Lifebooks in Child Welfare: Why Isn’t a Great Idea Used More Often?

IF 0.9 Q3 SOCIAL WORK

Adoption Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-09-15 DOI:10.1080/10926755.2021.1978024

Redmond Reams

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract Lifebooks are a crucial resource for children in the child welfare system. Lifebooks help these children know about and reflect on their history, both as children and for the rest of their lives. As a result, lifebooks are required in many jurisdictions around the world yet there is little data about their actual utilization rate. This study gathered surveys from 196 foster or adoptive parents and child welfare caseworkers and documented a 56% usage rate of lifebooks. Further analyses especially noted an association between the presence of a lifebook and the influence of actively involved foster parents, both in the transition planning and in the relationship with the adoptive parent.

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儿童福利生活手册:为什么一个好主意没有得到更广泛的应用?

在儿童福利体系中，生活手册是儿童的重要资源。生活书帮助这些孩子了解和反思他们的历史，无论是童年还是以后的生活。因此，世界各地的许多司法管辖区都要求使用生命手册，但有关其实际使用率的数据却很少。本研究收集了196名寄养或收养父母和儿童福利个案工作者的调查，记录了56%的生活手册使用率。进一步的分析特别指出，生活手册的存在与养父母在过渡规划和与养父母的关系方面积极参与的影响之间存在关联。

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Adoption Quarterly SOCIAL WORK-

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1.60

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： Adoption Quarterly is an unparalleled forum for examining the issues of child care, of adoption as viewed from a lifespan perspective, and of the psychological and social meanings of the word "family." This international, multidisciplinary journal features conceptual and empirical work, commentaries, and book reviews from the fields of the social sciences, humanities, biological sciences, law, and social policy. In addition to examining ethical, biological, financial, social and psychological adoption issues, Adoption Quarterly addresses continuity in adoption issues that are important to both practitioners and researchers, such as: negotiation of birth and adoptive family contact.