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Author Rosenwald, Mitchell.

Title Advocating for children in foster and kinship care [electronic resource] : a guide to getting the best out of the system for caregivers and practitioners / Mitchell A. Rosenwald and Beth N. Riley.

Imprint New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 252 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents In the beginning: assessing commitment and family resources -- Knowing limits: finding the right match between the children in care and the foster parents and kinship caregivers -- Advocating within the social services system -- Advocating within the family court system -- Advocating within the school system -- Advocating within the health and mental health systems -- Advocacy in interdisciplinary teams -- Advocating for agency policy change -- Advocating legislatively -- Advocating in communities.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Foster home care -- United States.
Foster parents -- Services for -- United States.
Foster children -- Services for -- United States.
Foster children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Child welfare -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Riley, Beth N.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780231146869 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231146868 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231146876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231146876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231519359 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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