Understanding and Supporting Parent-Child Relationships during Foster Care Visits: Attachment Theory and Research

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-207

  Haight, Wendy L ^a   Kagle, Jill Doner ^a   Black, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Foster care; Parent child relationships

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038074361     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.2.195     Document Type: Review

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