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Child Fostering in Senegal [PDF]
Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 2015 Child fostering is a practice widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa whereby children are temporarily sent to live with a host family. Using a rich household survey conducted in Senegal in 2006-7, the paper aims at describing the selection into fostering of both households and children and at examining the impact of fostering on the wellbeing of children ...
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Child maltreatment and foster care
Gender Issues, 2006In “Child Maltreatment and Foster Care,” Richard J. Gelles, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, reports what is known about the incidence of child maltreatment and foster care placement rates since welfare reform. He relies on four major sources of data: Current Trends in Child Abuse Reporting and Fatalities: Results of
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Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2015
Children in foster care need more from health providers than routine well-child care. The changes in legislation that were designed to prevent children from languishing in foster care also necessitate a plan that works with the child, the biological family, and the foster family in ensuring the best outcome for the child.
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Children in foster care need more from health providers than routine well-child care. The changes in legislation that were designed to prevent children from languishing in foster care also necessitate a plan that works with the child, the biological family, and the foster family in ensuring the best outcome for the child.
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The Pediatrician and the Child in Foster Care
Pediatrics In Review, 1998Caring for children in foster care, as for any child who has complex issues, is challenging and sometimes daunting. The pediatrician should become familiar with the intricacies of foster care agencies and the consent and confidentiality issues for children in dependent care. While maintaining communication with the social services agency, the physician
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Fostering Ecologic Perspectives in Child Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2007In this article, the authors seek to instill a readiness and enthusiasm for appreciating the many-faceted influences in the lives and struggles of developing children and their families. A framework for clinical investigation is proposed that draws from ecologic, ethnographic and attributional perspectives and therein augments and extends contemporary ...
Michael G, Storck, Ann Vander, Stoep
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A model for successful foster child–foster parent relationships
Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 2002The purpose of this study was to explore successful relationships between foster children and foster parents.Dyads of exemplary foster parents and foster children, identified by foster care experts, were interviewed to uncover the meaning of human bonding and attachment between the foster child and foster parent.
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"A Child Is a Child": Fostering Experiences in Northwestern Cameroon
Ethos, 2007Past research comparing fostered and nonfostered children's welfare in sub‐Saharan Africa has led to inconsistent results. One reason for this disparity might be that children's experiences are shaped more by the circumstances in which they are fostered than by merely being raised away from their parents.
Heidi Verhoef, Gilda Morelli
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2011
Foster Child is my attempt to bring to light my love for dolls as creatures to be created and imagined again and again. In terms of childhood play, toys function and exist on many levels. Each becomes a friend to some and, in some cases, a confidant. Dolls become more than a plastic play-thing and through the eyes of the individual take on a life of
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Foster Child is my attempt to bring to light my love for dolls as creatures to be created and imagined again and again. In terms of childhood play, toys function and exist on many levels. Each becomes a friend to some and, in some cases, a confidant. Dolls become more than a plastic play-thing and through the eyes of the individual take on a life of
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Fostering the handicapped child-an experiment
Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1973SummaryThe problem was that there was no actual programme for fostering handicapped children in Queensland. The Experiment sought to establish a scheme to find, train and assist foster parents. Within the programme the handicapped children were prepared for placement. Forty-two families applied, and of these twelve couples completed the programme. Nine
P. K. Jordan, C. Bywater
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