Does Family Preservation Serve a Child's Best Interests?Georgetown University Press, 2 de ago. de 2000 - 168 páginas In this new volume, two distinguished professors of social work debate the question of whether family preservation or adoption serves the best interests of abused and neglected children. Arguing the merits of keeping families together whenever possible, Ruth G. McRoy examines the background, theory, and effectiveness of family preservation programs. She provides practical recommendations and pays particular attention to the concerns of African American children. Claiming that there is insufficient evidence that family preservation actually works, Howard Altstein counters that children from truly dysfunctional families should be given the chance for stable lives through adoption rather than left in limbo. |
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... designed to facilitate placement and preservation of Indian families and culture , funding for services was insufficient ( Pecora et al . 1992b ) . As with the American Indian population , other populations of color and child advocates ...
... designed to expedite decision making to facilitate children either being maintained in their own homes or placed quickly into permanence in adoption . Funds were provided for adoption assistance for families adopting special needs ...
... designed to protect children , support families , and promote permanency and adoption ( McCroskey and Meezan 1998 ) . Poverty and Child Maltreatment Child maltreatment is no longer viewed as solely the result of parental psychopathology ...
... designed to prevent problems from arising in child rearing and are provided before a crisis occurs . Family preservation services are mandatory and are designed for families whose children are at risk for removal or for families in ...
... designed to assist family members in meeting their needs in functional and satisfying ways ( Nelson , Landsman , and Deutelbaum 1990 ) . Structural family therapy views families as dynamic systems in which the structure of the family ...
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Adoption Challenges | 41 |
Family Preservation in the New Millennium | 50 |
PART TWO | 57 |
Family Preservation What Does the Research Say? | 59 |
Kinship Care | 79 |
Transracial Adoption | 97 |
Responses | 113 |
Commentary | 115 |
Response to McRoy | 121 |
Response to Altstein | 127 |
Bibliography | 133 |
Index | 151 |
Impact on Child Welfare of the Multiethnic Placement and Adoption and Safe Families Acts | 87 |