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Adoption Policy and Special Needs Children (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,772
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Adoption Policy and Special Needs Children (Hardcover): Rosemary J. Avery

Adoption Policy and Special Needs Children (Hardcover)

Rosemary J. Avery

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This edited volume contains contributions from leading researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and advocates in adoption policy and practice. Topics covered include adoption advocacy, race and adoption, placement of older and disabled children, adoption disruption, adoptive parent recruitment, and policy related to federal adoption subsidy support.

This collection brings together leading researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and advocates in the area of adoption policy and practice. All chapter contributors are nationally recognized leaders in their particular fields of expertise. Several have been instrumental in shaping public policy and legislation on behalf of special needs children and their families.

Chapters cover the following topics: advocacy on behalf of special needs children, racial issues in the placement and adoption of special needs children, issues involved in the adoption of older and disabled children, adoption disruption, recruitment of adoptive parents for special needs children, and federal and state policy related to adoption subsidy support. The volume covers the key issues related to both practice and policy in child welfare. As such it is essential reading for professionals and policy makers in social/human services and child welfare. Scholars and other researchers in the field will also find the collection invaluable.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 1997
First published: March 1997
Editors: Rosemary J. Avery
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-86569-212-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
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LSN: 0-86569-212-2
Barcode: 9780865692121

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