The Receiving End: Consumer Accounts of Social Help for Children

ISBN-13: 9781138365391 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 106 str.

Noel Timms

Opis

Originally published in 1973, The Receiving End looks at the British welfare services for deprived children. The book is comprised of essays from individuals that have been on the receiving end of the social help agencies, such as adoption societies, fostering agencies and children’s homes.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Adoption Experiences  3. Jane and Susan – An Account of Two Adoptions  4. Recalling Experiences at a Child Psychiatric Unit  5. A Children’s Home and a Foster Home Compared  6. A Children’s Home Remembered  7. Fostering – the Experience of a Single Woman  References

O autorze

Noel Timms