
Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care
A Model for Integrated Therapeutic Care
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care
A Model for Integrated Therapeutic Care
About this book
How can professionals work together with foster carers to create stable and therapeutic foster placements?
Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care describes a unique model of supporting children in care which involves foster carers and professionals working together in the best interests of the child. This book lays out the key principles of Team Parenting - to meet the needs of troubled young people in an integrated way and incorporate therapy within a wider team of social workers, therapists, psychologists and foster carers - as well as the theory behind it and interventions used. It details how the approach contributes to the recovery of looked after children and each chapter includes examples that illustrates how Team Parenting works in practice.
Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care includes ideas for systems and individual practice that will inform and improve foster carers' and professionals' work in any setting.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Of Related Interest
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Contextual Factors Influencing the Rise of Team Parenting
- 2 The Emergence of Team Parenting: Definitions and Practice
- 3 Key Features of Team Parenting
- 4 Therapeutic Interventions in Team Parenting: Consultation with Foster Carers
- 5 Therapeutic Interventions in Team Parenting: Team Parenting Meetings
- 6 Therapeutic Interventions in Team Parenting: Joint Carer/Child Work
- 7 Support for Foster Carers in Team Parenting
- 8 The Contribution of Education and Mentoring in Team Parenting
- 9 Further Developments in Team Parenting
- 10 Conclusion: Where Next?
- Notes
- References
- Subject Index
- Author Index
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