This book reviews changes in policy and practice and features new material in the field of adoption, foster care and kinship care. According to the authors, this book is not a research summary, but a guide to what has been learned from research about what appears to work best in family placement. They include a wide range of studies in this review, including, longitudinal studies, snapshot
This book reviews changes in policy and practice and features new material in the field of adoption, foster care and kinship care. According to the authors, this book is not a research summary, but a guide to what has been learned from research about what appears to work best in family placement. They include a wide range of studies in this review, including, longitudinal studies, snapshot studies, descriptive accounts of practice, single-case design or ‘biographical’ accounts, and value-based literature from the UK, Scandinavia, and North America, including Canada. It updates 'What works in family placement', published in 1996.
Subject terms:
kinship care, literature reviews, adopted children, adoption, comparative studies, foster care, foster children, good practice;