Expanding the Options in Child Placement: Israel's Dependent Children in Care from Infancy to AdulthoodOn the basis of a 14-year follow-up study of 268 infants in residential care, the authors evaluate the relative merits of adoption, foster care, return to parents or extended family. They stress the significance of the absentee parent, of social work intervention, the advantages of late adoption and make a case for a new look at residential group care as a viable alternative for dependent children in placement. This is the only study to follow up over 14 years an entire population of infants in residential care. It contains comprehensive data on all placement alternatives to which these children were exposed including adoption. It evaluates the comparative impact of each of these placement paths on the subsequent life of the children and their families. |
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The Study and its Context | 1 |
Methodology Population and Context | 10 |
Some General Characteristics | 23 |
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