Children living in transition : helping homeless and foster care children and families /
Children living in transition : helping homeless and foster care children and families /
edited by Cheryl Zlotnick.
- xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Theories of practice with transitional families -- Transitional families : where do i begin? / Cheryl Zlotnick and Luann DeVoss -- "We don't get whuppings here anymore" : toward a collaborative, ecological model of parenting / Marguerite A. Wright -- Giving voice : an exploration of the integration of social justice and infant mental health / Erica Torres and Kathryn Orfirer -- Preparing the organization for its work with transitional families -- Letting some air into the room : opening agency space for considerations of culture and power / Lisa R. Berndt -- Rediscovering positive work relationships within a diverse relationship-based organization : serving children in transition / Karen Thomas -- Promising programs and culturally informed interventions -- Transforming shame : allowing memories in foster care to inform interventions with foster youth / Lou Felipe -- Crossing the border and facing the system : challenges immigrant families experience when a child is removed from their care and placed into the child welfare system / Rosario Murga-Kusnir -- "I am bad!" / Roberto Macias Sanchez -- "When do i get to go home?" / Peggy Pearson -- The cats project : helping families land on their feet / Vance Hitchner -- Needs for the future -- A systems dilemma : intergenerational foster care and homelessness / Cheryl Zlotnick -- List of contributors -- Index.
9780231160964 9780231160971
2013034468
Foster children.
Foster parents.
Foster home care.
Homeless children.
HV873 / .C48 2014
362.73/3
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Theories of practice with transitional families -- Transitional families : where do i begin? / Cheryl Zlotnick and Luann DeVoss -- "We don't get whuppings here anymore" : toward a collaborative, ecological model of parenting / Marguerite A. Wright -- Giving voice : an exploration of the integration of social justice and infant mental health / Erica Torres and Kathryn Orfirer -- Preparing the organization for its work with transitional families -- Letting some air into the room : opening agency space for considerations of culture and power / Lisa R. Berndt -- Rediscovering positive work relationships within a diverse relationship-based organization : serving children in transition / Karen Thomas -- Promising programs and culturally informed interventions -- Transforming shame : allowing memories in foster care to inform interventions with foster youth / Lou Felipe -- Crossing the border and facing the system : challenges immigrant families experience when a child is removed from their care and placed into the child welfare system / Rosario Murga-Kusnir -- "I am bad!" / Roberto Macias Sanchez -- "When do i get to go home?" / Peggy Pearson -- The cats project : helping families land on their feet / Vance Hitchner -- Needs for the future -- A systems dilemma : intergenerational foster care and homelessness / Cheryl Zlotnick -- List of contributors -- Index.
9780231160964 9780231160971
2013034468
Foster children.
Foster parents.
Foster home care.
Homeless children.
HV873 / .C48 2014
362.73/3