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What makes good outcomes for children in foster care?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Roslyn Leahy ,
Claerwen Little ,
Linda Mondy  and
Dianne Nixon
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Abstract

This article describes one agency’s strategies in developing benchmarks for best practice outcomes in fostering. Workers have used current literature, research and reports to identify optimum outcomes, and have then compared the performance of their own foster care program to these points. Future directions and current needs in research in this area are identified.

Type
Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , 1999 , pp. 4 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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