Annual of social work, Vol. 3 No. 1, 1996.
Professional paper
SPECIALIZED FOSTER CARE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Kristina Urbanc
; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article discusses specialized foster care as (a) form of alternative Service to institutions for social protection. In particular, a model of specialized foster care with active involvement of the birth family is presented. The author emphasizes advantages of this form of provision for persons who for various reasons had to be removed from their family (especially for children and youth). Historical development of foster care is reviewed shortly, as well as some basic characteristics and principles which define specialized foster care with the aim to draw attention to the furthermore research of this form of placement and treatment of children and youth in Croatia.
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Hrčak ID:
198158
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Publication date:
9.12.1996.
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