Social Welfare & Social Services

Growing up in care is not just a part of childhood, but can have ongoing impacts across a persons life. Various inquiries have revealed accounts of...

A child's capacity to cope with adversity and 'stand on their own two feet' is seen as critical to their development, well-being, and future indepe...

Caleb invites you on a journey to learn about attachment and trauma in this interactive story and workbook intended for children and the adults who...

How can professionals work together with foster carers to create stable and therapeutic foster placements? Team Parenting for Children in Foster Ca...

Title IV-E of the Social Security Act provides federal support for foster care and adoption assistance programs. Since 2008, 5 tribes have been app...

About 14 percent of the more than 400,000 children in foster care nationwide lived in congregate care at the end of fiscal year 2013, according to ...

In the first chapter of Foster Care: Global Issues, Challenges and Perspectives of the 21st Century, the authors explore modern research regarding ...

Fundamental questions about the morality of pediatric medical research persist despite years of debate and the establishment of strict codes of eth...

Mariana the Mermaid is not like the other mermaids. Abandoned by a careless mother on the ocean floor, she has never laughed or played, and can bar...

A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR ...

'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it... Standing's analysis is vital' Paul Mason'Gu...

One sunny day, Bomji the rabbit and his friend Spotty the cat meet something very scary while picking flowers in the woods. The friends manage to ...

Working with children in foster care is a demanding and rigorous aspect of social work practice. Difficult decisions in fast-moving and often compl...

Its late on Friday night when Caseys mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isnt Riley. Its a woman from the E...