Voices From Around the World:
International Perspectives on Family Foster Care

   

 

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In cooperation with the International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO),
this special issue highlights family foster care programs from various countries and includes new articles
by child welfare administrators and practitioners, foster parent associ-ations, educators, and researchers.

Letter of support from IFCO

"An international perspective on child welfare makes us more aware, humane and effective on a larger scale. We discover that human beings have similar needs and face similar or more serious challenges around the world and that, through mutual sharing, good solutions can be arrived at sooner."  
—Rosemarie Carbino, guest editor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Family Foster Care: Voices From Around the World
Rosemarie Carbino
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Letter from The International Foster Care
Organisation (IFCO)
Keith Henderson
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Treatment Family Foster Care: Its History and Current Role in the Foster Care Continuum
Martha Morrison Dore & Deborah Mullin
Abstract | Summary | Preview article (PDF)

Foster Parent Associations:
Advocacy, Support, and Empowerment
Eileen Mayers Pasztor & Emily Jean McFadden
Abstract | Summary | Preview article (PDF)

Family Foster Care: Cross-National Research Perspectives
Anthony N. Maluccio, Cinzia Canali, & Tiziano Vecchiato
Abstract | Summary | Preview article (PDF)

Building Secure Relationships: Attachment in Kin and Unrelated Foster Caregiver-Infant Relationships
Susan A. Cole
Abstract | Summary

"The Real Work is What They Do Together": Peer Support and Birth Parent Change
Laura Frame, Amy Conley, & Jill Duerr Berrick
Abstract | Summary

Placement Stability: Enhancing Quality of Life for Children With Developmental Disabilities
Ann Fudge Schormans, Marose Coniega,
& Rebecca Renwick
Abstract | Summary

Recruiting Hispanic Foster Parents:
Issues of Culture, Language, and Social Policy
Doris Correa Capello
Abstract | Summary

Keeping Them Home:
Aboriginal Out-of-Home Care in Australia
Bruce Valentine & Mel Gray
Abstract | Summary | Preview article (PDF)

Challenges of Grandparent Custody of Children
at Risk in New Zealand
Jill Worrall
Abstract | Summary | Preview article (PDF)

Care of Orphans: Fostering Interventions for Children Whose Parents Die of AIDS in Ghana
Alice A. Ansah-Koi
Abstract | Summary | Preview article (PDF)

The Looking After Children Assessment Process: Promoting Resilient Children and Resilient Workers
Kathleen Kufeldt, Lucy McGilligan, Ross Klein,
& Scott Rideout
Abstract | Summary | Preview article (PDF)

 

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