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Promoting resilience in child welfare / editors, Robert J. Flynn, Peter M. Dudding, James G. Barber.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7766-3553-8
ISBN-10: 0-7766-3553-0
1. Foster home care. 2. ChildrenInstitutional care. 3. Foster children.
I. Flynn, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942- II. Dudding, Peter M., 1951- III. Barber, James G., 1954- IV. Series.
HV715.P762006 362.73 C2005-902563-8
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
CHAPTER 1 Ann S. Masten
(University of Minnesota, USA) Promoting resilience in development:
A general framework for systems of care
CHAPTER 2 Robbie Gilligan
(Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Promoting resilience and permanence in child welfare
CHAPTER 3 Ross A. Klein
(Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Kathleen Kufeldt & Scott Rideout (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
Resilience theory and its relevance
for child welfare practice
CHAPTER 4 Christopher E. Lalonde
(University of Victoria, Canada)
Identity formation and cultural resilience
in Aboriginal communities
CHAPTER 5 Evelyn G. Khoo & Lennart Nygren
(University of Ume, Sweden)
Ulf Hyvnen
(Ume Social Services, Sweden)
Resilient society or resilient children?
A comparison of child welfare service orientations
in Sweden and Ontario, Canada
CHAPTER 6 Ivan Brown, Sophie Lveill, & Pamela Gough
(Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, Canada)
Is permanence necessary for resilience?
Advice for policy makers
CHAPTER 7 Lenora Marcellus
(University of Alberta, Canada)
Foster care services for infants with prenatal
substance exposure: Developing capacity
in the caregiving environment
CHAPTER 8 Elizabeth Fernandez
(University of New South Wales, Australia)
Growing up in care: Resilience and care outcomes
CHAPTER 9 James G. Barber
(University of Toronto, Canada)
Paul H. Delfabbro
(Adelaide University, Australia)
Psychosocial well-being and placement stability
in foster care: Implications for policy and practice
CHAPTER 10 Louise Legault & Shaye Moffat
(University of Ottawa, Canada)
Positive life experiences that promote resilience
in young people in care
CHAPTER 11 Robert J. Flynn & Annie Robitaille
(University of Ottawa, Canada)
Hayat Ghazal
(University of Rouen, France)
Placement satisfaction of young people living
in foster or group homes
CHAPTER 12 Angela Dumoulin & Robert J. Flynn
(University of Ottawa, Canada)
Hope in young people in care: Role of active coping
and other predictors
CHAPTER 13 Robert J. Flynn, Julie Beaulac, & Jessica Vinograd
(University of Ottawa, Canada)
Participation in structured voluntary activities, substance
use, and psychological outcomes in out-of-home care
CHAPTER 14 Julie Perkins-Mangulabnan & Robert J. Flynn
(University of Ottawa, Canada)
Foster parenting practices and foster youth outcomes
CHAPTER 15 Lisa Holmes & Harriet Ward
(Loughborough University, England)
Costs and outcomes for looked-after children
CHAPTER 16 Mike Stein
(University of York, England)
Resilience and young people leaving care: Implications
for child welfare policy and practice in the UK
CHAPTER 17 Sarah Pantin, Robert J. Flynn, & Vivien Runnels
(University of Ottawa, Canada)
Training, experience, and supervision:
Keys to enhancing the utility of the Assessment
and Action Record in implementing
Looking After Children
CHAPTER 18 Marie Drolet & Mlissa Sauv-Kobylecki
(Univerity of Ottawa, Canada)
The needs of children in care and the
Looking After Children approach:
Steps towards promoting childrens best interests
CHAPTER 19 Raymond Lemay & Beverly Ann Byrne
(Prescott-Russell Services to Children and Adults, Canada)
Hayat Ghazal
(University of Rouen, France)
Managing change: Implementing Looking After Children at Prescott-Russell
Services to Children and Adults
CHAPTER 20 Simon Nuttgens
(Salvation Army Childrens Village, Canada)
On becoming strength based in service
delivery and program culture
CHAPTER 21 Andrew Pithouse
(University of Cardiff, Wales)
Developing a common assessment approach
to the early identification of children in need:
The Swansea, Wales, case study
CHAPTER 22 Ruth Champion & Gabrielle Burke
(Victoria Department of Human Services, Australia)
Implementing Looking After Children
as a collaborative practice and policy
framework in Victoria, Australia
CHAPTER 23 Deirdre Cheers & Jude Morwitzer
(Barnardos, Australia)
Promoting resilient outcomes in Australia with
the Looking After Children Electronic System (LACES)
CHAPTER 24 Helen Jones
(Department for Education & Skills, United Kingdom)
The Integrated Childrens System: A resilient system
to promote the development in children in care
CHAPTER 25 James G. Barber
(University of Toronto, Canada)
A synthesis of research findings and practice
and policy suggestions for promoting resilient
development among young people in care
List of Contributors
James G. Barber
Faculty of Social Work
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Julie Beaulac