Assessing Adoptive And Foster Parents

Author : Joanne Alper,David Howe
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784504564

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Assessing Adoptive Parents, Foster Carers and Kinship Carers, Second Edition by Joanne Alper,David Howe Pdf

Assessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurized time frame. Currently, assessments draw substantially on interviews, which can generate a lot of information but little analysis to enable professionals to establish a meaningful understanding of parenting capacity. Children with histories of trauma, loss and hurt need to join families in which parents exhibit the ability to be good at relationships, are able to manage their own stress and bond with the child in their care. Now fully updated and expanded to cover the assessment of kinship carers and special guardians, this book combines the latest findings from neuroscience with research on what makes good assessments and provides guidance and tools for making thorough, analytical and effective assessments. With contributions from leading experts including Dan Hughes, Jonathan Baylin, Kim Golding and Julie Selwyn, it will provide you with the information you need to ensure the best possible chance of placement success.

Author : David Howe,Joanne Alper
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857009159

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Assessing Adoptive and Foster Parents by David Howe,Joanne Alper Pdf

Assessing prospective adoptive and foster parents is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurised time frame. Currently, assessments draw substantially on interviews with prospective adopters and foster carers. Too often, they generate a lot of information but lack meaningful analysis and understanding of parenting capacity. Children with histories of trauma, loss and hurt need to join families in which parents exhibit the ability to be good at relationships, able to manage their own stress and bond with the child in their care. In this book, leading experts including Dan Hughes, Jonathan Baylin, Kim Golding and Julie Selwyn combine the latest findings from neuroscience with research on what makes good assessments. Together, they provide guidance and recommend tools for making thorough, analytical and effective assessments which will ensure the best possible chance of placement success. Assessing Adoptive and Foster Parents is an invaluable source of knowledge and practice guidance for social workers undertaking assessments of parenting capacity of children who have experienced neglect or trauma.

Author : Joanne Alper,David Howe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1785921770

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Assessing Adoptive Parents, Foster Carers and Kinship Carers by Joanne Alper,David Howe Pdf

Combining theory and practice guidance for professionals, this is the authoritative guide to assessing foster carers, kinship carers and adoptive parents.

Author : Liza Bingley Miller,Arnon Bentovim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134131143

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Assessing the Support Needs of Adopted Children and Their Families by Liza Bingley Miller,Arnon Bentovim Pdf

Written in consultation with a range of experts, clinicians and practitioners as well as adoptive children, families and birth relatives, this book gives helpful guidance on making evidence-based assessments and planning successful adoption support. Key features include: a discussion of the main themes of adoption and pointers for practice in relation to the Assessment Framework a guide to the use of evidence-based approaches to assessment, including the tools commissioned by the Department of Health and the Department for Education a model for analysis and planning, and planning support and interventions an investigation of the source, range and value of support services and interventions that can promote the wellbeing of adopted children, their adoptive families and birth relatives. Packed with practical advice, case examples and models of good practice, this book is invaluable for social workers and managers involved with the adoption process and the well-being of children and families. It is also essential reading for social work students learning about working with children and families.

Author : James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135927448

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Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening by James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen Pdf

Screening applicants for adoption or foster homes has life-altering consequences for the children involved, yet there are incredibly few programs available to train screeners. The educational system that certifies thousands of social workers each year does not understand the specialized training required to screen adoptive and foster parents; social work schools provide minimal interview training and what training they do provide focuses on therapeutic interview techniques rather than screening skills. There is a clear need for a book like Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, one that can be incorporated into course requirements and used by working social workers and psychologists involved with adoption and foster parent screening. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, written by a former social worker, who has placed hundreds of children into adoptive and foster homes, and a clinical psychologist, meshes the best of psychology and social work experience into a definitive guide for screening adoption and foster home applicants. The book provides information on: evaluating aberrant behavior and unhealthy parenting attitudes interview techniques psychological testing. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening is based on case histories, research data, and interpretive analysis. The book is written in an accessible style free of technical language, thus making it appropriate for college-level students and professionals who don't have time to sift through empirical data to obtain accessible information that they can adapt to their profession.

Author : Elizabeth Fernandez,Richard Barth
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0857003895

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How Does Foster Care Work? by Elizabeth Fernandez,Richard Barth Pdf

How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in children's services across the developed world, the book provides an evidence base for programme planning, policy and practice. This volume establishes a platform for comparison of international systems, trends and outcomes in foster care today. Each contributor provides a commentary on one other chapter to highlight the global significance of issues affecting children and young people in care. Each chapter offers new ideas about how foster care could be financed, delivered or studied in order to become more effective. This book is important reading for anyone involved in delivering child welfare services, such as administrators, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, children's advocates, academics and students.

