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Ince, Lynda C. "Kinship Care : an Afrocentric perspective." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/492/.

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This thesis explores the experiences and meanings that are attributed to kinship care by caregivers, young people of African descent, and social workers. It examined the meanings each group attached to kinship care and the risk and resilience they saw within it. The research was framed within the culturally distinctive theoretical framework of the Afrocentric paradigm which encapsulates cultural values. A qualitative approach was adopted for data collection, using interviews, and aspects of Grounded Theory for data analysis. The findings show that kinship care is a survival strategy that has h

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Carriere-Laboucane, Jeannine. ""Kinship care: A community alternative to foster care"." School of Native Human Services, 1997. http://142.51.24.159/dspace/handle/10219/470.

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I realized the importance of kinship connection and family preservation the first time I met one of my birth family members at age twelve. As an adopted child, I often felt I was living in a borrowed state of being. In someone else's family, borrowing someone else's name and culture. Meeting my birth family and recognizing my connection to the Metis community gave me a sense of belonging for the first time in my life.

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Okruhlicová, Naďa. "Simply Wood : The Kinship of Care." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95488.

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Simply Wood is a collaborative inquiry into the topic of all wood joints for industrially produced furniture through engineering and the culture of care for and with furniture through Design+Change. This thesis is written in collaboration with the product development and communication wings from IKEA of Sweden, as the external tutors and supervisors. The design part, called the Kinship of Care, focuses on the culture of care between IKEA’s fast furniture and its user. This research, Kinship of care, consists of slow design principles reveal, expand, and reflect that serve as a cyclic timeline

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Clark, Nancy Elizabeth. "Perceptions of satisfaction in the delivery of services to kinship and non-kinship care providers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2463.

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Assim, Usang Maria. "Understanding kinship care of children in Africa: a family environment or an alternative care option?" Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3476.

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Doctor Legum - LLD<br>In Africa generally, orphaned and vulnerable children are traditionally cared for by their relatives or close family friends; this is an abiding practice even in contemporary times. This was historically considered to be a moral obligation binding on different relatives in different ways or at differing levels. In the face of the increasing complexities and changing demographics in African societies, high levels of poverty and socioeconomic inequalities as well as the incidence of HIV and AIDS, among others, the traditional family continues to undergo structural changes

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Hu, Yang. "Constructions of children's needs in informal kinship care in rural China." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61885/1/Yang_Hu_Thesis.pdf.

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Kinship care is the oldest form of alternative child care in the world. Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the number of children being placed in kinship care across Western countries. However, in contrast to rapid knowledge advances about formal kinship care, far less is known about the needs of children in informal kinship care, especially in Asian contexts. This thesis and the study upon which it is formed sought to redress this knowledge gap. Qualitative approach was adopted to explore social constructions of children in informal kinship care in rural China. Parents i

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Heath, Mac. "Developing kinship care : a case of evidence based social work practice?" Thesis, University of Sussex, 2013. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45652/.

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This thesis provides a description and analysis of contemporary policy and practice in kinship care within three local authorities in England. The aim is to examine the extent to which government policy principles and available research evidence have translated into professional practice on the ground in different agency settings and to consider the implications of these findings for future management planning in this field. This is approached through considering UK research on kinship and examining the relationship between the statutory principles driving policies and the way the three local

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Hill, Lindsay. "Using a resilience framework to explore and develop kinship care practice." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2015. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/e2b22107-4e7d-477c-8189-debb8f9338ce.

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This thesis explores how Resilient Therapy (RT) a published approach to operationalizing the findings of resilience research was introduced to formal kinship carers who are looking after children who have experienced abuse and neglect. The RT approach is underpinned by four key principles and it has five domains that can be used by parents and professionals as an aide memoire to inform practice. The research examined the question: How can an RT approach be implemented in support of kinship care practice?

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Sandoval-Cervantes, Ivan. "The Intersections of Transnational and Internal Migration: Gender, Kinship, and Care." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20471.

