Out Of Home Programs:

Authors

  • Jacqueline Hayden Centre For Social Justice and Social Change, University of Western Sydney, Austraila

Keywords:

foster care (out of home care), human development, global prin­ciples (of foster care [out of home care]), and contextual validity (in foster care [out of home care] programs

Abstract

This article analyses out of home care (foster care) programs within a framework of human development and resiliency studies. Despite concerns about the importance of contextual relevance in assessing program development and outcomes, the author argues that a development frame­work allows for the identification of common processes for reducing risk across diverse situations including within both minority world and majority world conditions

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Published

2004-03-01

How to Cite

Hayden, J. . (2004). Out Of Home Programs:. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 19, 52–61. Retrieved from http://acycpjournal.pitt.edu/ojs/jcycw/article/view/368

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