FOSTER PLACEMENT - THERAPY OR TRAUMA (FROM ABUSED CHILD - A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ISSUES AND TREATMENT 1976, BY HAROLD P. MARTIN - SEE NCJ-41788)

• NCJ Number: 41792
• Author(s): H P MARTIN; P BEEZLEY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Ballinger Publishing Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS CHAPTER CONSIDERS SOME OF THE USES OF FOSTER CARE AS A FORM OF THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION FOR ABUSED CHILDREN AND SOME OF THE WAYS THAT FOSTER CARE CAN BE MADE MORE REMEDIAL.

Abstract

AT LEAST ONE-HALF OF ABUSED CHILDREN REQUIRE SOME PERIOD OF TEMPORARY FOSTER HOME PLACEMENT. THE REASONS FOR FOSTER CARE, IMPROVED FOSTER PARENT SCREENING, FOSTER CARE TEAMS, AND IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL PARENTS, FOSTER PARENTS, AND THE CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. ...MSP