The Traffic in Babies
The Traffic in Babies

Author: Karen Andrea Balcom

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0802096131

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. Exploring how and why babies were moved across borders, The Traffic in Babies is a fascinating look at how social workers and other policy makers tried to find birth mothers, adopted children, and adoptive parents

The Challenge of Permanency Planning in a Multicultural Society
The Challenge of Permanency Planning in a Multicultural Society

Author: Gary R. Anderson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780789000347

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Explains to child welfare workers, supervisors, trainers, and program managers the importance of cultural knowledge, sensitivity, and skill for putting permanency and stability into the lives of at-risk children. Considers the role of culture in a family's life and how to use that understanding to prevent unnecessary out-of-home placements, judge when the time is right to reunify parents and children, and determine when adoption is the best choice. Paper edition (0302-3), $19.95. Also published as the Journal of Multicultural Social Work v. 5, nos. 1/2/3/4 (1997). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR