Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-term Foster Care
- ISBN-10
- 1849050260
- ISBN-13
- 9781849050265
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Authors
- Gillian Schofield, Emma Ward
Description
Looks at the foster care experience of parents through interviews and accounts of famly life before their children were taken into care, the experiences of the court system, and the challenges of maintaining a relationship with their children.
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