When there's no place like home : options for children living apart from their natural families / edited by Jan Blacher.
| Other author | Blacher, Jan. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : P.H. Brookes Pub. Co., ©1994. |
| Description | xxiv, 355 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | I. Impact of social and legal policies on placement -- Intervention versus interference: the role of the courts in child placement / Sharon Gross Portwood and N. Dickon Reppucci -- The plight of homeless children / Ellen L. Bassuk and Linda Weinreb -- Consequences of placement for children who are abused / Virginia G. Weisz -- Mental health policy and the psychiatric inpatient care of children: implications for families / Charles A. Kiesler. II. Alternative families -- Temporary foster care: separating and reunifying families / Inger P. Davis and Elissa Ellis-MacLeod -- The Casey Family Program: factors in effective management of a long-term foster care organization / Ruth Massinga and Ken Perry -- Not under my heart, but in it: families by adoption / Loraine Masters Glidden. |
| Contents | III. Residential placement -- Placement and its consequences for families with children who have mental retardation / Jan Blacher -- Comprehensive service programming for children with autism and their families / Stephen R. Anderson, Susan F. Thibadeau, and Walter P. Christian -- Residential treatment for children with dual diagnoses of mental retardation and mental disorder / Steven I. Pfeiffer and Bruce L. Baker. IV. Reconceptualizing placement -- To have and to share: culturally constituted fostering in familial settings / Janet E. Kilbride and Philip L. Kilbride -- Commentary: a social policy perspective / Emmy E. Werner. |
| Local note | Little-288252--305130041747Z |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 93049692 |
| ISBN | 1557661456 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV741 .W395 1994 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |