Rosenwald / Riley Advocating for Children in Foster and Kinship Care

A Guide to Getting the Best out of the System for Caregivers and Practitioners
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-51935-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosenwald, Mitchell

Riley, Beth

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht Sorgerecht, fam. Namensrecht, Abstammung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Preparing for Advocacy
1. In the Beginning: Assessing Commitment and Family Resources
2. Knowing Limits: Finding the Right Match Between the Children in Care and the Foster Parents and Kinship Caregivers
Part II. Advocacy with Service Providers
3. Advocating Within the Social Services System
4. Advocating Within the Family Court System
5. Advocating Within the School System
6. Advocating Within the Health and Mental Health Systems
7. Advocacy in Interdisciplinary Teams
Part III. Advocacy for Change in Agency Policy, Law, and Communities
8. Advocating for Agency Policy Change
9. Advocating Legislatively
10. Advocating in Communities
References
Index

Leseproben

Read the chapter >Advocacy in Interdisciplinary Teams. (pdf)

Über Autor(innen)

Mitchell Rosenwald is an associate professor of social work at Barry University and a longtime advocate for children and families. He volunteers as a Guardian ad Litem for Florida's youth in care and has worked in Child Protective Services in Maryland. His publications include a focus on issues relating to foster and kinship care.

Beth N. Riley is the cofounder of BCFOCUS, a multiagency collaboration working with foster and adoptive families. She is the former director of a therapeutic foster care program and a field instructor. She has also worked as adjunct lecturer at Binghamton University, Syracuse University, and the University at Albany-SUNY.