Foster Care Therapist Handbook: Relational Approaches to the Children and Their Families

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Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface -- About the Authors -- Part 1. The Culture and Environment of Foster Care -- 1. Introduction: The Culture and Environment of Foster Care / Robert E. Lee, Jason B. Whiting -- 2. An Ecosystemic Approach to Foster Care / Robert E. Lee -- 3. Cultural Issues: Diversity and Child Welfare / Edgar Tyson, Scott Ryan, Tomi Gomory, Martell Teasley -- 4. The Perspective of the Consumer: Foster Children Tell Us What They Need / Jason B. Whiting, John Seita -- 5. Ambiguous Loss: A Key Component of Foster Care / Robert E. Lee, Jason B. Whiting -- Part 2. Family Therapy Approaches -- 6. The Case for Relational Therapy with Young Children in Foster Care / Robert E. Lee, Ann M. Stacks -- 7. Parent-Child Therapy for Traumatized Young Children in Foster Care / Douglas Davies -- 8. Providing Developmentally Appropriate Family Therapy / Lenore M. McWey, Patricia D. Donovan -- 9. An Integrative Approach Involving the Biological and Foster Family Systems / Kim Sumner-Mayer -- 10. Kinship Placements: An Integrative Approach / Patricia McKinsey Crittenden, Steve Farnfield -- 11. Creative Ways to Strengthen Family Bonds / Larry Barlow, Sandra M. Barlow -- 12. Intervening with Foster Infants' Foster Parents: Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up / Erin Lewis, Mary Dozier, Michelle Knights, Mallory Maier -- 13. Supporting the Work of Foster Parents / Paul T. Huber, Jason B. Whiting -- 14. It Isn't Right! The Need to Redress Experiences of Injustice in Child Abuse and Neglect / Terry D. Hargrave, Robert Brammer, Laura McDuff -- Part 3. Important Other Issues -- 15. I Want This Child Out of Here Now! How to Deal with Sexualized Acting Out in the Foster Environment: A SMART Approach to Assessment and Treatment / Alice Nadelman, Debra D. Castaldo -- 16. Combating a Family Culture of Violence / John Seita -- 17. We're in It Together Family Therapy Where Substance Abuse Is a Problem / John K. Mooradian -- 18. Teaching Developmentally Appropriate Parenting / Ann M. Stacks -- 19. Ready or Not, Here I Come! Equipping Families for Transitions / J. Matthew Orr, Rachel Brown -- 20. But I Don't Trust You Recognizing and Dealing with Parents' History of Trauma: The Story of Amy / Kathleen Burns Jager -- 21. When the Helper Becomes Traumatized: Taking Care of You / Tracy Woodard-Meyers -- Index.

Contributor Bio:  Lee, Robert E Lee is Clinical Director of the Marriage and Family therapy Program at Michigan State University and Visiting Professor and MFT Program Director at Florida State University.