systematic mistreatment of children in the foster care system
Subtitle: through the cracks
By: Lois A. Weinberg
Series: Maltreatment, trauma, and interpersonal aggression
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780789023926; 9780789023933
Subjects: Foster children -- United States; Foster home care -- United States; Abused children -- Services for -- United States; Child welfare -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-321) and index
Table of contents: title: The child protective system; title: The educational system; title: Sharon : preventing placement in a state psychiatric hospital; title: John : struggling to stabilize placement with a parent; title: James : stabilizing placement with relatives; title: Silvia and Carlos : placing siblings together in a foster home; title: Robert : living at the county emergency shelter; title: Debra : supplementing the appropriate program; title: Patty : funding a unique program; title: Anthony : advocating for foster home placement; title: David : working with a court-appointed special advocate to reunite separated siblings; title: Directions for change