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This dissertation analyzes the intersections of different forms of migrations, and how such intersections shape and are shaped by gendered kinship and care relationships. In other words, I analyze how the ways in which people relate, and how they define and redefine their gender identities as they become mobile in diverse ways. This dissertation is based on ethnographic research conducted with the Zapotec community of Zegache, Oaxaca. Research took place in Oaxaca (Mexico), Mexico City, and Oregon. I approach the study of different migrations from a transborder perspective that is able to

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Greenwood, Judith Mary. "Kinship care placement: Do grandparents' relationships with birthparents affect placement outcomes?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2819.

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This study will explore whether the relationships between grandparents and birthparents affect kinship care placement outcomes for court dependent children. Data was extracted from an existing study of kinship care providers.

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Gobind, Teracia. "Birth family contact and placement outcomes for children in kinship and foster care." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Health Sciences, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8082.

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A prospective, exploratory study examined the relationships between birth family contact factors and long-term placement outcomes for children who are in foster or kinship care in New South Wales. The present study utilized data which was collected for 338 children in the Children in Care study; which was conducted between 1999 and 2009. This included data that was collected from a baseline survey and a review of case files from the State Child Welfare database. The participants of the Children in Care study were between four and eleven years of age. The present study involved a series of stat

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Manthosi, Frans Lesetja. "Kinship foster care – perceptions and experiences of grandparents regarding fostering their teenage offspring." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7977.

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Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS)<br>Kinship foster care in South Africa, whereby orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) are being cared for by their biological relatives, is increasing. The significant increase in kinship foster care has a strong correlation to the high rates of HIV/AIDS-related deaths, resulting in a high prevalence of children who are vulnerable and orphaned. Social workers are mandated to seek alternative care placements for such OVC, prioritising kinship care as opposed to foster care with non-biological families. However, such kinship foster care, in w

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Bozin, Marie A. "Delinquency, Foster Care Placement, Attachment, and Race." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1208802867.

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Hamlin, Allyson Foster. "A Phenomenological Study on the Challenges Experienced by Kinship Adopters." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5628.

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This research addressed the social and emotional challenges kinship adoptive families have encountered when their adopted child's trauma symptomology surfaces. The unique relationship between the adoptive relative and the kinship child offered a different view on the coping techniques used by kinship families and uncovered areas where resources could support permanency. In this phenomenological study, 12 interviews with relative adoptive parents guided by the attachment and family system theories, offered insight to what fosters or degrades the bond with the adopted child. Using post-adoption

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Pratchett, Rebecca. "Exploring outcomes of children and young people in kinship care in South Wales." Thesis, Swansea University, 2018. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45015.

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Around 30,000 young people enter care every year, with more than a fifth of those being placed with a relative or close family friend in kinship care. Literature has suggested that kinship care may be a positive avenue for providing alternative out-of-home care to young people in a cost-effective manner. However, some studies have pointed to systematic challenges in formalising kinship care, which threatens to undermine the benefits of a family-based placement. These include permanency options such as Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs). This study will explore some of the outcomes of formal ki

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Cooper, Kimberlea. "Being a parent, but not : the role of foster and kinship carers in supporting children and young people." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2020. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/173693.

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Home-based carers play an important role in the lives of children and young people. In Victoria, Australia, home-based care is now the most common form of alternative care, reflecting national and international trends. However, home-based care does currently face some challenges, such as shortages of carers. Therefore, strengthening this form of care through the training and support of foster and kinship carers is a key priority of Victoria’s reforms of child and family services. In the context of a university-industry collaboration, the current research drew upon the expertise of sixteen fost

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Davey, Jill. "The care of kin : a case study approach to kinship care in the south of England and Zululand, South Africa." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2016. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/25573/.

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This thesis focuses on kinship care specifically for children and young people requiring this provision away from their biological parent and for whom Children’s Social Services, United Kingdom and Child Welfare Agencies, South Africa, have a statutory responsibility (UK CA, 1989; SA CA, 2005). The study explores kinship care from a multifaceted viewpoint. A case study approach, incorporating interviews and observations was adopted for the data collection and a thematic analysis approach utilised for the data analysis. A total of thirty-two interviews were undertaken, in both the United Kingdo

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Hughes, Catherine. "Kinship care : how is the role perceived? : what are the specific difficulties and support needs?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/kinship-care-how-is-the-role-perceived-what-are-the-specific-difficulties-and-support-needs(98e12bd2-4905-4cf1-bf94-933c91470c5a).html.

