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Turmoil to Turning Points - Building Hope for Children in Crisis Placements (Hardcover, New)
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Turmoil to Turning Points - Building Hope for Children in Crisis Placements (Hardcover, New)
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An experienced psychologist's confusing view from the bridge that
connects children and families in crisis with the professionals who
try to help them. Now a consultant, Kagan has spent 20 years
working with children and dysfunctional families; his grim stories
are reminiscent of the tragic cases that appear with stunning
regularity in the news. He focuses on troubled children and
children in danger, those who are victims of physical or sexual
abuse. These children are placed away from their families until
more permanent arrangements - with foster families or group homes,
for instance - can be made. Mandated by state laws and federal
directive, the long-term goal is to return these children to their
families once the perpetrators of abuse or the circumstances
triggering abuse have been eliminated. Kagan weaves case histories
together with theory, and offers a convincing portrait of the
frustrations faced by social service workers innundated by
paperwork, sometimes tripping over each other's efforts. Although
the children's stories - from a three-year-old victim of sexual
abuse to a child whose grandfather was also his father - are
frequently heart-rending, they are composites, as are the workers,
families, and organizations described here. Kagan's compassionate
strategy, to honor the child's wish to reunite with mother and/or
father while striving to modify the behavior in the family that
caused the trauma, is presented here in too diffuse a fashion.
Concluding chapters are a pastiche of ideas on how to fix the
system and techniques for social workers. Suggestions on strategy,
organization, and training are too specific for the lay reader and
not comprehensive enough for the professional. Too bad. Two decades
of stories from an experienced and creative therapist should have
led to a clearer picture of the issues that affect children in
danger and a more focused agenda for improving their safety net
than one finds here. (Kirkus Reviews)
This book discusses principles and strategies that practitioners
can use to guide their work. These include engaging parents of
children in placement, mapping family resources, mobilizing
networks, and creating safety plans.
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