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Author: BRAGIEL Jozefa; DABROWSKA-JABLONGSAK Iwona; PAYNE Malcolm; (eds.);

Title: Social work in adult services in the European Union: selected issues and experiences

Publisher: London: College Publications, 2011. 226p.

Format: book;

Topics: adult social care; care homes; end of life care; foster carers; government policy; gypsies; homeless people; leaving care; older people; older peoples homes; personalisation; service development; social care provision; social policy; social work; substance misuse; unemployment; Europe;

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Author: HABEL Lesley; CLARK Robyn A.; SEGAL Leonie;

Title: Interest from tertiary educated persons in fostering children with higher care needs under a professional (paid) model compared with general foster care.

Reference: Australian Social Work, 66(1), 2013, pp.8-25.

Format: article;

Topics: foster care; foster carers; higher education; recruitment; research; Australia;

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Author: KOREN-KARIE Nina; et al.;

Title: Emotion dialogues of foster caregivers with their children: the role of the caregivers, above and beyond child characteristics, in shaping the interactions.

Reference: Attachment and Human Development, 15(2), 2013, pp.175-188.

Format: article;

Topics: empathy; foster carers; foster children; parent-child relations; parenting; research; Israel;

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Author: DeGARMO John;

Title: The foster parenting manual: a practical guide to creating a loving, safe and stable home

Publisher: London: Jessica Kingsley, 2013. 160p.

Format: book;

Topics: foster carers; foster children; internet; parental skills training; parent-child relations; parenting; social media; practice; United States; users and carers;

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Author: GOPAL Kalyani;

Title: Foster parenting step-by-step: how to nurture the traumatized child and overcome conflict

Publisher: London: Jessica Kingsley, 2013. 160p.

Format: book;

Topics: challenging behaviour; foster carers; foster children; parental skills training; parent-child relations; parenting; traumas; practice; users and carers;

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Author: GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education;

Title: Training, support and development standards for foster carers: guidance: refreshed November 2012

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Publisher: London: Great Britain. Department for Education, 2012. 65p.

Format: book;

Topics: foster care; foster carers; standards; government publication; guidance; standards; England; users and carers;

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Author: GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education;

Title: Training, support and development standards for family and friends foster carers: supplementary guidance: refreshed November 2012

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Publisher: London: Great Britain. Department for Education, 2012. 9p.

Format: book;

Topics: foster carers; kinship care; standards; government publication; guidance; standards; England; users and carers;

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Author: SHEA Sarah Miller;

Title: The permanency plan game show: an intersubjective case study of a foster care child and her caregivers.

Reference: Psychoanalytic Social Work, 19(1-2), 2012, pp.54-69.

Format: article;

Topics: birth parents; ethnicity; foster carers; foster children; multicultural approach; United States;

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Author: DESCHIPPER J. Clasien; OOSTERMAN Mirjam; SCHUENGEL Carlo;

Title: Temperament, disordered attachment, and parental sensitivity in foster care: differential findings on attachment security for shy children.

Reference: Attachment and Human Development, 14(4), 2012, pp.349-365.

Format: article;

Topics: attachment; foster carers; foster children; personality; research; Netherlands;

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Author: SCHOFIELD Gillian; et al.;

Title: Professional foster carer and committed parent: role conflict and role enrichment at the interface between work and family in long-term foster care.

Reference: Child and Family Social Work, 18(1), February 2013, pp.46-56.

Format: article;

Topics: family relations; foster care; foster carers; long term placement; parental role; professional role; research; England; Wales;

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Author: BICK Johanna; DOZIER Mary; MOORE Shannon;

Title: Predictors of treatment use among foster mothers in an attachment-based intervention program.

Reference: Attachment and Human Development, 14(5), 2012, pp.439-452.

Format: article;

Topics: attachment; foster carers; mothers; parental skills training; service uptake; research; United States;

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Author: GOLDBERG Abbie E.; et al.;

Title: “When you’re sitting on the fence, hope's the hardest part”: challenges and experiences of heterosexual and same-sex couples adopting through the child welfare system.

Reference: Adoption Quarterly, 15(4), 2012, pp.288-315.

Format: article;

Topics: adoption; adoptive parents; discrimination; foster care; foster carers; gay men; lesbians; research; United States;

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Author: SLADE Jacky;

Title: Safer caring: a new approach

Publisher: London: Fostering Network, 2012. 152p.

Format: book;

Topics: child development; childrens services; foster care; foster carers; mental health; users and carers;

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Author: GILLIGAN Robbie;

Title: Promoting a sense of 'secure base' for children in foster care: exploring the potential contribution of foster fathers.

Reference: Journal of Social Work Practice, 26(4), December 2012, pp.473-486.

Format: article;

Topics: fathers; foster care; foster carers; foster children; user views; research review;

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Author: SPIEKER Susan J.; et al.;

Title: Promoting first relationships: randomized trial of a relationship-based intervention for toddlers in child welfare.

Reference: Child Maltreatment, 17(4), November 2012, pp.271-286.

Format: article;

Topics: attachment; attachment theory; child protection; foster care; foster carers; parent-child relations; placement disruption; pre-school children; research; United States;

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Author: BARTH Richard P.;

Title: Progress in developing responsive parenting programs for child welfare-involved infants: commentary on Spieker, Oxford, Kelly, Nelson, and Fleming (2012).

Reference: Child Maltreatment, 17(4), November 2012, pp.287-290.

Format: article;

Topics: attachment; attachment theory; child protection; foster care; foster carers; parent-child relations; placement disruption; pre-school children; research; United States;

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Author: SPIEKER Susan J.; et al.;

Title: Response to the Barth commentary (2012).

Reference: Child Maltreatment, 17(4), November 2012, pp.291-294.

Format: article;

Topics: attachment; attachment theory; child protection; foster care; foster carers; parent-child relations; placement disruption; pre-school children; research; United States;

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Author: ESAKI Nina; HAKSOON Ahn; GREGORY Gillian;

Title: Factors associated with foster parents' perceptions of agency effectiveness in preparing them for their role.

Reference: Journal of Public Child Welfare, 6(5), November-December 2012, pp.678-695.

Format: article;

Topics: foster care; foster carers; service users; training; user views; research; United States;

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Author: SEBBA Judy;

Title: Why do people become foster carers? An international literature review on the motivation to foster

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Publisher: Oxford: University of Oxford. Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, 2012. 16p.

Format: book;

Topics: families; foster carers; motivation; recruitment; research review;

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Author: OFSTED;

Title: Fostering services quality assurance and data forms 2011-12: official statistics release

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Publisher: London: OFSTED, 2012. 11p.

Format: book;

Topics: foster care; foster carers; foster children; local authorities; placement; government publication; statistics; England;

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