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Many countries have seen an increase in the last 20 years in the number of children cared for by their Grandparents (Edwards & Sweeney, 2007; Edwards & Taub, 2009; Worrall, 2009). In the UK, Looked After Children (LAC) are increasingly being placed with kinship carers, formally known as ‘Family and Friends Care’ following guidance from The Children’s Act (2004). Support for this growing group of carers appears sporadic, and there has been some delay both in practice and procedures in responding to this increase in placement type. Children who are looked after by any carer other than their birt

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Griesser, Michael. "The Nepotistic Parent; Predator Protection, Kinship and Philopatry." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Universitetsbiblioteket : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-3384.

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Cole, Maura Kathleen. "Exploring the Experience of Grandchildren in Custodial Grandparent Care." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1507327589786526.

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Johannes, Arnold Marius. "The influences of substitute care on learner motivation." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/527.

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Substitute care is a temporary or permanent placement of children under the supervision of an adult person due to the absence of their biological parents. The escalating divorce rate, increase in extramarital births, high incidence of family violence, the growing number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, and the increasing career-orientatedness of parents have led to the development of diverse family structures. Grandparents and other family members are increasingly becoming the primary caretakers for children. Whilst it is generally assumed by society that children’s well-being is better serve

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Murray, Linda Kaye. "Foster and kinship caregiver perceptions of support and training in Canterbury, New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Educational Studies and Human Development, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1061.

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This dissertation describes a study that investigated the perceptions of foster/whānau caregivers of support and training provisions in Canterbury, New Zealand. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative component consisted of six questions presented to caregivers at individual or couple interviews. Major themes identified in the response to these questions indicated that participants are generally feeling under-supported and disrespected by social services staff, overwhelmed by the range, severity and difficulty of their children's behaviours, isolated in their

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Melander, Petra, and Carolina Tjernberg. "Familjehemsplacering hos "annan närstående" : en undersökning, med utgångspunkt i SoL 6:5, om socialsekreterares uppfattning och övervägande av närståendeplacering." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Social Work, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7088.

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<p>Our study has its starting point in the Swedish social legislation (Socialtjänstlagen) and more specifically in the 6th chapter's 5th paragraph. That paragraph regulates that social workers should try to find a kinship care placement when they are about to do a placement of a child. Our purpose is to examine how social workers, before they do a placement of a child, understand the informal kinship that is not relatives, if they consider the informal kinship and if certain circumstances have an impact on the consideration. To get this information we have done five interviews with social work

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Ciobanu, Patricia. "Designing for and with Care in Multispecies Kinship: Exploring Methods of Decentering the Human in Design." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254984.

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In the current climate crisis, creating a symbiotic collaboration between all members of an ecosystem has become a prominent topic. By reevaluating human-centered methodologies through a cultural probe and an orienting activity, I address notions of collaboration, cohabitation and extending one’s body beyond the skin. I explore the concept of care in human-plant relationships, along with understanding the trouble with designing for and with care in the context of human-nature-technology kinship. The cultural probe, through its ambiguity, has prompted reflections on care and multispecies kinshi

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Atwool, Nicola, and n/a. "Who cares? : the role of attachment assessments in decision-making for children in care." University of Otago. Children's Issues Centre, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20081212.143625.

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In this practice-based research the use of attachment assessments to assist with decision-making about the placement of children in State care is explored. In Aotearoa New Zealand care and protection legislation emphasises the importance of working with families. The central decision-making forum is the Family Group Conference where families, their support people and statutory social workers come together to work out a plan for children considered to be in need of care and protection. This research focused on conflicted situations where agreement could not be reached about where children shoul

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Baird, Nancy Coyne. "Attachment experiences of grandparent kinship caregivers and nonkinship foster parents with preschool-aged children in their care." Thesis, The University of Utah, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3609113.

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<p> This study explored the attachment relationships of grandparent kinship caregivers and nonkinship foster parents with preschool-aged children in their care. Research suggests that attachment is crucial in early childhood relationships and can impact relationships throughout the lifespan. Children in kinship care or nonkinship foster care are removed for abuse, neglect, dependency, and other traumatic life experiences, which can affect their ability to form positive attachment relationships. The goal was to understand attachment relationships in the grandparent kinship caregiver and nonkins

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Cooper, Elizabeth C. "Who cares for orphans? : challenges to kinship and morality in a Luo village in Western Kenya." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b3449dac-1ef4-491f-aec4-e36216488805.

