289 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
289 Pages
by
Routledge
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With the new federal mandate to double, by the year 2002, the number of children in foster care who are to be adopted or placed in permanent legal guardianships, it is essential for adoption agency staff and prospective families to learn which factors contribute to successful and unsuccessful placements. Dr. Ruth McRoy's informative guide, Special Needs Adoptions: Practice Issues outlines what... Read more
Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Overview of the Study; Chapter 2 Research Design; Chapter 3 Characteristics of the Sample, Isaac Gusukuma; Chapter 4 Intact, Disrupted, and Dissolved Adoptions: A Comparison, Isaac Gusukuma; Chapter 5 Agency, Adoptive Family, and Child Factors in Special Needs Adoptions; Part 2 Placement Outcomes; Chapter 6 Foster Parent Adoptions, Isaac Gusukuma, Steven Onken; Chapter 7 Single-Parent Adoptions; Chapter 8 Sibling Placements; Chapter 9 Transracial Adoptions, Isaac Gusukuma; Part 3 Adoption Service Delivery Issues; Chapter 10 Matching Families and Children; Chapter 11 Transition Planning; Chapter 12 Assessing Potential for Abuse; Chapter 13 Adoption Outcomes: Perspectives of Adoption Supervisors; Chapter 14 Adoption Outcomes: Perspectives of Post-Adoption Service Providers; Part 4 Implications for Training and Practice; Chapter 15 Implications for Training: Families and Workers, Steven Onken; Chapter 16 The Challenges of Special Needs Adoptions: Practice Recommendations;
Biography
Ruth G. McRoy
