Relatives Raising Children: An Overview of Kinship Care

By: Crumbley, Joseph

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878686843
• ISBN13: 9780878686841
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Child Welfare League of America, Incorporated
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Guidelines for Raising Relatives' Children

Contents Include: 1 - THE BENEFITS & CHALLENGES OF KINSHIP CARE * Benefits, Challenges * Characteristics of Kinship Placement 2 - CLINICAL CONCEPTS * Clinical Issues for the Kinship Caregiver (Loss * Redefining Roles and Boundaries * Guilt and Embarrassment * Transference and Projection * Split/Dual Loyalties * Anger and Resentment * Child-Rearing Practices and Responsibilities * Morbidity and Mortality * Overcompensation and Competition * Fantasies * Redefining Relationship] * Clinical Issues for the Parent [Loss * Role and Boundary Redefinition * Guilt * Anger * Disloyalty & Rejection * Projection and Transference * Sabotage and Competition * Fantasy Issues] * Clinical Issues for the Child [Loss * Rejection and Abandonment * Guilt and Low Self-Esteem * Anger and Resentment * Split Loyalty * Embarrassment * Projections and Transference * Sabotage * Redefining Boundaries and Relationship * Morbidity and Mortaility] 3 - ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION * A Family Systems Approach * Assessing a Family for Kinship Care [Motivation * Household Residents * Caregivers * parental Involvement with the Kinship Family * Family Legacies, Cycles, and Patterns * Family Resources * Alternative Permanency Plans] * Intervention Strategies with Kinship Families [Points of Interaction * Motivation Approaches * Group Work Approaches with Kinship Families] 4 - CASE MANAGEMENT * Managing Clinical Services to the Family * Managing Financial, Legal, Health Care, and Educational Tasks 5 - RACE, CULTURE, AND OTHER SPECIAL CONSIDERATION * Racial and Cultural Considerations * Incarceration and Substance Abuse * HIV/AIDS 6 - LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS * Informal Caregiving * Legal Custody * Formal Kinship Foster Care * Adoption 7 - FEDERAL AND STATE POLICY AND PROGRAM ISSUES * Kinship Caregiving Funding * Children in Kinship Families * Limitations of Traditional Foster Care * Federal Policy Influences * State Policy Directions * Permanency Planning in Kinship Care * Action Steps for State and Local Planners

INSIGHT INTO KINSHIP CARE

RELATIVES RAISING CHILDREN: AN OVERVIEW OF KINSHIP CARE provides the reader with excellent descriptions of the many issues found in the growing phenomena of family members raising their grandchildren or other relative children. Although written for the professional, the format is easy to follow and very thorough. The authors present the many possible prespectives of the child, the relative caregiver and the parent in this difficult situation. They also provide intervention techniques for the professional.As a child care specialist, I have been approached by people looking for help and information as they deal with relative care. Since I am not a therapist, this book provides a base of knowledge and has given me some insight on what referrals might be helpful for these individuals. Additionally, I will be recommending it to families interested in further in-depth information.