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This dissertation analyses an ethnographic study of how people in a peri-urban, agricultural village in western Kenya have responded to the questions of who will care for children, and how, when those children’s parents, or other primary caregivers, have died. It examines the practical and ideological implications of wide-scale orphaning among a population that has experienced increased numbers and proportions of orphaned children mainly due to HIV/AIDS, as well as the gradual depletion of resources in terms of both the availability of middle-aged adults and the security of economic livelihood

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Davis-Sowers, Regina Louise. "Salvaging Children's Lives: Understanding the Experiences of Black Aunts Who Serve as Kinship Care Providers within Black Families." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07242006-140208/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006.<br>Ralph E. LaRossa, committee chair; Elisabeth O. Burgess, Charles A. Gallagher, Romney S. Norwood, committee members. Electronic text (264 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed June 29, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-248).

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Jackson, Vivian H. "An Exploratory Study of the Meaning of Culture in Family Preservation and Kinship Care Services: An Africentric Translation." online version, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=case1195303638.

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Stokes, Charu. "Complex Lives: Resiliency of Midlife African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS Serving As Informal Kinship Care Providers." Thesis, Boston College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104415.

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Thesis advisor: Ruth McRoy<br>Historically, many midlife African American women have served as kinship care providers for children in the family. These parenting responsibilities present even greater challenges for the increasing and disproportionately high number of African American women in this age group who also are living with HIV/AIDS. Even though there have been technological innovations in treating and managing HIV infection, HIV is the fourth leading cause of death among midlife African American women. Despite the existing research on African American women with HIV/AIDS and on Africa

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Sishuta, Happy Babalwa. "Foster care as a form of substitute care in the black community : an exploratory-descriptive study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006505.

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Kinship care is increasingly supplementing the more traditional forms of out-of-home care. Because related foster care has potential great value, the possibility of placement with relatives needs to be explored first. At its best it provides the child love and security with known people and possibly in a familiar environment. Yet, important as it is, this area of practice is seriously underdeveloped - few publications especially in South Africa exist on how children fare in this arrangement. This situation exists in spite of the fact that many children find themselves in both legal as well as

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Rohwer, Shayna A. (Shayna Alexandra) 1975. "Information, kinship, and community: Perceptions of doula support by teen mothers through an evolutionary lens." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11181.

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xvi, 243 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.<br>Human birth represents a complex interplay between our evolved biology and the cultural norms and expectations surrounding birth. This project considers both the evolutionary and cultural factors that impact the birth outcomes of teen mothers that received support from a trained labor support person, or doula. Doula support has repeatedly been found to decrease the length of labor, the use of pain medication, the rates of caesarian section, and

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Hultberg, Susanna, and Susanne Jonsson. "Kan barnets bästa tillgodoses genom släktingplacering? : En forskningsöversikt." Thesis, Örebro University, Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-415.

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<p>Denna studie är en forskningsöversikt med syfte att undersöka hur barnets bästa i form av identitetsskapande, familjerelationer och etnicitet tillgodoses vid familjehemsplacering i släktinghem. Frågeställningar för att besvara syftet var; vad visar forskningen beträffande barns behov av stabilitet i relationer och identitetsutveckling vid släktingplacering? Utifrån detta tittar vi även på de etniska aspekterna, eftersom lagen är tydlig med att barn med annat etniskt ursprung, helst ska placeras inom släkten. Till tidigare forskning har vi använt oss av fem forskningsöversikter skrivna inom

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Moore, Georgia Lee. "Improving support services for kinship caregivers of dependent children in San Bernardino County." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3115.

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This study examined the support services offered to kinship providers through the Kinship Family Center and find ways to increase and/or improve these support services for kinship care providers who are caring for children that are dependents of San Bernardino County.

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Isidoro, Francisco. "Helping youth in care graduate from high school with resources for foster parents and kinship caregivers| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10096068.

