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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... effectiveness of family preservation and the significance of kinship care as a form of family preservation are discussed in chapter 3. The fourth chapter delineates policies and practices that have historically affected and are ...
... effectively care for their children ( Berliner 1993 ) . Family preservation and family support are often discussed as parts of a continuum of family - centered services designed to overcome threats to family stability . Although federal ...
... effectiveness of its functioning . Family structures are examined in terms of boundaries , alignments , and power ... effective ways of interacting and is often employed by home - based therapists . Other interven- tions derived from ...
... effective for many children as it reduced placements ( Forsythe 1992 ) . The Homebuilders model calls for short - term ( six weeks to three months ) , home - based intensive intervention based on crisis theory ( Mac- Donald 1994 ) ...
... effective in many . Outcome evaluation studies of family preservation services and kinship care are addressed in the following chapter . Empirical Support for Family Preservation and Kinship Care With Cinda 22 Family Preservation's ...
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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 |