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Therapeutic transitions in out of home care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Jennifer McIntosh
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Abstract

This paper sets out a series of principles for minimising the trauma of transitions experienced by children in out of home care. It is based on a child centred approach that has as its goal making transition bearable and psychologically useful for each child who must go through it, creating a space where even previous transition wounds might heal. The paper concentrates particularly on the complexities of helping children to move between foster care and permanent care placements.

Type
Section Two: Today’s tough issues and beyond – Coping and thriving: not just in care
Information
Children Australia , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , 1999 , pp. 29 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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