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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... parents until and unless they , the parents , have demonstrated that they ... foster care or made available for adoption . The best choice is to place the ... parents ' home is made easy and relatively smooth . Not only are the child's ...
... removal of children from birth families and placement in out - of - home care . Since African American children are over- represented among children in the nation's foster care system , 3 CHAPTER One CHAPTER ONE: Introduction.
... parents , yet children have a right to be raised by their biological parents . A historical look at the disposition of child abuse cases reveals not ... foster care . There were Family Preservation's Essential Services in the New Millennium.
Howard Altstein, Ruth G. McRoy. quate parents " through family foster care . There were many cases of child vagrancy among poor and immigrant parents who were unable to provide for the needs of their children . Typically , if this came ...
... foster care instead of family support and preservation ( Burt and Pittman 1985 ) . By 1977 , 500,000 children were living away from their families in foster care ( Shyne and Schroeder 1978 ) and the average length of time in care was ...
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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 |