Adoptive and foster parent screening : a professional guide for evaluations

著者

    • Dickerson, James
    • Allen, Mardi

書誌事項

Adoptive and foster parent screening : a professional guide for evaluations

James L. Dickerson and Mardi Allen

Routledge, c2007

  • : hbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Screening applicants for adoption or foster homes has life-altering consequences for the children involved, yet there are incredibly few programs available to train screeners. The educational system that certifies thousands of social workers each year does not understand the specialized training required to screen adoptive and foster parents; social work schools provide minimal interview training and what training they do provide focuses on therapeutic interview techniques rather than screening skills. There is a clear need for a book like Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, one that can be incorporated into course requirements and used by working social workers and psychologists involved with adoption and foster parent screening. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, written by a former social worker, who has placed hundreds of children into adoptive and foster homes, and a clinical psychologist, meshes the best of psychology and social work experience into a definitive guide for screening adoption and foster home applicants. The book provides information on: evaluating aberrant behavior and unhealthy parenting attitudes interview techniques psychological testing. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening is based on case histories, research data, and interpretive analysis. The book is written in an accessible style free of technical language, thus making it appropriate for college-level students and professionals who don't have time to sift through empirical data to obtain accessible information that they can adapt to their profession.

目次

Part 1: In Theory: Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening 1. In the Beginning . . . (A History) 2. Who Are Screeners and What Do They Do? 3. Adoption Agencies: Private vs. Public 4. Identifying Adoption Issues 5. Understanding the Foster Parent Syndrome 6. Screening Single and Gay Applicants 7. Screening Child Predators 8. What You Need to Know About Infants 9. What You Need to Know About Older Children Part 2: In Practice: Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening 10. Home Study Interview Techniques 11. First Interview with Adoptive Applicants 12. First Interview with Foster Parent Applicants 13. Follow-up Interviews with Foster and Adoptive Applicants 14. Health and Background Interviews 15. Marital and Relationship Interviews 16. Exploring Parenting Issues 17. Screener Recommendations for Adoptive and Foster Parents 18. Finalizing the Adoption Part 3: Psychological Assessment: A Means to Resolve Complicated Evaluation Issues 19. The Referral Question: An Overview of Testing Possibilities 20. Evaluating Mood and Anxiety Problems 21. Ruling Out Major Pathology 22. Measuring Levels of Cognitive Function 23. Identifying Personal and Family Conflicts 24. Assessing Parenting Skills

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB0433746X
  • ISBN
    • 9780415952682
  • LCCN
    2006007034
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xvi, 236 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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