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Child placement : principles and practice / June Thoburn.

Title
Child placement : principles and practice / June Thoburn.
Author
Thoburn, June.
Publication
Aldershot : Gower, c1994.

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xii, 177 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Adoption > Great Britain
  • Foster home care > Great Britain
  • Child welfare > Great Britain
  • Foster care
Note
  • Previous ed.: Aldershot: Wildwood House, 1988.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 159-169.
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  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Children looked after by local authorities and their families -- 2. A review of social work practice in child placement -- 3. Principles for practice -- 4. Choosing the placement -- 5. Achieving permanence by return to the child's natural family -- 6. Long-term placement with relatives or friends -- 7. Permanent placement with substitute families -- 8. Long-term residential care and specialist fostering -- 9. After placement and after care -- Appendix 1: Summary of child care law and statistics for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales -- Appendix 2: Selected reading for child care practitioners.
ISBN
1857421191 (pbk) :
LCCN
gb^94002461^
OCLC
29668155
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library