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Increased stability in foster care placements for adolescents who had multiple placement failures and who were alienated from family and other social institutions is reported as the outcome of a demonstration placement-planning and support service in a public agency. Other positive findings are described.
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Cuidados no Lar de Adoção/psicologia , Adolescente , Cuidados no Lar de Adoção/organização & administração , Humanos , Avaliação de Processos e Resultados em Cuidados de SaúdeRESUMO
Parental visiting of children in foster care is a key element in both reunification of families and termination of parental rights. The authors contend that these two uses of visiting must be balanced. To this end, they recommend that state statutes allow termination based on failure to visit but require agencies to promote visiting, and they suggest that agencies review their practices to determine if they discourage meaningful visits.
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Cuidados no Lar de Adoção/legislação & jurisprudência , Relações Pais-Filho , Adoção , Criança , Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente/legislação & jurisprudência , Criança Abandonada/legislação & jurisprudência , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Foster parents who were once discouraged from adopting children placed in their care are now encouraged to do so. This has changed practice in both foster care and adoption, and has blurred the distinctions between the two services. The author discusses how foster care and adoption are viewed by adoptive parents and children, and draws implications for permanency planning from their perceptions.