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A Child's Journey Through Placement
Children who are cared for in an out of home placement are in need of support and stability. This classic text offers information and advice for professionals and carers on how to help these children, who will often have attachment difficulties. Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D. shares her experience and expertise, outlining the significance of attachment and separation, the developmental stages specific to adoptive children and providing guidance on minimizing the trauma of moves. The book also features practical advice on case planning, managing behavior and direct work with children, and throughout are case studies and exercises which provide opportunities for further learning. A readable, compassionate and practical text, A Child s Journey Through Placement provides the foundation, the resources, and the tools to help students, professionals, parents and others who care to support children on their journey through placement to adulthood.
432 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2012
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November 23, 2019
I am not sure what to say about this book. The content seems solid. Granted, i write this as someone who is not yet licensed to be a foster parent. So perhaps i would find the content less helpful if i would have read this in several years.
But Fahlberg lays out her material clearly. The case studies were particularly helpful to me. And i deeply appreciate that she included tweens and teens, although the number of teen cases presented as examples was dwarfed by the number focused on babies, children, and tweens.
Also, i think there was only one time, toward the very end, that she mentioned a teen in foster care being sexually active. And she mentioned no LGBTQA youth in the system. Granted, the book was published in 1991. But still. Teens in foster care in the '80s and '90s were queer, trans, and/or sexually active just like they are today.
But by far the biggest problem with the book, for me, appears to be its complete lack of editing. Or even spell-checking. Twice in the book, and once for about 1.5 paragraphs, every "e" was replaced by "c." In a couple places, letters were replaced by characters (e.g., "eventual]y"). And several times, she included words that do not exist (e.g., "informatl" instead of "information"). It's quite stunning, really. I don't know anything else about Jessica Kingsley Publishers. But based on this, i wouldn't recommend them for any author since, apparently, they will let you publish a book that will embarrass you.
In any case, if you can look past the atrocious (or completely absent) editing, then i would recommend this for content. From my not-yet-foster-parent perspective, i definitely got a lot out of this.
But Fahlberg lays out her material clearly. The case studies were particularly helpful to me. And i deeply appreciate that she included tweens and teens, although the number of teen cases presented as examples was dwarfed by the number focused on babies, children, and tweens.
Also, i think there was only one time, toward the very end, that she mentioned a teen in foster care being sexually active. And she mentioned no LGBTQA youth in the system. Granted, the book was published in 1991. But still. Teens in foster care in the '80s and '90s were queer, trans, and/or sexually active just like they are today.
But by far the biggest problem with the book, for me, appears to be its complete lack of editing. Or even spell-checking. Twice in the book, and once for about 1.5 paragraphs, every "e" was replaced by "c." In a couple places, letters were replaced by characters (e.g., "eventual]y"). And several times, she included words that do not exist (e.g., "informatl" instead of "information"). It's quite stunning, really. I don't know anything else about Jessica Kingsley Publishers. But based on this, i wouldn't recommend them for any author since, apparently, they will let you publish a book that will embarrass you.
In any case, if you can look past the atrocious (or completely absent) editing, then i would recommend this for content. From my not-yet-foster-parent perspective, i definitely got a lot out of this.
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