Overview

This edited volume explores a range of causes for separation of children and young people from family, the impact of these causes, and methods that both professionals and families may employ to build or rebuild these relations. In particular, contributions focus on six high priority crises through which children and young people become either permanently or temporarily separated from their families: removal by child welfare services, migration, family breakdown, placement into institutional care, incarceration and/or the death of a parent. Authors emphasize the feelings of grief and loss experienced both by the child and their family whatever the separation context and the eventual impact on the young person ´s mental health. They conclude that reunification with the family is not always possible or desirable and permanent alternative sources of care and/or attachment may be required.  But if reunification is possible, it is a complex and a multidimensional pathway as children move from one care context to the next.  Innovation, coproduction with the birth family and tackling stigma and discrimination associated with family separations, is a high priority.  

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Author:   Sarah Hean ,  Vanessa Heaslip ,  Jonathan Parker ,  Pravin Tembjerg
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2024 ed.
ISBN:  

9783031671050

ISBN 10:   3031671058
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   17 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Family Relations and Child Mental Health: The Impact of Separation from Biological Family.- 3. Multi-Theoretical Perspectives on Family Relations Building/Practice.- 4. Developing Strategies for Rebuilding Parent-Child Relationships During Reunification: The Potential of Attachment-Based Family Therapy in Building Family.-.-Relationships in Child Protection Services.- 5. What's Love Got To Do With It? Acknowledging Family Ties After Removal Into Foster Care.- 6. Building Sibling Attachment Between Siblings in Child Protective Services.- 7. Parental Break Up and Domestic Violence: Possibilities and Drawbacks of Building Relations and Contact Between Family Members After Divorce.- 8.The Child Left Behind: The Role of Siblings During Divorce.- 9. Rebuilding Family Relationships from International Perspectives: The Impact of Culture on Reunification Strategies Used with Migrant Families.- 10. Physical and Emotional Separation of Children with Neurodiversity: Building and Rebuilding Family Attachment.- 11. How a Gulvet Builds Family Attachment.- 12. Adolescent's Experiences in Kinship Care Placements in Norway: The Role of Child Protection Service and Implications for Reunification.- 13. Promoting Co-Production, Social Innovation, and Interagency Collaborations in the Field of Family Relations.- 14. The Darkside of Co-Production in the Development of Reunification Strategies in Child Protection Services.- 15. Conclusions and Ways Forward.

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Sarah Hean is Professor of Social Work at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Vanessa Heaslip is Professor of Nursing and Healthcare Equity and lead Professor for Nursing and Midwifery at Salford University, UK. Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society & Social Welfare at Bournemouth University, UK. Pravin Tembjerg is Professor of Psychology at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

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