Lesbian And Gay Foster Care And Adoption Second Edition

Author : Janet McDermott,Stephen Hicks
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780857009395

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Lesbian and Gay Foster Care and Adoption, Second Edition by Janet McDermott,Stephen Hicks Pdf

Featuring a spectrum of families from diverse backgrounds, this book reveals the joys and challenges of adoptive and foster parenting. The authors outline how the experience of adopting and fostering has changed for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people over the years, major changes in policy, and what the research can tell us about LGBT parenting. They interview families involved at different stages of the fostering and adoption process, from those undergoing assessments through to the experienced foster carers and adopters who were interviewed for the first edition of this book 20 years previously. While the number of LGBT people adopting or fostering has increased since then, some of the very real challenges still endure - including social stigma, homophobia and discriminatory policies - and families share some of the strategies they have used to help to address them. This is an essential source of information and advice for same-sex couples and LGBT single parents, as well as social workers, social work educators, sociologists of personal life, fostering and adoption panel members.

Author : David M. Brodzinsky,Adam Pertman
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780195322606

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Adoption by Lesbians and Gay Men by David M. Brodzinsky,Adam Pertman Pdf

Adoption by Lesbians and Gay Men is an interdisciplinary examination of the myths, misconceptions, research, and practice literature related to sexual-minority individuals' efforts to adopt and raise children. It also provides a blueprint for research and professional training and highlights best practice standards for working with this group of adoptive parents.

Author : Gerald P. Mallon
Publisher : CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,8 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 : Wendell Ricketts
Publisher : Wendell Ricketts
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Foster parents
ISBN : 9780939561094

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Lesbians and Gay Men as Foster Parents by Wendell Ricketts Pdf

Author : Nicola Hill
Publisher : British Association for Adoption & Fostering(BAAF)
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Gay adoption
ISBN : 1905664680

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The Pink Guide to Adoption for Lesbians and Gay Men by Nicola Hill Pdf

An essential step-by-step guide to adoption for lesbians and gay men, covering both the adoption process and the adoption experiences of several lesbians and gay men. Hill's book contains information that is relevant to both single adopters and same-sex couples and is the first of its kind to be published in the UK.

Author : Abbie E. Goldberg
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 2930 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781071891384

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The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ Studies, 2nd Edition by Abbie E. Goldberg Pdf

The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies, 2nd Edition will be a broad, interdisciplinary product aimed at students and educators interested in an interdisciplinary perspective on LGBTQ issues. This far-reaching and contemporary set of volumes is meant to examine and provide understandings of the lives and experiences of LGBTQ individuals, with attention to the contexts and forces that shape their world. The volume will address questions such as: What are the key theories used to understand variations in sexual orientation and gender identity? How do LGBTQ+ people experience the transition to parenthood? How does sexual orientation intersect with other key social locations (e.g., race) to shape experience and identity? What does LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy look like? How have anti-LGBTQ ballot measures affected LGBTQ people? What are LGBTQ+ people’s experiences during COVID-19? How were LGBTQ+ people impacted by the Trump administration? What is life like for LGBTQ+ people living outside the United States? This encyclopedia will be a unique product on the market: a reference work that looks at LGBTQ issues and identity primarily through the lenses of psychology, human development, and sociology, and emphasizing queer, feminist, and ecological perspectives on this topic. Entries will be written by top researchers and clinicians across multiple fields—psychology, human development, gender/queer studies, sexuality studies, social work, nursing, cultural studies, education, family studies, medicine, public health, and sociology—contributing to approximately 450-500 signed entries. All entries will include cross-references and Further Readings.

Author : Janet McDermott,Steve Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1849852723

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Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption by Janet McDermott,Steve Hicks Pdf

Very little material exists on the experiences of gay men and lesbians who have adopted, fostered or provided respite care for children. This book presents a collection of personal accounts, based on interviews and written testimonies, by lesbian and gay parents from many different social and ethnic backgrounds. Their stories record good and bad experiences, but overall, the accounts are positive and emphasise the rewards of parenting. This book will dispel a lot of misconceptions: it will also be useful to gay men and lesbians who are thinking about adopting or fostering children.

Author : Lucy R Mercier,Rena D Harold
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781317965114

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Social Work with Lesbian Parent Families by Lucy R Mercier,Rena D Harold Pdf

The traditional concept of family as being exclusively heterosexual has resulted in myth-generation about lesbian parents as well as fostering limitations in the programs and benefits that support more diverse nontraditional families. Social Work with Lesbian Parent Families: Ecological Perspectives explores the variety of social systems with which lesbian parent families interact, with a focus on implications for improved, diversity-affirming service delivery and policy development. Unlike other literature on lesbian parent families, this revealing resource pulls together work on lesbian parenting from various researchers across a broad range of disciplines and presents this work from the ecosystems perspective so that the reader may view the experiences of lesbian parent families in a holistic way. The research goes beyond simple comparisons between lesbian and straight mothers. This useful text provides more complex research data, including both a more sophisticated view of the diverse communities in which lesbian parents are found, and more innovative ways of studying the issues relevant to social service providers. Developmental and life issues negotiated by lesbian parent families are discussed in detail using a strengths-based approach to intervention with individuals, families, small groups, communities, and larger systems. This unique book has the strong potential to influence the policies that impact lesbian parent families. Social Work with Lesbian Parent Families: Ecological Perspectives is a valuable resource for social workers, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, marriage and family therapists, public policy and administration professionals, students, and academics doing research on sexual orientation and family. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services.

