Five Commentaries: Looking to the Future

Titel	Five Commentaries: Looking to the Future
Quelle	In: Future of Children, 14 (2004) 1, S.175-189 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1054-8289
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Child Welfare; Foster Care; Adoption; Family Relationship; Adolescents; Children; Child Development; Cultural Influences; Childhood Needs; Decision Making; Delivery Systems; Social Services; Minority Groups; Planning; Community Involvement; Immigrants; Cultural Relevance; Hispanic Americans; Bilingualism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Pflegehilfe; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Childhood; needs; Kindheit; Bedürfnis; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Auslieferung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Ethnische Minderheit; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Bilingualismus
Abstract	To provide an array of perspectives on the future direction of foster care, five experts across various disciplines and backgrounds were asked to respond to this question: "How can the child welfare system be improved to better support families and promote the healthy development of children in foster care?" This article presents their responses to the above question. Susan H. Badeau argues that a conversation about improving the system should begin with a discussion of guiding principles, and as a way of beginning this conversation, she proposes six key principles. Alfred G. Perez focuses on the unique needs of adolescents. Will Lightbourne suggests that with a more inclusive decision-making process and adequate resources, progress could be made toward several important goals for an improved child welfare system. Ernestine S. Gray offers several suggestions for improving the child welfare system. And Layla P. Suleiman Gonzalez discusses the new challenges facing state child welfare systems in providing services to a growing multicultural population and provides ways to address them. (Contains 20 endnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution. 267 Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. Tel: 609-258-6979; e-mail: FOC@princeton.edu; Web site: http://www.brookings.org/index/publications.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10