Young children and foster care : a guide for professionals / edited by Judith A. Silver, Barbara J. Amster, and Trude Haecker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[PART 1: Developmental and emotional concerns] Starting young : improving children's outcomes / Judith A. Silver -- Emotional development and disorders in young children in the child welfare system / Julie A. Morrison ... [et al.] -- Feeding disorders in infants and young children / Sharon M. Greis -- Motor development and disorders in young children / Margo N. Orlin -- Speech and language development of young children in the child welfare system / Barbara J. Amster -- Supporting the spirituality of children in foster care and their caregivers / Cynthia J. Weaver.

[PART 2: Medical concerns] Health care for young children in foster care / Judith A. Silver, Trude Haecker, and Heather C. Forkey -- Child abuse and neglect / Cindy W. Christian -- Child abuse and developmental disabilities / Paula Kienberger Jaudes and Linda Diamond Shapiro -- Children with complex health care needs and the public sector child welfare agency / Ray Meyers ... [et al.].

[PART 3: Advocating for children] Child placement : policies and issues / Linda M. Mauro -- On the front lines : foster parents' experiences in coordinating services / Patricia E. Ross and Jill Crawford -- Collaboration with the child advocate / Suzanne P. O'Grady and Richard D. Birns.

[PART 4: Prevention and early intervention] Family-centered, home-based prevention strategies for vulnerable families of young children / Maureen O. Marcenko -- Emergency child care and overnight respite for children from birth to 5 years of age : development of a community-based crisis nursery / Bernice Andrews, Adrienne R. Bishop, and Meryl S. Sussman -- Early intervention services for infants and preschoolers in foster care / Donna Spiker and Judith A. Silver -- Early intervention for drug-exposed infants in foster care : the Infant Nursery Caregiver Education Parent Training program / L. Oriana Linares ... [et al.] -- Family School : twenty years as an innovative model demonstration project / Virginia C. Peckham -- Linking services, research, and policy for children in foster care : lessons learned at the Center for the Vulnerable Child / Linnea Klee and Diana Kronstadt -- Ensuring family and community life for infants with complex health care needs : intensive early intervention and family support / Susan I. David and MaryJo Alimena-Caruso.

[PART 5: Training] Training professionals to work with young children with developmental disabilities / Susan Vig and Ruth Kaminer -- Foster parent training / Margaret Zukoski.

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