Advocating for Children in Foster and Kinship Care: A Guide to Getting the Best out of the System for Caregivers and Practitioners
Mitchell Rosenwald and Beth N. Riley
eISBN: 9780231519359
2010 (272 pages )
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Complete Book Download
(pages 1-272)
Table of Contents
(pages 7-8)
Foreword by Gerald P. Mallon
(pages 9-10)
Preface
(pages 11-14)
Acknowledgments
(pages 15-18)
Part 1: Preparing for Advocacy
(pages 19-20)
1. In the Beginning: Assessing Commitment and Family Resources
(pages 21-49)
2. Knowing Limits: Finding the Right Match Betweenthe Children in Care and the Foster Parents and Kinship Caregivers
(pages 50-74)
Part 2: Advocacy with Service Providers
(pages 73-74)
3. Advocating Within the Social Services System
(pages 75-94)
4. Advocating Within the Family Court System
(pages 95-118)
5. Advocating Within the School System
(pages 119-142)
6. Advocating Within the Health and Mental Health Systems
(pages 143-167)
7. Advocacy in Interdisciplinary Teams
(pages 168-184)
Part 3: Advocacy for Change in Agency Policy,Law, and Communities
(pages 185-186)
8. Advocating for Agency Policy Change
(pages 187-208)
9. Advocating Legislatively
(pages 209-235)
10. Advocating in Communities
(pages 236-254)
References
(pages 255-266)
Index
(pages 267-272)
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Advocating for Children in Foster and Kinship Care: A Guide to Getting the Best out of the System for Caregivers and Practitioners
This book is the first to provide strategies for effective advocacy and placement within the foster care and kinship care systems. It also takes a rare look at the dynamics of the foster and kinship relationship, not just among children and the agency workers and service providers who intervene on their behalf, but also between children and those who take in and care for them as permanency develops. Drawing on their experience interacting with and writing about the institution of foster care, Mitchell Rosenwald and Beth N. Riley have composed a unique text that helps practitioners, foster parents, and relative caregivers realize successful transitions for youth, especially considering the traumas these children may suffer both before and after placement.
Advocating for a child's best interests must begin early and remain consistent throughout assignment and adjustment. For practitioners, Rosenwald and Riley emphasize the best techniques for assessing a family's capabilities and for guiding families through the challenges of foster care. Part one details the steps potential foster parents and kinship caregivers must take, with the assistance of practitioners, to prepare themselves for placement. Part two describes tactics for successful advocacy within the court system, social service agencies, schools, and the medical and mental health establishments. Part three describes how to lobby for change at the agency and legislative levels, as well as within a given community. The authors illustrate recommendations through real-life scenarios and devote an entire chapter to brokering positive partnerships among practitioners, families, and other teams working to protect and transition children.
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Table of Contents
Advocating for Children in Foster and Kinship Care: A Guide to Getting the Best out of the System for Caregivers and Practitioners
Author(s):
Rosenwald, Mitchell, and Beth N. Riley
Keyword(s):
SW01; SW06; SW09; CSWO
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