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Advocating for Children in Foster and Kinship Care: A Guide to Getting the Best out of the System for Caregivers and Practitioners

Mitchell Rosenwald and Beth N. Riley

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Paper, 272 pages, 42 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14687-6
$24.50 / £17.00

March, 2010
Cloth, 272 pages, 42 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14686-9
$79.50 / £55.00

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I. Preparing for Advocacy

1. In the Beginning: Assessing Commitment and Family Resources

2. Knowing Limits: Finding the Right Match Between the Children in Care and the Foster Parents and Kinship Caregivers

Part II. Advocacy with Service Providers

3. Advocating Within the Social Services System

4. Advocating Within the Family Court System

5. Advocating Within the School System

6. Advocating Within the Health and Mental Health Systems

7. Advocacy in Interdisciplinary Teams

Part III. Advocacy for Change in Agency Policy, Law, and Communities

8. Advocating for Agency Policy Change

9. Advocating Legislatively

10. Advocating in Communities

References

Index

Related Subjects

About the Author

Mitchell Rosenwald is an associate professor of social work at Barry University and a longtime advocate for children and families. He volunteers as a Guardian ad Litem for Florida's youth in care and has worked in Child Protective Services in Maryland. His publications include a focus on issues relating to foster and kinship care.

Beth N. Riley is the cofounder of BCFOCUS, a multiagency collaboration working with foster and adoptive families. She is the former director of a therapeutic foster care program and a field instructor. She has also worked as adjunct lecturer at Binghamton University, Syracuse University, and the University at Albany-SUNY.

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