"Foster Care Therapist Handbook: Relational Approaches to the Children and Their Families focuses on the relational therapy approach, which considers the whole

Attachment is at the heart of family life and adoption. Schifield and Beek trace the pathways of secure and insecure patterns of attachment from birth to adulth

The author discusses the unique challenges faced by African American youth in foster homes and provides lessons on how to live independently.

This up-to-date and comprehensive resource by leaders in child welfare is the first book to reflect the impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1

"Divided into three sections, this collection of original essays reviews the practice of adoption, orphanage placement and foster care from the colonial period