Browsing College of Human Sciences by Subject "Kinship"

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Contact kinship and a ‘fifth province’ systemic perspective

O'Brien, Valerie (International Foster Care Association, 2009-07-12)

Contact or contact is seen as an integral part of foster care. It is generally seen as a key barometer of the state of relationships between all the parties involved. It is accepted that while there are rewards, albeit ...
Evolving networks of relative care

O'Brien, Valerie (Ashgate, 1999)

The place of relative /kinship care in the Irish child welfare system is presented. The central tenets of the ‘fifth province model’, which underpins the study are briefly explained. A typology of relative /kinship care ...
Family fostering : children's experience of care by relatives

O'Brien, Valerie (Oak Tree Press, 2001)

This chapter examines the impact of relative and kinship care on the lives of the children involved. The chapter is drawn from a mixed method study in which 92 children's files were examined and 8 children were interviewed.