Youth Leaving Foster Care
A Developmental, Relationship-Based Approach to Practice
Each year more than 25,000 youth age out of the American foster care system to face uncertain futures as young adults. Many of them have experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, disrupted family relationships, and multiple foster care placements. The past two decades have seen increased funding and services in a society-wide attempt to mitigate the effects of such childhood adversity, but a consistent pattern of loss and broken attachments adds up. Development and education are severely compromised. A quarter of youth experience homelessness after exiting care; 25-50% will not complete high school, and only 3-6% will graduate college. Four y…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-970494-1
- EAN: 9780199704941
- Produktnummer: 13900302
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'838 KB
- Abbildungen: 5 line-cuts and 14 boxes
Über den Autor
Wendy B. Smith, PhD, is Director of Instructional Enhancement and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California School of Social Work.
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