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Almost twenty years ago, conceptual work began in the United Kingdom on what was to become the international Looking After Children initiative. Looking After Children has had a profound influence on child welfare in Canada and some fifteen other countries, including the UK, Australia, Sweden, and Hungary. It has sharpened the developmental focus and improved the quality of services for children and adolescents who, because of abuse, neglect, extreme poverty, or other circumstances, live in out-of-home care. With its emphasis on high expectations, positive substitute parenting, and good short-term and long-term outcomes, Looking After Children has been an important vehicle for promoting resilience in child welfare, one that will remain a beneficial influence in Canada and internationally for many years to come.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. iii-vi
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  1. List of Contributors
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xvi
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  1. Part 1: Resilience Theory and Child Welfare Policy and Practice
  1. CHAPTER 1 Promoting resilience in development: A general framework for systems of care
  2. pp. 3-17
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  1. CHAPTER 2 Promoting resilience and permanence in child welfare
  2. pp. 18-33
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  1. CHAPTER 3 Resilience theory and its relevance for child welfare practice
  2. pp. 34-51
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  1. CHAPTER 4 Identity formation and cultural resilience in Aboriginal communities
  2. pp. 52-71
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  1. CHAPTER 5 Resilient society or resilient children? A comparison of child welfare service orientations in Sweden and Ontario, Canada
  2. pp. 72-93
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  1. CHAPTER 6 Is permanence necessary for resilience? Advice for policy makers
  2. pp. 94-112
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  1. Part 2: Resilience and Foster Care Research, Policy, and Practice
  1. CHAPTER 7 Foster care services for infants with prenatal substance exposure: Developing capacity in the caregiving environment
  2. pp. 115-130
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  1. CHAPTER 8 Growing up in care: Resilience and care outcomes
  2. pp. 131-156
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  1. CHAPTER 9 Psychosocial well-being and placement stability in foster care: Implications for policy and practice
  2. pp. 157-172
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  1. CHAPTER 10 Positive life experiences that promote resilience in young people in care
  2. pp. 173-190
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  1. CHAPTER 11 Placement satisfaction of young people living in foster or group homes
  2. pp. 191-205
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  1. CHAPTER 12 Hope in young people in care: Role of active coping and other predictors
  2. pp. 206-215
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  1. CHAPTER 13 Participation in structured voluntary activities, substance use, and psychological outcomes in out-of-home care
  2. pp. 216-230
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  1. CHAPTER 14 Foster parenting practices and foster youth outcomes
  2. pp. 231-247
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  1. CHAPTER 15 Costs and outcomes for looked-after children
  2. pp. 248-263
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  1. CHAPTER 16 Resilience and young people leaving care: Implications for child welfare policy and practice in the UK
  2. pp. 264-278
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  1. Part 3: Resilience and the Implementation of Innovative Approaches to Child Welfare Policy and Practice
  1. CHAPTER 17 Training, experience, and supervision: Keys to enhancing the utility of the Assessment and Action Record in implementing Looking After Children
  2. pp. 281-296
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  1. CHAPTER 18 The needs of children in care and the Looking After Children approach: Steps towards promoting children's best interests
  2. pp. 297-315
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  1. CHAPTER 19 Managing change: Implementing Looking After Children at Prescott-Russell Services to Children and Adults
  2. pp. 316-336
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  1. CHAPTER 20 On becoming strength based in service delivery and program culture
  2. pp. 337-351
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  1. CHAPTER 21 Developing a common assessment approach to the early identification of children in need: The Swansea, Wales, case study
  2. pp. 352-367
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  1. CHAPTER 22 Implementing Looking After Children as a collaborative practice and policy framework in Victoria, Australia
  2. pp. 368-389
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  1. CHAPTER 23 Promoting resilient outcomes in Australia with the Looking After Children Electronic System (LACES)
  2. pp. 390-400
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  1. CHAPTER 24 The Integrated Children's System: A resilient system to promote the development in children in care
  2. pp. 401-417
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  1. CHAPTER 25 A synthesis of research findings and practice and policy suggestions for promoting resilient development among young people in care
  2. pp. 418-429
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  1. Author Index
  2. pp. 430-436
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  1. Subject Index
  2. pp. 437-449
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