Foster Children, Rights and the Law - Best Interest, Normalcy and the Welfare System

This book discusses child wishes, rights and participation in the foster care system. It discusses the two major legal frameworks, best interest and normalcy, for which foster care decisions are made and how those frameworks might shape how child welfare professionals view and interpret children's rights and participation.

List of contents

1. The Child Welfare System and Dependency 2. The Best Interest of Children 3. Normalcy 4. Risk, Normalcy and Best Interest 5. Decision Making 6. Childrens Rights and Participation 7. Best Interest vs Normalcy: How Professionals Respond 8. Normalcy Charter

About the author

Matthew Trail is Research Fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany, and a former US legal aid child welfare care attorney.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Trail, Matthew (Max Planck Institute for Research Trail
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032829791
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3282979-1
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Sociology, Medicine, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Family Law / Children, Social issues & processes, Family Law, Adoption & fostering, Jurisprudence & general issues, Social and ethical issues, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Adoption and fostering, Jurisprudence and general issues, Medicine and Nursing