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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... placed with a family of his or her own race ? " 10 26-27 29 32 22 33 75 101 Table 7. Responses to : " If a choice had to be made between placing a black child in an institution such as a group home or having a white family adopt the ...
... placed in foster care or made available for adoption . The best choice is to place the child in the care of a relative . The homes of grandparents or aunts and uncles are the most likely and desirable placements . The child then has not ...
... placed on preserving the biological family , the children as well as the parents , or should the major concern focus on the children and freeing them for adoption as soon as possible ? One , two , or more years in a child's life can ...
... placed in almshouses alongside adults who were poor and / or sick . Older children were often indentured to families or placed in appren- ticeship positions to learn a trade . The public took responsibility for the care of children of ...
... placed in a foster home or institution or sent far away to a farm in the Midwest . Minuchin ( 1974 , cited in Nelson 1997 ) referred to this as " parentectomy . " A pioneer in the " child - saving " movement , Charles Loring Brace ...
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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 |