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Peer reviewedMagee, Sally; Thoday, Rosalind – Adoption & Fostering, 1995
Describes the establishment, promotion, and five-year progress of a postadoption service in Hampshire, England. (SW)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Children
Emlen, Arthur; And Others – 1978
This report describes how barriers to planning for children inappropriately placed in foster care were overcome in a 3-year demonstration project: Freeing Children for Permanent Placement, conducted by the Children's Services Division, Department of Social Services, State of Oregon. Clients, amount of effort made, personnel involved, social work…
Descriptors: Adoption, Case Studies, Child Advocacy, Children
Download full textTaylor, Steven J.; And Others – 1992
This report examines "permanency planning" and "special needs adoption" for children with disabilities, based on the experience of Project STAR in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Project STAR (Specialized Training for Adoption Readiness) was established in 1985 to provide support services for families of children with disabilities…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children
Kadushin, Alfred; And Others – 1978
This collection of policy papers by a dozen national experts in subject areas related to child welfare is designed to assist public and voluntary agency program directors in their efforts to update current programs or to design new ones. Sequentially the chapters: (1) set a framework for the following papers, (2) examine the provision of foster…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adoption, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Cook, C. Thomas; And Others – 1993
This paper examines the role that public policy and practice play in supporting the efforts of natural, adoptive, and foster families who have children and youth with disabilities in keeping their families intact. Obstacles and barriers to implementing the philosophy of permanence planning, especially for children and youth with disabilities, are…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Children, Disabilities
Levine, Carol; Stein, Gary L. – 1994
By the year 2000 between 72,000 and 125,000 children and teenagers in the United States will have lost their mothers to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). An additional 60,000 young adults (18 and older) will also have lost their mothers. The hardest hit cities are New York City (New York), Newark…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children
Kotler, Martin; And Others – 1986
Self-help among low-income people is vitally important. In no area is self-help more important than in overcoming poverty's burdens and energizing the escape from poverty. This document comprises an inventory of self-help and mutual-help programs that feature active involvement of members of the low-income population. The programs in this…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adult Programs, Business, Children
