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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450366303321

Titolo

Foster children [[electronic resource] ] : where they go and how they get on / / Ian Sinclair ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2005

ISBN

1-280-34945-X

9786610349456

1-84642-136-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SinclairIan <1938->

Disciplina

362.7330941

Soggetti

Foster children - Great Britain

Foster home care - Great Britain - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Foster Children: Where They Go and How They Get On""; ""Contents""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Movements and Destinations: An Overview""; ""3. Outcomes and Going Home""; ""4. Going Home: What Makes A Difference?""; ""5. Adoption: Who is Adopted and How Do They Do?""; ""6. Adoption: What Makes A Difference?""; ""7. Foster Care: Can It Offer "Permanence?""; ""8. Foster Care: Does It Feel Like A Family?""; ""9. Leaving Foster Care""; ""10. Living Independently: What Makes A Difference?""; ""11. Tara's Story: A Case Study""

""12. Alistair's Story: A Case Study""""13. A Common Explanation?""; ""14. Conclusion""; ""APPENDIX 1: SAMPLING BIAS IN SWEEPS 1 AND 2 ""; ""APPENDIX 2: SOME KEY VARIABLES ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""SUBJECT INDEX ""; ""AUTHOR INDEX ""

Sommario/riassunto

What happens to looked-after children in the longer term? This book analyses the outcomes of a large-scale study of foster children in the UK. It includes individual case studies and draws extensively on the views of foster children themselves. The authors examine:Why children remain fostered or move to different settings (adoption, residential care, their own families or independent living)How the children fare in



these different settings and why What the children feel about what happens to them.Other important issues covered include the support given to birth families to enable children to re