Produktbild: The Child's Journey Through Care

The Child's Journey Through Care Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

17.10.2006

Herausgeber

Dorota Iwaniec

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

304

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25/17.5/2.1 cm

Gewicht

709 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-470-01137-9

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Rezension

makes some complex issues quite accessible if you ve only got time for one book about care, this could be it. ( Children Now , April 2007)

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

17.10.2006

Herausgeber

Dorota Iwaniec

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

304

Maße (L/B/H)

25/17.5/2.1 cm

Gewicht

709 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-470-01137-9

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  • Produktbild: The Child's Journey Through Care
  • List of Illustrations xi

    About the Contributors xiii

    Preface xvii

    Editor's Acknowledgements xix

    Part I The Need for a Good Start in Life: Attachment, Bonding, and Children's Rights 1

    1 Introduction: An Overview of Children in Public Care 3
    Dorota Iwaniec

    Introduction 3

    Problems and Dilemmas with Fostering and Residential Care 5

    Looked-after Children in the United Kingdom 8

    Abuse of Children in Care 10

    The Purpose and Organisation of the Book 11

    References 14

    2 Ordinary Children in Extraordinary Circumstances 17
    Jane Aldgate

    Introduction 17

    Children in Need 17

    Recent Child-development Thinking 18

    The Ecological Perspective 19

    Recognising the Uniqueness of Individual Children 20

    The Well-ness Approach 21

    Resilience and Strengths 21

    An Optimistic View of Child Development 22

    Children as Actors in their Own Development 23

    Aspects of Children's Development of Special Relevance to

    Looked-after Children 24

    Children's Attachments 24

    What Is Attachment? 25

    Children and Multiple Attachments 26

    Continuities and Discontinuities of Working Models 27

    The Impact of Loss on Children's Development 28

    Counteracting the Impact of Loss and Separation with Contact and Connectedness 30

    Attachments and Socio-genealogical Connectedness 31

    Counteracting the Impact of Separation with Stability 32

    A Permanency Planning Approach 33

    What Can Help Promote Children's Development in Practice? 33

    References 35

    3 The Importance of Developing Emotional Bonds between Parents and Children 41
    Emma Larkin

    Introduction 41

    What Is Bonding? 41

    Bonding and Attachment 43

    What Influences the Bonding Process? 44

    The Bonding Process and Care Careers 48

    Facilitating the Bonding Process for Alternative Care-providers 53

    Summary 54

    References 55

    4 Children in Alternative Care: Are their Rights Being Met? 61
    Rosemary Kilpatrick

    Introduction 61

    Children's Rights 62

    Articles Associated with Alternative Care 63

    Processes Leading to Care Orders 65

    Care Orders 66

    Foster Care 67

    Residential Care 69

    Secure Accommodation 71

    Conclusion 73

    Acknowledgements 75

    Notes 75

    References 75

    Part II Pathways to Permanency 79

    5 Outcomes of Long-term Foster Care: Young People's Views 81
    Colette McAuley

    Introduction 81

    Improving Outcomes for Looked-after Children 82

    Outcomes of Long-term Foster Care 83

    Children's Rights and Researching Children's Views 84

    The Pathways and Outcomes Study 85

    Interviews with the Young People: Key Messages 86

    Implications for Policy and Practice 92

    Conclusion 93

    References 94

    6 Kinship Care as a Route to Permanent Placement 99
    Una Lernihan and Greg Kelly

    Introduction 99

    Children Cared For by the Kinship and Traditional Foster Parents 100

    The Placement of Children in Kinship Foster Care 102

    The Motivation of Kinship Carers 102

    Contact between the Children and their Birth-families 104

    Contact with Birth-fathers 105

    Kinship Foster Carers and Contact 105

    Relationship between Birth-mother and Fostering Household 106

    Care Plans 108

    Adoption 109

    Residence Orders 109

    Conclusion 110

    References 112

    7 Exploring Regional Trends in Pathways to Permanency 113
    Dominic McSherry and Emma Larkin

    Introduction 113

    Placement Trends in Northern Ireland: Policy and Practice 114

    Placement Trends in Northern Ireland: Statistical Information 116

    Research on Regional Placement Variation 117

    Examining Regional Variations 119

    Variations in Placement Patterns over Time 120

    Discussion of Results 124

    Conclusion 127

    Acknowledgements 127

    References 128

    Part III Residential and Mixed Care 131

    8 Developments in Residential Care in Northern Ireland 133
    Dominic McSherry and Emma Larkin

    Introduction 133

    Setting the Context for Change - Residential Care in England and Wales 134

    Setting the Context for Change - Residential Care in Northern Ireland 137

    Discussion 140

    Conclusion 142

    Acknowledgements 143

    Note 143

    References 143

    9 The Mental-health Needs of Looked-after Children 147
    Tom Teggart

    Introduction 147

    Looked-after Children and Mental Health 148

    Understanding Looked-after Children's High Levels of Mental-health Needs 152

    Are We Meeting the Mental-health Needs of Looked-after Children? 155

    Models of Mental-health Service Delivery to Looked-after Children 158

    Conclusion 161

    References 163

    10 Changing Lives or Just Changing Location? Planning for Adolescents in Substitute Care 169
    Helga Sneddon

    Introduction 169

    Background 169

    The Planning Process for Children Placed in Residential or Foster Care 171

    Conclusion 178

    References 179

    11 Making Use of Positive Psychology in Residential Child Care 183
    Stan Houston

    Introduction 183

    An Introduction to Positive Psychology 185

    Goleman and 'Emotional Intelligence' 188

    Therapeutic Aspects of 'Emotional Intelligence' 190

    Csikszentmihalyi and 'Flow' 193

    Therapeutic Aspects of 'Flow' 196

    Conclusion: Positive Psychology at Work 197

    References 199

    Part IV Court and Family Support Pathways to Substitute Care 201

    12 Pathways to Permanence: Accommodation, Compulsion, and Permanence under the Children (NI) Order (1995) 203
    Theresa Donaldson

    Introduction 203

    The Study 205

    Care Order Application or Accommodation? 207

    Parents' 'Co-operation' 210

    Implications for Permanence Planning 215

    References 217

    13 Care Planning in Care Proceedings: A Case Study Perspective on Achieving Permanency 219
    Dominic McSherry

    Introduction 219

    Care Planning 220

    Parallel Planning 220

    Concurrent Planning 221

    Permanency Planning and Attachment 221

    Case Studies 222

    Discussion 230

    Acknowledgements 232

    References 232

    14 The Participation of Looked-after Children in Public Law Proceedings 235
    Karen Winter

    Introduction 235

    Who Are Looked-after Children? 236

    Looked-after Children and Public Law Proceedings 237

    Definitions of Participation 238

    Reasons for the Increased Emphasis on Participation 239

    Mechanisms and Provisions for the Participation of Looked-after Children in Public Law Proceedings 240

    Effectiveness of Existing Mechanisms and Provisions Regarding the Participation of Looked-after Children in Public Law Cases 242

    Room for Improvement 244

    Ways Forward 246

    Conclusion 251

    References 251

    Part V Messages from Research 257

    15 Messages from Research 259
    Dorota Iwaniec and Helga Sneddon

    Introduction 259

    Pathways to Permanency 259

    Kinship Care 261

    Permanency through Adoption 262

    Building Attachments and Bonding 263

    Children's Rights and Participation of Children in Public Law Proceedings 264

    Care Planning, Assessment, and Intervention 266

    Legal and Voluntary Pathways to Substitute Care 267

    Difficulties and Costs of Legal Proceedings 268

    Conclusion 269

    References 270

    Index 273