Kinship Care and Public Child Welfare: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work Education.

Gleeson, James P.

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ERIC Number: EJ510233

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Kinship Care and Public Child Welfare: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work Education.

Gleeson, James P.

Journal of Social Work Education, v31 n2 p182-93 Spr-Sum 1995

The growing practice of arranging foster placement of abused children with relatives provides an opportunity to redefine relationships between extended families and the child welfare system and to develop five areas of the social work curriculum: human behavior and social environment, social welfare policy and services, social work practice, research, and field practicum. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Family Role, Field Experience Programs, Foster Care, Higher Education, Placement, Professional Education, Public Policy, Research Needs, Social Work, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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