Special Needs Adoption and Foster Exigencies (SAFE): A Model for Case Managers.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Linton, Kristen F.; Birmingham, Andrea; Case, Loren; Ezzy, Laura; Ferguson, Jandee; Harrison, Courtney; Launiu, Leina'ala
- Source
- Advances in Social Work; Fall2014, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p334-351, 18p
- Subject
- SPECIAL needs adoption
FOSTER parents
CHILD welfare workers
SERVICES for children with disabilities
CARE of children with disabilities
TRAINING
- Language
- ISSN
- 15278565
The article focuses on special needs adoption and foster exigencies citing reference to child welfare services received by children with special needs in out-of-home placements. Topics discussed include an online discussion forums of adoptive and foster parents of children with special needs, additional training of child welfare case workers to meet the needs of adoptive and foster families of children with special needs, and struggle of children with disabilities in school.