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Youth leaving foster care

Smith, Wendy Benjamin, 1946-

Youth leaving foster care a developmental, relationship-based approach to practice / [electronic resource] : Wendy B. Smith. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xvii, 301 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This comprehensive text focuses 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 programmes, and a multidimensional perspective on the effects of maltreatment on development, and common mental health disorders and treatment.

9780199893355 (ebook) : No price


Foster children--Services for--United States.
Foster children--Psychology.
Foster children--Counseling of.
Foster children--Family relationships--United States.
Foster children--Deinstitutionalization--United States.
Ex-foster children--Social conditions.--United States
Ex-foster children--Education--United States.
Foster children--Government policy--United States.

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