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Adoption Policy and Special Needs Children

Editat de Rosemary J. Avery
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 mar 1997 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This edited volume contains contributions from leading researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and advocates in adoption policy and practice. Topics covered include adoption advocacy, race and adoption, placement of older and disabled children, adoption disruption, adoptive parent recruitment, and policy related to federal adoption subsidy support.This collection brings together leading researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and advocates in the area of adoption policy and practice. All chapter contributors are nationally recognized leaders in their particular fields of expertise. Several have been instrumental in shaping public policy and legislation on behalf of special needs children and their families.Chapters cover the following topics: advocacy on behalf of special needs children, racial issues in the placement and adoption of special needs children, issues involved in the adoption of older and disabled children, adoption disruption, recruitment of adoptive parents for special needs children, and federal and state policy related to adoption subsidy support. The volume covers the key issues related to both practice and policy in child welfare. As such it is essential reading for professionals and policy makers in social/human services and child welfare. Scholars and other researchers in the field will also find the collection invaluable.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780865692121
ISBN-10: 0865692122
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

ROSEMARY J. AVERY is an associate professor in the Department of Consumer Economics and Housing at Cornell University. She has published academic papers and other related articles focusing on state implementation of federal adoption support guidelines.

Cuprins

Foreword by Peter C. WinklerPrefaceAn Advocate's Perspective by Judith AndersonRacial Aspects of the Move to Adoption by Sherrie A. KossoudjiThe Adoption of Older Children by Elizabeth S. ColeDisabled Children and Adoption by Ann CoyneAdoption Disruption by Marianne BerryAdoption Recruitment Meeting the Needs of Waiting Children by Drenda S. Lakin and Linda WhitfieldVariations in State Adoption Assistance Laws by Alice BussiereFederal Financial Support of Special Needs Adoption by Rosemary J. Avery and Daniel M. MontThe Value of Special Needs Adoptions by Richard P. Barth