Prevention and Reunification
Published on 1. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
215 pages
978-0-7134-7104-5 (ISBN)
Description
This detailed symposium explores two of the most sensitive issues in child care preventing the break-up of the family, and facilitating, when possible, the return of the child to its own parents.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7134-7104-5 (9780713471045)
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Content
PART 1 Developing Policy and Practice in Prevention and Reunification the theory continuum - prevention, restoration and permanence; Prevention and Reunification - an historical perspective; Family Reunification and preservation - the need for partnership between users and professionals; Black and white child care careers: a different reality; The Law, prevention and reunification - the New Zealand development of Family Group Conferences. PART 2 Keeping Families Together Respite care for children - an old remedy in a new package; Establishing a family support group for parents with children in care or accommodation; Coping with care the information needs of young people; Working with parents. PART 3 Reuniting Families: Going home - what makes reunification work? Restoring children from foster care to their parents; Reunification - parallels between placement in new families and reunifying children with their families.