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Abstract
The overwhelming majority of children and young people in care today are fostered, but for some this only increases their problems through untreated trauma, ill-judged placements, poorly supported foster carers
and multiple moves.
This practical and evidence-based book outlines the principles of family placement on the basis of planning and evidence, and explores the qualities, skills and insights that create positive placement outcomes. Fostering a Child's Recovery shows how the key to good fostering is well-trained and skilled foster carers who form part of a team of professionals who surround the child.
This book will benefit all professionals and parents involved in providing recovery for traumatized children and young people in ensuring successful placements.
Mike Thomas MSW, CQSW is consultant for external foster care, Mary Walsh Institute. He has been involved in childcare for 25 years and in foster care since 1984, first as a worker and since 1987 also as a foster carer. He has worked in both the public and independent fostering sectors. Terry Philpot is author and editor of several books, including (with Anthony Douglas) Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times. He co-authored the previous four books in the Delivering Recovery series. He writes occasionally for The Tablet, the Guardian and other publications, and has won several awards for his journalism.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to Focus on Gender | |||
| Briget Walker | |||
| Editorial | |||
| Geraldine Reardon | |||
| Women's relationship with the enviroment | |||
| Joan Davidson | |||
| Obituary of Joan Davidson | |||
| Environmental change and the quality of life | |||
| Joanne Harnmeijer and Ann Waters-Bayer | |||
| Sustainable development: women as partners | |||
| Mariam Dem | |||
| Enviroment and women in Uganda: the way I see it | |||
| Judy Adoko | |||
| Policy statement on population and the environment | |||
| High-tech hazards: beyond the factory gate | |||
| Claire Hodgson and Geraldine Reardon | |||
| Finding a voice | |||
| Visanthi Arumagam | |||
| The Serdang Declaration | |||
| Women in enviromental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh | |||
| Rasheda Begum | |||
| Enduring the drought: the responses of Zambian Women | |||
| Background to the drought | |||
| Robin Palmer | |||
| Women in the Eastern Province: more hit by drought and yet more enduring | |||
| Nawina Hamaundu | |||
| After the fisheries: the story of SinalhaNbr>Eugenia Piza-Lopez | |||
| Looking for a regenerative approach to sustainability | |||
| Nanneke Redclift | |||
| Powerful connections: South-South linking | |||
| Interview with Josefina Stubbs | |||
| Resources - Training pack, Book reviews, Further reading | |||
| News from GADU. |