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- Title
Barriers in Permanency Planning for Medically Fragile Children: Drug Affected Children and HIV Infected Children.
- Authors
Groze, Victor; Haines-Simeon, Mark; Barth, Richard P.
- Abstract
This article discusses the problems of medically fragile children, drug affected and/or HIV infected. Passage of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 markedly increased the number of these children in foster care. The specific barriers to permanency planning for this group of children are discussed and include interviews with staff people, review of the literature and integration of material from pilot studies of families fostering and adopting children with HIV.
- Subjects
CHILD psychology; MENTAL health; HIV infections; LEGAL status of children; FOSTER home care; JUVENILE diseases; SOCIAL work with children; SPECIAL needs adoption; NEUROBEHAVIORAL disorders; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 1994, Vol 11, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0738-0151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF01876104