| Description |
viii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- An examination of postadoption functioning and needs of kin, foster, and matched adoptive families / Jeanne Howard -- Adoption and after : adoptive parents' service needs / Trudy Festinger -- Adoption through a retrospective lens / Michael P. Grand -- A study of the Illinois Adoption/Guardianship Preservation Program / Susan Livingston Smith -- Postadoption services : a study of program participants, services, and outcomes / Kathleen Lenerz, Deborah Gibbs, and Richard P. Barth -- Maine Adoption Guides : a study of postlegalization services / Michel F. Lahti -- The development of postadoption services in Massachusetts / Christopher G. Hudson ... [et al.] -- The nature of effective adoption preservation services : a qualitative study / Susan Livingston Smith -- Factors affecting recent adoption support levels in the Washington State Adoption Support Program / David Fine ... [et al.] -- Evaluating postadoption services : lessons from McCord / Jeffrey J. Haugaard -- Conceptual mapping the challenges faced by adoptive parents in using postplacement services / Scott D. Ryan, Alison Glover, and Scottye J. Cash -- Research on postadoption services : implications for practice, program development, and policy / Madelyn Freundlich |
| Notes |
"Casey Family Services crequested the papers for this book to share knowledge and experience in the area of postadoption services"--Introd |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Adopted children -- Services for -- United States.
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Adoption -- United States.
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Adoptive parents -- Services for -- United States.
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Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States.
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Family services -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Foster children -- Services for -- United States.
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| Author |
Dore, Martha Morrison, 1943-
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Casey Family Services.
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| LC no. |
2005028135 |
| ISBN |
1587600773 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781587600777 |
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