Author : Brette McWhorter Sember
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105064199438

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Gay & Lesbian Parenting Choices by Brette McWhorter Sember Pdf

Creating a family is one of the greatest joys a couple can have, but gay and lesbian couples face unique challenges when they wish to become parents together. Written by an attorney in an easy-to-understand style, this guide provides a comprehensive look at the options available to gay couples and offers advice and information on how best to proceed. It helps gay and lesbian prospective parents choose the path to parenthood that will work best for them and offers advice and support as they journey towards becoming a family.--From publisher description.

Author : Jack Drescher,Deborah Glazer
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0789013509

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Gay and Lesbian Parenting by Jack Drescher,Deborah Glazer Pdf

Find sources of support for raising a nontraditional family in a straight world! The experience of parenting is commonly overlooked in psychological theory, and lesbians and gay men are not typically considered as parents or parents to be. Gay and Lesbian Parenting examines the psychological issues related to developing family and becoming parents for gay men and lesbians. Instead of pathologizing gay and lesbian families, it explores the emotional growth and development issues inherent in child-rearing. Traditionally, coming out as gay or lesbian meant abandoning any hope of becoming a parent or keeping your children if you already had them. But with the “gayby boom” in full swing, more and more gay and lesbian couples are having new babies, adopting children, and continuing to raise the offspring of previous heterosexual relationships. Although gay and lesbian parents still face unique challenges in building and rearing a family, as well as the usual problems heterosexual couples encounter, Gay and Lesbian Parenting unflinchingly examines these concerns and offers positive suggestions and ideas for dealing with the difficulties. This life-affirming book takes a look at the practical and emotional realities of raising children in nontraditional family structures, including: issues of kinship, shared motherhood, and possessiveness in lesbian couples legal issues entailed by the lack of marriage and legal kinship parenthood as a powerful force for personal growth and development fatherhood as a process of creating connectedness in the family, community, and place of worship original empirical research on the mental health of lesbians’children the history of the gay and lesbian movement as it relates to child-rearing Gay and Lesbian Parenting affirms the power of gay and lesbian couples to raise healthy, happy children and to change and grow through their experience of parenting. This book is also essential for mental health professionals from psychiatric nurses to psychiatrists who are working with the gay and lesbian community.

Author : Gerald P. Mallon
Publisher : Child & Family Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1587600366

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

Author : Laura Benkov
Publisher : Crown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Custody of children
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009740155

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Reinventing the Family by Laura Benkov Pdf

In America today, more than 10 million children have gay or lesbian parents. Reinventing the Family is the first in-depth look at the joys, challenges, and issues facing these nontraditional families. It offers invaluable insight to gay and lesbian people who are choosing children, fighting for custody, and challenging our view of "family values".

Author : British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF),Nicola Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1907585591

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The Pink Guide to Adoption for Lesbians and Gay Men by British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF),Nicola Hill Pdf

The 2nd edition of the essential step-by-step guide to adoption for lesbians and gay men, covering both the adoption process and the adoption experiences of several lesbians and gay men. Hill's book contains information that is relevant to both single adopters and same-sex couples and is the first of its kind to be published in the UK.

Author : Gerald P. Mallon
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0231111371

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Let's Get this Straight by Gerald P. Mallon Pdf

Using an ecological perspective to highlight five principle areas of child welfare, Mallon discusses each in terms of how they pertain to individuals and families whose lives are effected by issues of sexual orientation. Let's Get This Straight uncovers and challenges the pervasive incidence of "heterocentrism" within the social work profession, drawing upon case studies and in-depth interviews to illustrate the degree to which myths and stereotypes about gay and lesbian youth detrimentally affect those most in need of assistance.

Author : Jill Hamilton
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780737727111

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Foster Care by Jill Hamilton Pdf

According to A.B.C. News, approximately 800,000 children every year come in contact with the foster care system. While the system is set up to take in children whose homelife is awful, in some cases Foster care offers no better conditions. Despite more than a decade of intended reform, the foster care system is overcrowded and rife with issues. This collection of essays teaches readers about the issues surrounding foster care. The essays represent a diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. Readers will learn about the history of foster care, and what it's like to be a child in the system. Essay sources like The Economist tackle issues of foster care funding, stating it needs to be changed. This collection will truly provide your readers with an intelligent, balanced understanding.