Understanding Children in Foster Care Identifying and addressing wha
This book introduces the Relational Learning Framework (RLF), an assessment tool which helps foster care practitioners, social workers and foster carers to examine what foster children have learned in their early life about relationships and particularly
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Understanding children in foster care Identifying and addressing what children learn from maltreatment
Understanding Children in Foster Care
Wendy Kelly
Understanding Children in Foster Care Identifying and addressing what children learn from maltreatment
Wendy Kelly Wellington, New Zealand
ISBN 978-3-319-65375-4 ISBN 978-3-319-65376-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-65376-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017953540 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover Credit: Jamie Grill/gettyimages Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my parents for their love and support and providing me with the educational opportunities which eventually led to this book. To Lesley, Jamie, Finn and Felix for being there for me and keeping me grounded in real life.
Preface
The first time I used the Relational Learning Framework (RLF) to be described in this book, a child protection social worker came up to me and said, “You’ve traumatised me.” When I asked her how I had done that, she said something like “We are working with a child who is wreaking havoc out there and I’ve just realised we have made him this way.” What she meant is that the more the child acted out, the more placement changes he had and the worse his behaviour got. The RLF gave her insight into the child’s perspective. She knew what was happening from her perspective as the stress and frustration of trying to help the child was only too real to her on a daily basis. In this maelstrom, she had not thought about what it was like to be the child and the pain and distress, or outright sense of power and control, which migh
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