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<p> The purpose of this project was to create a grant proposal to fund the development of resource materials that could be used by foster parents, kinship caregivers, and child welfare workers to help the youth in their care graduate from high school and increase opportunities for higher education or vocational training. The emotional, social, and cognitive stages of adolescent development are complicated by the circumstances that caused separation from their parents and then additional challenges that arise from going to live with relatives or joining foster families. Resource materials are

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O'Higgins, Aoife Anais. "What are the risk, promotive and protective factors for the educational outcomes for children in foster and kinship care?" Thesis, University of Oxford, 2018. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:37cdb2db-0c4c-4fc1-a3c7-e62d0d10d742.

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<b>Background:</b> Children in care are at risk of low educational attainment (Trout, Hagaman, Casey, Reid, & Epstein, 2008). Interventions have been developed to address this problem but systematic reviews of the evidence find that their effectiveness is currently limited (R. Evans, Brown, Rees, & Smith, 2017). Research suggests that the processes underlying low achievement for this population, which are key to informing theories of change in interventions, are poorly understood (Liabo, Gray, & Mulcahy, 2012; Stone, 2007). This thesis speaks to this gap in the literature by investigating risk

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Villagomez, Gloria Consuelo. "Helping Foster Parents and Kinship Caregivers Support High School Graduation for Children in Their Care| A Self-Instructional Workbook." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10262077.

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<p> The purpose of “Helping Foster Parents and Kinship Caregivers Support High School Graduation for Children in Their Care: A Self-Instructional Workbook” is to help parents and caregivers with the young people in their care to navigate the crucial last 2 years of high school and graduate. It is renamed “Guidelines to Graduation” to be more user-friendly. This project included a literature review and a rationale for a self-instructional design. Activities include: true/false questions about the benefits of graduation, identification of strengths and positive traits, pe

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Tessier, Nicholas. "Three Studies of Transitions of Young People in Public Care: A Focus on Educational Outcomes." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32466.

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The educational outcomes of children in care, as they prepare for and eventually complete the transition out of care, have been the subject of a growing body of research. Despite the progress made, no unified theory of risk and protective factors associated with educational outcomes has yet arisen from the longitudinal, cohort, and cross-sectional studies conducted with youth in care. This dissertation presents three papers that examine the effects of risk and protective factors on a range of educational outcome variables. The studies follow the timeline of a young person preparing for tran

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Osborne-Lewis, Emily Jane, and Shanta LaShawn Clardy. "The needs of informal grandparent caregivers and how they are met at the Kinship Family Center." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2790.

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Seventeen grandparent caregivers, who have primary responsibility for one or more grandchildren and do not have a parent of the grandchildren living in the household, were interviewed to evaluate the effectiveness of the services offered by Kinship Family Center (KFC), a non-profit support agency for relative caregivers and the children in their care. Kinship Family Center is a program of the Central City Lutheran Mission and is funded by the San Bernardino County Department of Children's Services. The researchers found that KFC was an effective asset for informal grandparent caregivers. For g

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Ayres, Noreen Orman. "Role satisfaction: Grandparents raising grandchildren." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3049.

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Three psychosocial dynamics were assessed for their effect on role satisfaction among grandchildren: (1) the impact of expanding a household on a limited fixed income, (2) health issues of the grandparent as they apply to stamina, and (3) the interaction with their existing social structure to include grandchildren (adjustments, prioritizing, and social isolation). Sampling included a population of 33 custodial grandparents (age=55 and older; male and female; various ethnicities) and selected from a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group in Idyllwild, California. The instrument of th

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McCohnell, Joan D. "The experience of African American grandmothers in fostering relative adolescents." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 2000. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/mccohnell_2000.pdf.

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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 2000.<br>A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-254)

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Kaye, Sarah. "Internalizing and externalizing behaviors of adolescents in kinship and foster care findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/6755.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.<br>Thesis research directed by: Family Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Harding, Leith Forbes. "Where is home: Foster and kin carer's perceptions of their role." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/204191/1/Leith_Harding_Thesis.pdf.