Author : Joyce S. Cohen,Anne Westhues
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442654884

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Well-functioning Families for Adoptive and Foster Children by Joyce S. Cohen,Anne Westhues Pdf

The increase in adoption and fostering of children with special needs has been one of the most positive developments in Canadian child welfare over the past fifteen years. But special-needs children place greater demands on the adopting or fostering families, and this in turn has led to increased disruption of placements. This book will help child welfare professionals and students to assess situations so that disruption can be minimized. It evolved from a clinical analysis which compared the characteristics of families who adopted and successfully maintained a special-needs child with families who tried without success. From this clinical analysis, the authors developed a unique training program for adoption/foster workers which is organized in four modules: family assessment, child assessment, matching, and maintenance. They outline in detail the training program and the findings of the ensuing research project based on implementation of the program. They also present a number of remarkable, yet representative, case studies to which theoretical concepts are applied, along with a set of practical professional tools to aid child welfare workers in assessment and planning. A survey of the relevant literature and an overview of child welfare organization are included. This timely and innovative manual fills a gap in the child welfare literature. It provides a much-needed guide to the assessment and matching of children with adoptive and foster families, and to the maintenance and support of those families.

Author : Gerald P. Mallon
Publisher : CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : PSU:000065252321

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Lesbian and Gay Foster and Adoptive Parents by Gerald P. Mallon Pdf

This book explores the myths and prejudices that influence attitudes towards lesbians and gay men as parents.It also suggests ways that social workers can more effectively support lesbian and gay adopters and foster parents.

Author : Elaine Dibben,Viv Howorth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910039446

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Adoption by Foster Carers by Elaine Dibben,Viv Howorth Pdf

Author : adoptionplus,Louis Sydney,Elizabeth Price
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857009241

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Facilitating Meaningful Contact in Adoption and Fostering by adoptionplus,Louis Sydney,Elizabeth Price Pdf

Most children who are fostered or adopted have some level of contact with their birth family -- whether face-to-face or by letter -- yet most of the time the psychological impact of contact on the child isn't considered. This book explores what attachment, neuroscience and trauma tell us about how contact affects children, and shows how poorly executed contact can be unhelpful or even harmful to the child. Assessment frameworks are provided which take the child's developmental needs into account. The authors also outline a model for managing and planning contact to make it more purposeful and increase its potential for therapeutic benefit. The book covers the challenges presented by the internet for managing contact, unique issues for children in kinship care, problems that arise when adoptive parents separate and many other key issues for practice. Brimming with practical advice and creative solutions, this is an indispensable tool for social workers, contact centre workers, and other professionals involved in contact arrangements or the therapeutic support of fostered and adopted children.

Author : Pösö, Tarja,Skivenes, Marit
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781447351054

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Adoption from Care by Pösö, Tarja,Skivenes, Marit Pdf

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND. This book explores how children’s rights are practised and weighed against birth and adoptive parents’ rights and examines how governments and professionals balance rights when it is decided that children cannot return to parental care. From different socio-political and legal contexts in Europe and the United States, it provides an in-depth analysis of concepts of family, contact, the child’s best-interest principle and human rights when children are adopted from care. Taking an international comparative approach to these issues, this book provides detailed information on adoption processes and shares learning from best practice and research across country boundaries to help improve outcomes for all children in care for whom adoption may be the placement of choice.

Author : James Dickerson,Mardi Allen,Daniel Pollack
Publisher : N A S W Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Adoptive parents
ISBN : 0871014157

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How to Screen Adoptive and Foster Parents by James Dickerson,Mardi Allen,Daniel Pollack Pdf

Author : Nancy Newton Verrier
Publisher : British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Ba
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Adopted children
ISBN : 1905664761

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The Primal Wound by Nancy Newton Verrier Pdf

Originally published in 1993, this classic piece of literature on adoption has revolutionised the way people think about adopted children. Nancy Verrier examines the life-long consequences of the 'primal wound' - the wound that is caused when a child is separated from its mother - for adopted people. Her argument is supported by thorough research in pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding and the effects of loss.

Author : Kim S. Golding,Helen R. Dent,Ruth Nissim,Liz Stott
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780470092026

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Thinking Psychologically About Children Who Are Looked After and Adopted by Kim S. Golding,Helen R. Dent,Ruth Nissim,Liz Stott Pdf

Assessment, intervention and living with children who are looked after or adopted all require an understanding of psychology and its application. This innovative collection makes thinking psychologically about looked after and adopted children accessible and, in doing so, provides an insight into the world of these children. Informed by research, practice and psychological theory, this volume provides an overview of the area and considers the context for helping children change and develop. It goes on to describe in detail the techniques and approaches used by clinicians, and explains how interventions can be developed and adapted for children and young people living in residential, foster and adoptive care. Careful consideration is also given to carers and families living with these children. With its multi-disciplinary approach, Thinking Psychologically About Children Who Are Looked After and Adopted will appeal to all professionals involved in the care and education of placed children. It will also be of interest to policy makers and lecturers and students of social work.

Author : Ann Hartman,Project Craft
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015016191374

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Finding Families by Ann Hartman,Project Craft Pdf

Presents a model of family assessment as a shared process which takes place between adoptive applicants and adoption workers, including a description of assessment tools that translate the ecological perspective into practice.