| Assessing Adoptive Parents, Foster Carers and Kinship Carers: Improving Analysis and Understanding of Parenting Capacity Contributor(s): Alper, Joanne (Editor), Howe, David (Editor), Golding, Kim S. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1785921770 ISBN-13: 9781785921773 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Social Science | Human Services - Family & Relationships | Adoption & Fostering |
| Dewey: 362.733 |
| LCCN: 2016046185 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.8" (0.75 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adoption |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Assessing prospective adoptive parents, foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians is an extremely complex task, and one that happens within a pressurized time frame. Currently, assessments draw substantially on interviews, which can generate a lot of information but little analysis to enable professionals to establish a meaningful understanding of parenting capacity. Children with histories of trauma, loss and hurt need to join families in which parents exhibit the ability to be good at relationships, are able to manage their own stress and bond with the child in their care. Now fully updated and expanded to cover the assessment of kinship carers and special guardians, this book combines the latest findings from neuroscience with research on what makes good assessments and provides guidance and tools for making thorough, analytical and effective assessments. With contributions from leading experts including Dan Hughes, Jonathan Baylin, Kim Golding and Julie Selwyn, it will provide you with the information you need to ensure the best possible chance of placement success. |
Contributor Bio(s): Golding, Kim: - "Kim S. Golding is a clinical psychologist who works in Worcestershire, England where she was influential in the founding of the Integrated Service for Looked After Children - a multi-agency, holistic service providing support for foster, adoptive and residential parents, schools and the range of professionals supporting children growing up in care or in adoptive families. Kim was trained and mentored by Dan Hughes in the use of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP). She is on the board of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute supporting the use of DDP in Europe, USA and Canada. She accredits and trains professionals in the approach in the UK and has been invited to speak about this work internationally." |