To Professionalize or Not to Professionalize? The Positioning of Foster Parents in the Child Welfare System.

The article focuses on the critical role of foster parents in the U.S. child welfare system and the challenges they face, including secondary traumatic stress, inadequate training, poor agency communication, financial burdens, and lack of recognition. It highlights the high attrition rates among fos...

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Publicado en:Health & Social Work Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 163 - 166
Autores principales: Douglas, Jessica Knight, Savani, Shahnaz
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA May2026
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