LEADER 03370oam 2200757I 450 001 9910791126503321 005 20230725015255.0 010 $a1-136-97142-4 010 $a1-136-97143-2 010 $a1-282-62959-X 010 $a9786612629594 010 $a0-203-85172-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203851722 035 $a(CKB)2560000000010001 035 $a(EBL)530342 035 $a(OCoLC)642661379 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430917 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264464 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430917 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10456694 035 $a(PQKB)10820308 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000444639 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12127848 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444639 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10481216 035 $a(PQKB)11079383 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC530342 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL530342 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394446 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL262959 035 $a(OCoLC)645429771 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000010001 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe wellbeing of children in care $ea new approach for improving developmental outcomes /$fKwame Owusu-Bempah 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-47940-1 311 $a0-415-47939-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Fostering and adoption in historical perspective; 2 Fostering in cross-cultural perspective; 3 Fostering in contemporary Western societies; 4 Motives for child fostering; 5 Public care and kinship care; 6 Public care versus kinship care: Psychosocial developmental outcomes; 7 In the interest of the child Kinship care; 8 Policy, practice and research implications; Bibliography; Index 330 $aBecause of their previous damaging experiences, many children and young people enter the care system having already developed emotional problems or at a greater risk of developing them. However, in addition to this, research and experience consistently show that being in care is likely to aggravate or worsen developmental problems. Why does public care have these negative effects on children and what is needed to alleviate their problems?This important book looks at how children in care can best be helped to attain desirable developmental outcomes. Owusu-Bempah introduces his 606 $aChildren$xInstitutional care$xPsychological aspects 606 $aFoster home care$xPsychological aspects 606 $aAdoption$xPsychological aspects 606 $aChild development 606 $aChild welfare 615 0$aChildren$xInstitutional care$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aFoster home care$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aAdoption$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aChild development. 615 0$aChild welfare. 676 $a362.73/2 700 $aOwusu-Bempah$b Kwame.$0724330 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791126503321 996 $aThe wellbeing of children in care$93754645 997 $aUNINA