Young people and the care experience : research, policy and practice / / Julie Shaw and Nick Frost

• Autore: Shaw Julie <1945-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2013; Hove, East Sussex : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.73
• Soggetto topico: Adoption; Foster home care; Children - Institutional care; Child care; Child welfare
• Altri autori: FrostNick <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Supporting children and young people at home -- Who is in care and where do they live? -- Living in foster care -- Living in a children's home -- Being adopted -- Leaving care -- Being in care : a global experience -- Promoting positive outcomes for children and young people in care -- What future for looked after children and young people? -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: The care system looks after the most vulnerable young people in society - those who are, for a variety of reasons, unable to live with their parents. Young People and the Care Experience examines what can be done to support young people to remain at home, and if this is not possible, how they can be supported whilst in care and on leaving care. The book explores the range of options - foster care, children's homes and adoption - and how these options interact. Using the latest research and framing the issues through both psycho-social and legal perspectives, the book provides an in
• Titolo autorizzato: Young people and the care experience
• ISBN: 1-136-68051-9; 0-203-63049-1; 1-299-46962-0; 1-136-68044-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812549003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Adolescence and Society