Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death
All children, in the normal course of their development, learn about being sick, and most, by the time they enter school, have at least ru...
GOALS FOR HELPING CHILDREN IN DIVORCING OR BLENDED FAMILIES
Depending on the circumstances of each case, individual, family, or group methods can help children in single-parent, divorcing, or blende...
Children in Single-Parent, Divorcing, and Blended Families
Children in the 21st century come from many different types of families. No longer can teachers or others working with children assume tha...
Documentation of the Child’s History
When a child in placement lacks knowledge about a parent’s death or about the circumstances of his or her own birth, it can be helpful...
TYPICAL ISSUES FOR CHILDREN IN PLACEMENT
The families of children who require placement have histories of living in homes characterized by substance abuse, homelessness, domestic...
DETERMINING THE NEED FOR PLACEMENT
What is the impact of relocating a child to another family for foster placement compared with arranging for the child to move in with a g...
Children Living in Kinship and Foster Home Placements
Once upon a time, everyone assumed that children would be raised in a home with their mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters and that th...