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Foster Care: Theory and Practice

	Price: £15.95	Batsford 1995 ISBN 978-0-7134-7285-1

Over 38,000 children in Britain are currently being looked after in foster family homes – some 57 per cent of all children in care. This book provides a much-needed overview of the foster care field. Foster Care: Theory and Practice brings together for the first time the many strands of theory and practice into one accessible and comprehensive volume.

The three authors combine long experiences of foster care practice, teaching and research into chapters that examine all aspects of the field. There are chapters on the institution and practice of foster care; the recruitment and training of foster carers; the assessment of foster carers; the relationship between foster carers and social workers; supporting foster carers; two chapters on communicating and working with children; and a chapter on working with families towards reunification. Besides a discrete summary of research in chapter one, research work is also integrated with the discussion of the various foster care tasks throughout the book.