Wendy B Smith

Youth Leaving Foster Care

A Developmental, Relationship-Based Approach to Practice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first comprehensive text to focus on youth emerging from care, offering a new theoretical framework to guide students, practitioners, administrators, and policymakers. The book features case vignettes, recommendations for practice and programs, and a multidimensional perspective on the effects of maltreatment on development, and common mental health disorders and treatment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780195375596
• ISBN-10: 0195375599
• Artikelnr.: 32461397

Autorenporträt

Wendy B. Smith, PhD, is Director of Instructional Enhancement and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California School of Social Work.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Setting the Stage
Chapter 1. The Child Welfare System as Context
Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives
Part II. Development
Chapter 3. Neurobiology and Development
Chapter 4. The Importance of Early Attachments
Chapter 5. Adolescent Development in Foster Care
Part III. Mental Health
Chapter 6. Anxiety, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Chapter 7. Mood Disorders and Self Harm
Chapter 8. Substance Abuse
Chapter 9. Mental Health Dimensions of Delinquency
Part IV. Program Considerations
Chapter 10. Populations Needing Special Attention
Chapter 11. The Transition to Adulthood: Education, Employment, and Relationships
Chapter 12. Transitional Living Programs: Best Practices
Part V. Future Directions
Chapter 13. Policy Implications and Directions for Future Research