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The systematic mistreatment of children in the foster care system : through the cracks
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The systematic mistreatment of children in the foster care system : through the cracks / Lois A. Weinberg.
ISBN
9780789023926 (hard 13 : alk. paper)
078902392X (hard 10 : alk. paper)
9780789023933 (soft 13 : alk. paper)
0789023938 (soft 10 : alk. paper)
Published
New York : Haworth Press, c2007.
Physical Description
xvi, 338 p. ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 29, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-321) and index.
Contents
The child protective system
The educational system
Sharon : preventing placement in a state psychiatric hospital
John : struggling to stabilize placement with a parent
James : stabilizing placement with relatives
Silvia and Carlos : placing siblings together in a foster home
Robert : living at the county emergency shelter
Debra : supplementing the appropriate program
Patty : funding a unique program
Anthony : advocating for foster home placement
David : working with a court-appointed special advocate to reunite separated siblings
Directions for change.
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