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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... intensive intervention model . As a philoso- phy , the concept represents a continuum of services that may include family reunification and placement prevention , but may also include foster care , 14 residential care , termination of ...
... intensive family preserva- tion services are provided in the home ( Savage 1998 ) . Family preservation services are generally characterized as being brief and concentrated and most often delivered directly by children's protective ...
... intensive . Rehabilitative family preservation serv- ices are less intensive and are used in cases in which future removal of a child is possible . Services are provided such as parent education , anger management , behavioral ...
... intensive intervention based on crisis theory ( Mac- Donald 1994 ) . Typically , workers have three to six cases , meet clients in their homes , and may be on call 24 hours a day . Services include concrete services for the entire ...
... intensive and can be implemented in an office or home setting . This approach was first utilized through the state of Oregon's Children's Services Division . Studies have revealed that 90 percent of families remained together after 90 ...
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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 |