Learning Curves discusses a series of articles that were published by the ABA Child Law Practice. The book presents strategies for education advocacy and informs readers of rights and laws.
With a focus on the unique needs of infants and young children from birth to age 5, this book offers a multidisciplinary discussion of children who require child welfare supervision. It reinforces the importance of the early years of child development and presents expert advice on many aspects of care.
This comprehensive and critical review of the impact foster care has had on children provides a framework for the critical assessment of trends in programs and policies; identifies what is known and not known concerning the impact of foster care; and offers recommendations for future data collection and research, as well as program and policy development.
In this book, Dr. Fahlberg provides the foundation, the resources, and the tools which will help professionals therapists, social workers, pediatricians, juvenile justice workers, C.A.S.A. volunteers and child advocates), parents (birth, foster and adoptive), and others who care to support children for whom the journey through placement becomes a part of the road to adulthood.
Written by Rachel Greene Baldino, MSW, in association with the National Foster Parent Association, it clearly explains the process of becoming a foster parent. Readers will learn:
In addition to concrete information, there are dozens of moving stories drawn from interviews with veteran foster parents and tips about caregiving