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The thesis by publication is comprised of three published studies that examined the experiences of foster and kin carers in Australia specific to carer stress, the stress-satisfaction relationship in providing care, and a comparative look at the wellbeing of foster and kin carers. An anonymous self-report online survey assessed carer reported stress and role satisfaction, their perceptions of the child in their care, and the child protection system in which they provide care. Four main areas were identified specific to carer stress, satisfaction in the care role, access to services, resources

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Thoresen, Petria Beryl. "The effects of interviewing on the comfort levels of children with varying levels of sensitivity to questions that touch on their felt security and perceptions of being in kinship care: A Pilot Study." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Health Sciences, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9739.

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Aim: This thesis reports the outcomes of a study designed to explore whether and how ethical and responsive interviewing of children in care with varying levels of sensitivity to topics that may threaten their felt security can be achieved. Background: Children come into care with a complex array of developmental challenges. They have often experienced maltreatment, loss and disrupted attachment relationships. Little is known about the effects of interviewing children in care with varying sensitivity to questioning strategies designed to measure felt security and their perceptions of being in

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Kelmendi, Vjollca, and Klara Hällström. "Vad avgör beslutet att placera barn inom dess nätverk? : En studie om socialsekreterares upplevelser." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30021.

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Studien syftade till att belysa vad socialsekreterare anser vara avgörande för beslutet att placera barn inom nätverket. Fem socialsekreterare på socialtjänstens enhet för barn och unga runt om i Sverige intervjuades i en kvalitativ intervjustudie. Den tematiska analysen visade att det saknas specifika riktlinjer för nätverksplacering men att man uttrycker sig ha ett nätverksorienterat arbetssätt, vilket i studien analyseras utifrån systemteori. Faktorer som avgör beslutet att placera barn inom nätverket visar sig vara bland annat, orsak till placering, nätverkets egenskaper och

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Egan, Diana Ray, and Meri Lynn Vandom. "Kin caregivers' perceptions of social worker and agency services and support." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2783.

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Investigates kin caregiver's perceptions about social workers and child welfare agencies they worked with in caring for court dependent relative children who are/were placed in their care. A stratified random sample from 150 interviews of kin caregivers with dependent relative children maintained by San Bernardino and Riverside County Child Protective Services allowed for qualitative analysis of interview responses that related kin caregiver's perceptions of social workers and social service agencies. Results indicate that some relative caregivers were satisfied with the support they received

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Watts, Janet. "'Holding Baby' : a creative exploration to raise awareness about kinship care through the writing of a play, 'Holding Baby', and a poetry collection, 'Holding'." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8498/.

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Holding Baby: A creative exploration to raise awareness about Kinship Care through a play, Holding Baby, a poetry collection, Holding, and a critical commentary placing the work in a cultural, societal and practice-led context. The dramatic work Holding Baby covers a crisis where a grandparent is left taking responsibility for a young baby. In the tradition of social realist and community based drama, it reflects the real life stories of a growing number of connected persons or family members raising children who are not theirs by birth. The poetry collection Holding considers the personal res

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Roach, Rebecca G. "BY NEED AND BY NAME: SCHOOL LEADERS FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTS FOR GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN." UKnowledge, 2017. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsc_etds/33.

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Children raised by their grandparents are a steadily growing demographic in schools throughout the United States. When parents are unable to care for their children, grandparents sometimes assume the role of primary caregiver. This is especially true when they are faced with the threat of placing their grandchildren in the foster care system. More often than not, these grandparents are not adequately prepared for the challenges of raising children who have lost their parent through death, drug abuse or incarceration and few resources exist to guide elementary school principals to engage this d

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Littlewood, Kerry Anne Barbarin Oscar A. "Examining the kinship care experience the impact of social support and family resources on caregiver health, family involvement with the child welfare system, and permanence for children /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1584.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008.<br>Title from electronic title page (viewed Sep. 16, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Social Work." Discipline: Social Work; Department/School: Social Work.

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Kao, Philip Y. "The victims of a sorted life : ageing and caregiving in an American retirement community." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3980.

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This thesis is an ethnographic analysis of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in the American Midwest. I examine salient aspects of American culture, and how persons in the American Midwest understand relationships and themselves in the context of eldercare, and particularly, how issues of personhood and kinship are conceptualised in a long-term care facility. Rather than focusing exclusively on just the labour of caregivers, or how the residents in the CCRC receive care, my study is grounded in the interaction and relations that obtain during specific regimes of caregiving. Because

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