A text which examines permanent fostering and adoption for children of miority ethnic origin. This title focuses on both matched and trans-racial child placements. The book also reviews literature on ethinicity and child placement and explores the similarities and differences between children born to two black parents and those with parents of mixed ethnic origin. Using evidence from a long-term study of chidren placed with new families, the book considers differnct types of placements and discusses whether they are more or less likely to break down, and their impact on ethnic identity. The text also includes first-hand accounts from young people and their adoptive or foster parents. Finally, the book summarizes factors in need of consideration when placing a child of minority ethnic origin.
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Media comment and academic and professional writing on race, identify and child placement are dominated by arguments surrounding transracial and same race placements. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mixed partnership families, permanent family placement for children, permanent foster children, transracially placed children, mixed race parentage, minority ethnic origin, birth family contact, experienced multiple moves, adoption allowance, mixed partnerships, white adopters, permanent fostering, two black parents, contact with siblings, similar ethnic origin, contact with birth parents, full cohort, previous carers, placement breakdown, same race placements, transracial placements, intensive sample, one white parent, adoptive parenting, positive black identity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Media comment and academic and professional writing on race, identify and child placement are dominated by arguments surrounding transracial and same race placements. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mixed partnership families, permanent family placement for children, permanent foster children, transracially placed children, mixed race parentage, minority ethnic origin, birth family contact, experienced multiple moves, adoption allowance, mixed partnerships, white adopters, permanent fostering, two black parents, contact with siblings, similar ethnic origin, contact with birth parents, full cohort, previous carers, placement breakdown, same race placements, transracial placements, intensive sample, one white parent, adoptive parenting, positive black identity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Asian, Children Act, Department of Health New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Social work with black children and their families by Shama and others (eds) AHMED in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Adoption: Theory, Policy and Practice by John Triseliotis in Back Matter
- Permanence in Child Care (Practice of Social Work, Vol 15) by June Thoburn in Back Matter
- The Sociology of Gender and the Family: Adopted Children Ils 123 (International Library of Sociology) by Alexina Mary McWhinnie in Back Matter
- The Psychology of Adoption by David M. Brodzinsky in Back Matter
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- Child Welfare Services for Minority Ethnic Families: The Research Reviewed by Joanne Procter in Front Matter, page 219, and Back Matter
- What Works for Children?: Effective Services for Children and Families by Mcneish in Front Matter, and page 36
- The Child's Journey Through Care: Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency by Dorota Iwaniec on page 271
- Child Welfare Policy and Practice: Issues and Lessons Emerging from Current Research by Dorota Iwaniec in Front Matter
- Next Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts by Caroline Archer in Front Matter
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