Lois Weinberg

The Systematic Mistreatment of Children in the Foster Care System

Through the Cracks

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Systematic Mistreatment of Children in the Foster Care System uses a range of case studies to investigate the structural and funding problems of the present multi-agency system, its insufficiency in placing and maintaining children in healthy living situations, and makes practice and policy recommendations for redressing them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780789023933
• ISBN-10: 0789023938
• Artikelnr.: 22783040

Autorenporträt

Lois A. Weinberg, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Special Education and Counseling at California State University in Los Angeles, where she coordinates the CSULA-UCLA joint doctoral program in special education. Prior to joining CSULA in 2002, Dr. Weinberg was the Education Specialist at a nonprofit law office serving poor and low-income individuals with disabilities, where she provided advocacy for students in special education proceedings with a focus on children in the foster care system. She was also a Lecturer at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Dr. Weinberg co-directed the Education Initiative Project, a collaborative project in Los Angeles County designed to reduce educational barriers for foster children. With a grant from the Stuart Foundation, she works to help California counties improve the education of children in foster care. She has published numerous articles and made presentations across the country on the education of children in foster care, policy issues and services for children with emotional and behavioral disorders, and other policy issues in special education.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.Acknowledgments.Chapter 1. The Child Protective System. Chapter 2.
The Educational System. Chapter 3. Sharon: Preventing Placement in a State
Psychiatric Hospital. Chapter 4. John: Struggling to Stabilize Placement
with a Parent. Chapter 5. James: Stabilizing Placement with Relatives.
Chapter 6. Silvia and Carlos: Placing Siblings Together in a Foster Home.
Chapter 7. Robert: Living at the County Emergency Shelter. Chapter 8.
Debra: Supplementing the Appropriate Program. Chapter 9. Patty: Funding a
Unique Program. Chapter 10. Anthony: Advocating for Foster Home Placement.
Chapter 11. David: Working with a Court-Appointed Special Advocate to
Reunite. Chapter 12. Directions for Change. Notes. References. Index.