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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461059203321

Autore

Denby Ramona W.

Titolo

Kinship care : increasing child well-being through practice, policy, and research / / Ramona W. Denby, PhD, MSW, LSW, ACSW ; acquisitions editor, Stephanie Drew ; production editor, Michael O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8261-2533-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Disciplina

362.70973

Soggetti

Kinship care - United States

Child welfare - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Using the Book; Overview of the Chapters; Chapter 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Relationship Building, Belongingness, and Connection; Chapter 2: Historical Factors Influencing Placement of Children With Kin; Chapter 3: Kinship Policy Analysis; Chapter 4: Defining Kinship Care: Caregivers and the Children in Their Care; Chapter 5: Safety for Children in Kinship Care; Chapter 6: Increasing the Well-Being of Children in Kinship Care; Chapter 7: Permanence for Children in Kinship Care: More Than a Legal or Federal Classification

Chapter 8: Macro-Level Change and Kinship Care ResearchChapter 9: The Role of Workforce Development in Increasing the Well-Being of Children in Kinship Care; Reference; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Context; Emerging Trends; Relevance of the Problem to Social Work Service Delivery; Micro-Level Practice Translations; Mezzo-Level Programming Innovations for Particular Groups/Populations; Macro-Level Policy Directions; A Tool in Social Work Education/Curricula; Data Trends: What We Know and Don't Know; What Is Known; What Is Unknown; References

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and ResearchChapter 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Relationship Building, Belongingness, and Connection; Introduction; Parental Care; Basic Aspects of Parenting; Physical Well-Being; Psychological Well-Being; Religious and Moral Orientation; Lineage and Ethnic Orientation; Nonparental Care; Pathways to Nonparental Care; Outcomes and Experiences of Children in Nonparental Care; Relationship Formation; Permanency Without a Relationship

Relationship Building for Children Who Reside in Nonparental Care: Kinship Care as a Protective FactorUsing Kinship Care to Build Relationship and Promote Protective Factors; Protective Factors; Caregiver Support Framework; Enhancing Protective Factors Using Kinship Care; Study Points: Chapter Summary and Highlights; Discussion Questions; Activities for Ongoing Learning; Glossary; References; Chapter 2: Historical Factors Influencing Placement of Children with Kin; The Changing Nature of Family Life in the United States; Historical Overview of Kinship Care

Kinship Care in the African American FamilyThe Effect of Social and Political Factors on Child Welfare; U.S. Child Welfare History in a Glance; Sociopolitical Factors and Child Removal; Relationship Building: A Move to Honor and Embrace True and Relevant Definitions of Family; Study Points: Chapter Summary and Highlights; Discussion Questions; Activities for Ongoing Learning; Glossary; References; Chapter 3: Kinship Policy Analysis; Statutory Preference for Relative Care Placement; Sociocultural and Economic-Political Context of Kinship Policy; Sociocultural Context; Informal Kinship Care

Voluntary Kinship Care