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Understanding looked after children: an introduction to psychology for foster care
- Authors:
- GUISHARD-PINE Jeune, McCALL Suzanne, HAMILTON Lloyd
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 176p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Understanding Looked After Children is an accessible guide to understanding the mental health needs of children in foster care and the role of foster carers and support networks in helping these children. The authors provide foster carers with an insight into the psychological issues experienced by children in the care system, and the impact of these issues on the foster family. Chapters cover cultural, social and legal structures associated with foster care and both the relevant child psychology theory and examples drawn from real-life situations. The authors give advice on how to address common psychological issues in collaboration with multi-agency professionals, as well as how to access to statutory services. They also explain the possible impact of assessments on foster children and the causes and management of foster carers' own feelings of frustration, anger or disappointment with social and mental health services or the placement itself. Chapters are complemented by case studies, and the book includes a helpful glossary to common terminology. Understanding Looked After Children is essential reading for registered foster carers and those considering fostering, as well as adoptive parents, and a useful reference for trainee and experienced practitioners in the care system, including social workers, psychologists, counsellors, teachers and others looking after vulnerable children.
Supporting the mental health of children in care: evidence based practice
- Author:
- McCALL Suzanne
- Editors:
- GUISHARD-PINE Jeune, COLEMAN-OLUWABUSOLA Gail
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 248
- Place of publication:
- London
Combining research with practice findings, this book brings together contributions from a range of experts on improving the mental health of children in care. Chapters describe the difficulties children in care often experience, such as vulnerability to self-harm, substance misuse or inappropriate sexual behaviour. Chapters also explore therapeutic interventions, such as art therapy or integrative therapy, which can be used to address the root of these behaviours. The book also makes recommendations for further training for foster carers, for reinforcing professional support networks and for all agencies to have a developed understanding of cultural considerations when working with children in care. The book will be especially useful for psychologists, psychiatrists, CAMHS professionals and social workers working with children and young people in care. (Edited publisher abstract)