Archive | 2019
Separation revisited : adolescents in foster family care
Abstract
Part 1 Perspectives on foster care for adolescents Tom Skipper and the Armstrong family an outline of the key theoretical ideas. Part 2 Negotiating across family boundaries: the transition to school or work interaction between fostered adolescents, their birth families and their foster parents adolescents who go missing from their foster homes - the potential for change at reunion how the end of the placement is negotiated. Part 3 Providing a secure base for the adolescent understanding the tasks of the placement in the light of attachment theory assessing and working with foster families constructing a secure base for the caregiving network - the role of the social worker.