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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155523503321

Titolo

Promoting resilience in child welfare / / editors, Robert J. Flynn, Peter M. Dudding, James G. Barber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : University of Ottawa Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-69029-1

9786613667236

0-7766-1677-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Actexpress

Altri autori (Persone)

FlynnRobert J <1942-> (Robert John)

DuddingPeter M. <1951->

BarberJames G

Disciplina

362.73

Soggetti

Foster home care

Children - Institutional care

Foster children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Selected papers from the international conference, Promoting resilient development in children receiving care, held at the University of Ottawa, August 16-19, 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part 1: Resilience Theory and Child Welfare Policy and Practice; Part 2: Resilience and Foster Care Research, Policy, and Practice; Part 3: Resilience and the Implementation of Innovative Approaches to Child Welfare Policy and Practice; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Almost twenty years ago, conceptual work began in the United Kingdom on what was to become the international Looking After Children initiative. Looking After Children has had a profound influence on child welfare in Canada and some fifteen other countries, including the UK, Australia, Sweden, and Hungary. It has sharpened the developmental focus and improved the quality of services for children and adolescents who, because of abuse, neglect, extreme poverty, or other circumstances, live in out-of-home care. With its emphasis on high expectations, positive substitute parenting, and good sh