alper, fl. 2006, in Billy Says... Series, Book 2 (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, originally published 2015), 19 page(s)
This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey fro...
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written by Joanne Alper, fl. 2006, in Billy Says... Series, Book 2 (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, originally published 2015), 19 page(s)
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This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey from an abusive home to a loving adoptive family. In the series, Billy says...· Book 1 "It's not your fault" explores children's feelings...
This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey from an abusive home to a loving adoptive family. In the series, Billy says...· Book 1 "It's not your fault" explores children's feelings when they are living in neglectful families.· Book 2 "You should be taken care of" covers fears around moving into foster care.· Book 3 "Foster carers can help" explains what happens when children move into foster care.· Book 4 "What you think matters" covers courts and the planning process.· Book 5 "Waiting can be hard" focuses on waiting for an adoptive family.· Book 6 "Living as a new family takes practice" explores living with an adoptive family.This set is ideal for use by social workers, foster carers, adoptive parents and counsellors to help children aged 3-8 to understand the fostering and adoption process and to cope with the complex feelings that can arise.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Joanne Alper, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Series
Billy Says... Series
Topic / Theme
Social workers, Emotions and feelings, Foster parents, Foster children, Micro
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Joanne Alper
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Billy Says…Foster Carers Can Help
written by Joanne Alper, fl. 2006, in Billy Says... Series, Book 3 (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, originally published 2015), 19 page(s)
This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey fro...
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written by Joanne Alper, fl. 2006, in Billy Says... Series, Book 3 (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, originally published 2015), 19 page(s)
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This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey from an abusive home to a loving adoptive family. In the series, Billy says...· Book 1 "It's not your fault" explores children's feelings...
This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey from an abusive home to a loving adoptive family. In the series, Billy says...· Book 1 "It's not your fault" explores children's feelings when they are living in neglectful families.· Book 2 "You should be taken care of" covers fears around moving into foster care.· Book 3 "Foster carers can help" explains what happens when children move into foster care.· Book 4 "What you think matters" covers courts and the planning process.· Book 5 "Waiting can be hard" focuses on waiting for an adoptive family.· Book 6 "Living as a new family takes practice" explores living with an adoptive family.This set is ideal for use by social workers, foster carers, adoptive parents and counsellors to help children aged 3-8 to understand the fostering and adoption process and to cope with the complex feelings that can arise.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Joanne Alper, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Series
Billy Says... Series
Topic / Theme
Foster parents, Foster children, Emotions and feelings, Micro
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Joanne Alper
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Billy Says…What You Think Matters
written by Joanne Alper, fl. 2006, in Billy Says... Series, Book 4 (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, originally published 2015), 19 page(s)
This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey fro...
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written by Joanne Alper, fl. 2006, in Billy Says... Series, Book 4 (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, originally published 2015), 19 page(s)
Description
This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey from an abusive home to a loving adoptive family. In the series, Billy says...· Book 1 "It's not your fault" explores children's feelings...
This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey from an abusive home to a loving adoptive family. In the series, Billy says...· Book 1 "It's not your fault" explores children's feelings when they are living in neglectful families.· Book 2 "You should be taken care of" covers fears around moving into foster care.· Book 3 "Foster carers can help" explains what happens when children move into foster care.· Book 4 "What you think matters" covers courts and the planning process.· Book 5 "Waiting can be hard" focuses on waiting for an adoptive family.· Book 6 "Living as a new family takes practice" explores living with an adoptive family.This set is ideal for use by social workers, foster carers, adoptive parents and counsellors to help children aged 3-8 to understand the fostering and adoption process and to cope with the complex feelings that can arise.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Joanne Alper, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Series
Billy Says... Series
Topic / Theme
Emotions and feelings, Foster parents, Foster children, Micro
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Joanne Alper
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Healing Child Trauma Through Restorative Parenting
written by Terry Philpot, 1947-; presented by Chris Robinson, 1962- (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016, originally published 2016), 138 page(s)
How can we help heal children who have been abused or neglected? Healing Child Trauma Through Restorative Parenting details how children can be helped to recover with the use of Restorative Parenting, an innovative model informed by psychological and neurological understanding of trauma and its effects. It explain...
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written by Terry Philpot, 1947-; presented by Chris Robinson, 1962- (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016, originally published 2016), 138 page(s)
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How can we help heal children who have been abused or neglected? Healing Child Trauma Through Restorative Parenting details how children can be helped to recover with the use of Restorative Parenting, an innovative model informed by psychological and neurological understanding of trauma and its effects. It explains the critical role that people, relationships and the environment play in a child's recovery. It shows what constitutes a therapeutic...
How can we help heal children who have been abused or neglected? Healing Child Trauma Through Restorative Parenting details how children can be helped to recover with the use of Restorative Parenting, an innovative model informed by psychological and neurological understanding of trauma and its effects. It explains the critical role that people, relationships and the environment play in a child's recovery. It shows what constitutes a therapeutic environment, whereby a child experiences therapy not as one-to-one sessions but as a lived experience. The authors show how other components of the model - building therapeutic relationships, promoting positive education and encouraging clinically informed life style choices - are intimately linked, each critical to the re-parenting which the child undergoes.This book will be welcomed by professionals working with children, including those in residential, health and foster care, psychology, education and health, as well as those commissioning services. The models, concepts and practices are transferable to public, private and charitable agencies.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Terry Philpot, 1947-, Chris Robinson, 1962-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Topic / Theme
Foster children, Child neglect, Child abuse, Foster parents, Micro
Copyright Message
Copyright © Halliwell Homes 2016
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Helping Foster Children in School: A Guide for Foster Parents, Social Workers and Teachers
written by John Degarmo, 1969- (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015, originally published 2015), 162 page(s)
Helping Foster Children In School explores the challenges that foster children face in schools and offers positive and practical guidance tailored to help the parents, teachers and social workers supporting them. Children in care often perform poorly at school both in terms of their behavior and their academic per...
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written by John Degarmo, 1969- (London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015, originally published 2015), 162 page(s)
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Helping Foster Children In School explores the challenges that foster children face in schools and offers positive and practical guidance tailored to help the parents, teachers and social workers supporting them. Children in care often perform poorly at school both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance, with many failing to complete their education. They will have often experienced trauma or neglect which can result in a numbe...
Helping Foster Children In School explores the challenges that foster children face in schools and offers positive and practical guidance tailored to help the parents, teachers and social workers supporting them. Children in care often perform poorly at school both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance, with many failing to complete their education. They will have often experienced trauma or neglect which can result in a number of developmental delays. By looking at why children in foster care do not perform as well as their counterparts, John DeGarmo, who has fostered more than 40 children, provides easy-to-use strategies to target the problems commonly faced. He emphasizes the importance of an open dialogue between teacher, parent and social worker, to ensure that everyone is working jointly to achieve the best outcome for the child. An invaluable resource for foster parents, social workers and educators alike, this book encourages a unified response to ensure foster children are given the best chance to succeed at school.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John Degarmo, 1969-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Topic / Theme
Academic performance, Foster children, Schools, Macro
Copyright Message
Copyright © John DeGarmo 2015; Forward copyright © Harold Sloke 2015
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Whose Child Am I?: Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in US Immigration Custody
written by Susan J. Terrio, 1950- (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2015), 278 page(s)
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written by Susan J. Terrio, 1950- (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2015), 278 page(s)
Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Susan J. Terrio, 1950-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Topic / Theme
Children, Immigration laws, Immigration and emigration, Latino people, Macro
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 University of California Press
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