03995nam 22006255 450 991040970780332120231010194201.03-030-41146-X10.1007/978-3-030-41146-6(CKB)5300000000003632(MiAaPQ)EBC6133726(DE-He213)978-3-030-41146-6(EXLCZ)99530000000000363220200309d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFoster care and best interests of the child integrating research, policy, and practice /Sarah A. Font, Elizabeth T. Gershoff1st edition.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,[2020]1 online resource (114 pages)SpringerBriefs in Psychology: Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice,2625-25463-030-41145-1 Chapter 1. An Introduction to Foster Care -- Chapter 2. Current Use of the “Best Interests of the Child” Standard in Foster Care Policy and Practice -- Chapter 3. Foster Care as a Problem and a Solution -- Chapter 4. Reforming the Foster Care System: Legislative and Judicial Efforts -- Chapter 5. Reorienting the Foster Care System toward Children’s Best Interests.This brief examines the U.S. foster care system and seeks to explain why the foster care system functions as it does and how it can be improved to serve the best interest of children. It defines and evaluates key challenges that undermine child safety and well-being in the current foster care system. Chapters highlight the competing values and priorities of the system as well as the pros and cons for the use of foster care. In addition, chapters assess whether the performance objectives in which states are evaluated by the federal government are sufficient to achieve positive health and well-being outcomes for children who experience foster care. Finally, it offers recommendations for improving the system and maximizing positive outcomes. Topics featured in this brief include: Legal aspects of removal and placement of children in foster care. The effectiveness of prior efforts to reform foster care. The regulation and quality of foster homes. Support for youth aging out of the foster care system. Racial and ethnic disparities in the foster care system. Foster Care and the Best Interests of the Child is a must-have resource for policy makers and related professionals, graduate students, and researchers in child and school psychology, family studies, public health, social work, law/criminal justice, and sociology.SpringerBriefs in psychology.Advances in child and family policy and practice,2625-2546Child psychologySchool psychologyFamiliesFamiliesSocial aspectsPublic healthChild and School Psychologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y12040Familyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X27000Public Healthhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H27002Child psychology.School psychology.Families.FamiliesSocial aspects.Public health.Child and School Psychology.Family.Public Health.362.70973362.7330973Font Sarah Aauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut926052Gershoff Elizabeth Tauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910409707803321Foster Care and Best Interests of the Child2079116UNINA