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Continuities and discontinuities in family foster care: An introduction

Authors

  • Séverine Euillet University of Paris X
  • Daniela Reimer Zurich University of Applied Science
  • Amélie Turlais University of Paris X
  • Erik J. Knorth University of Groningen

Keywords:

family foster care, child-carer relationship, breakdown

Abstract

Current research and observations indicate that complex processes are involved in dealing with stability and instability in family foster care. Disruptions, separations and transitions have great implications for foster children's lives, and also for the daily practice of foster families, birth parents and social workers. Against this background, the ninth International Foster Care Research Network Conference was held in September 2017 in Paris (France) on the theme 'Continuity and disruption in foster care'. A selection of the presentations there were rewritten into a paper as part of this special issue.

Author Biographies

Séverine Euillet, University of Paris X

Centre de Recherches en Éducation et Formation (CREF), Université Paris Nanterre, Paris-Nanterre, France.

Daniela Reimer, Zurich University of Applied Science

Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland

Amélie Turlais, University of Paris X

Centre de Recherches en Éducation et Formation (CREF), Université Paris Nanterre, Paris-Nanterre, France.

Erik J. Knorth, University of Groningen

Department of Special Needs Education and Youth Care, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Published

2018-12-01

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