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What Works in Foster Care?

Key Components of Success From the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study

By: Peter J. Pecora,Ronald C. Kessler,Jason Williams,A. Chris Downs,Diana J. English,James White,Kirk O'Brien

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What Works in Foster Care?

Key Components of Success From the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study

By: Peter J. Pecora,Ronald C. Kessler,Jason Williams,A. Chris Downs,Diana J. English,James White,Kirk O'Brien

On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking funds have so greatly stressed the child welfare system that calls for orphanages have re-entered the public debate for the first time in nearly half a century. New ideas are desperately needed to transform a system in crisis, guarantee better outcomes for children in foster care, and reduce the need for out-of-home care in the first place. Yet little is known about what works in foster care. Very few studies have examined how alumni have fared as adults or tracked long-term health effects, and even fewer have directly compared different foster care services. In one of the most comprehensive studies of adults formerly in foster care ever conducted, the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study found that quality foster care services for children pay big dividends when they grow into adults. Key investments in highly trained staff, low caseloads, and robust supplementary services can dramatically reduce the rates of mental disorders and substance abuse later in life and increase the likelihood of completing education beyond high school and remaining employed. The results of this unparalleled study document not only the more favorable outcomes for youth who receive better services but the overall return when an investment is made in high quality foster care: every dollar invested in a child generates $1.50 in benefits to society. These findings form the core of this book's blueprint for reform. By keeping more children with their families and investing additional funds in enhanced foster care services, child welfare agencies have the opportunity to greatly improve the health, well being, and economic prospects for foster care alumni. What Works in Foster Care? presents a model foster care program that promises to revolutionize the way policymakers, administrators, case workers, and researchers think about protecting our most vulnerable youth.

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Oxford University Press

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ISBN 10

0199721122

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9780199721122

An Affair with Beauty - The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy

The Magic of Youth

By: James Philip Head

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An Affair with Beauty - The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy

The Magic of Youth

By: James Philip Head

Fame, fortune, and beautiful models, Howard Chandler Christy had them all. Christy was the most famous American painter of the Jazz Age, a time when an elite brotherhood of New York artists dominated the publishing world. Christy had eclipsed all of them with his ''Christy Girl, '' an idealized woman who redefined beauty, influenced fashion, and inspired generations of women. The Magic of Youth is the first book in An Affair with Beauty: The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy, a biographical trilogy of the artist's epic life as told primarily through the eyes of his second wife, Nancy, a former Cosmopolitan model once considered to be one of the most beautiful women in America. As she reflects on her life, Nancy tells of first meeting Christy in 1912 and becoming his top model.

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293

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Hillcrest Publishing Group

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1634138821

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9781634138826

I Hate to Complain, But...

By: Jim Foster,James E. Foster

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I Hate to Complain, But...

By: Jim Foster,James E. Foster

A collection of columns by Jim Foster, an award-winning columnist for the Orillia Packet and Times, the Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin, and the Oro Medonte Severn News.

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188

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Dundurn

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0888822146

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9780888822147

Practical Management of Pain E-Book

By: Honorio Benzon,James P. Rathmell,Christopher L. Wu,Dennis Turk,Charles E. Argoff,Robert W Hurley

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Practical Management of Pain E-Book

By: Honorio Benzon,James P. Rathmell,Christopher L. Wu,Dennis Turk,Charles E. Argoff,Robert W Hurley

Obtain all the core knowledge in pain management you need from one of the most trusted resources in the field. The new edition of Practical Management of Pain gives you completely updated, multidisciplinary overview of every aspect of pain medicine, including evaluation, diagnosis of pain syndromes, rationales for management, treatment modalities, and much more. It is all the expert guidance necessary to offer your patients the best possible relief. Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. Access up-to-the-minute knowledge on all aspects of pain management, from general principles to specific management techniques, with contributions from renowned pain management experts. Understand and apply the latest developments in pain management with brand-new chapters covering disability assessment, central post-stroke pain, widespread chronic pain, and burn pain. Effectively ease your patients' pain with today's best management techniques, including joint injections, ultrasound-guided therapies, and new pharmacologic agents (such as topical analgesics).

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323170803

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9780323170802

Rescuing our Underachieving Sons

Raising the Aspirations of Underachieving Boys

By: Dr. James S. Brown, M.A., M.Ed., Ed.D.,James S. Ed. D

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Rescuing our Underachieving Sons

Raising the Aspirations of Underachieving Boys

By: Dr. James S. Brown, M.A., M.Ed., Ed.D.,James S. Ed. D

RESCUING OUR UNDERACHIEVING SONS is a book written for school administrators, teachers, and parents of very young or school-age sons. This book offers an analysis of one of the really serious issues faced by parents, teachers and all of society, that of the underachievement of boys in the education system. Extensively documented, the book examines how the education system contributes to the underachievement of boys, and the factors which result in many boys failing in school. Meticulous research, combined with personal insights gained by Dr. Brown in his 40 years in education in Canada and the United Kingdom results in an interesting narrative that challenges those with responsibility for helping all children to achieve their full potential.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456880039

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9781456880033

Rescuing Our Underachieving Sons

Raising the Aspirations of Underachieving Boys

By: Dr. James S. Brown MA MEd EdD

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Rescuing Our Underachieving Sons

Raising the Aspirations of Underachieving Boys

By: Dr. James S. Brown MA MEd EdD

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397

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456880047

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9781456880040

Who's Who in Plastics Polymers

By: James P. Harrington

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Who's Who in Plastics Polymers

By: James P. Harrington

This is the first edition of a unique new plastics industry resource: Who's Who in Plastics & Polymers. It is the only biographical directory of its kind and includes contact, affiliation and background information on more than 3300 individuals who are active leaders in this industry and related organizations. The biographical directory is i

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698

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CRC Press

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1482294001

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9781482294002

A New History of Kentucky

By: Lowell H. Harrison,James C. Klotter

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A New History of Kentucky

By: Lowell H. Harrison,James C. Klotter

The first comprehensive history of the state since the publication of Thomas D. Clark's landmark History of Kentucky over sixty years ago. A New History of Kentucky brings the Commonwealth to life, from Pikeville to the Purchase, from Covington to Corbin, this account reveals Kentucky's many faces and deep traditions. Lowell Harrison, professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University, is the author of many books, including George Rogers Clark and the War in the West, The Civil War in Kentucky, Kentucky's Road to Statehood , Lincoln of Kentucky, and Kentucky's Governors.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813126215

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9780813126210

The sound of freedom: Naval Weapons Technology at Dahlgren, Virginia 1918-2006

By: James P. Rife

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The sound of freedom: Naval Weapons Technology at Dahlgren, Virginia 1918-2006

By: James P. Rife

This book tells the story of the evolution of the Dahlgren Laboratory from a naval proof and test facility into a modern research and development center crucial to the technological evolution of the U.S. Navy. Combining a close analysis of the technical work that led to the improvements in weapons, bombsights, missiles, and the computers that provided their guidance with a close account of changing management styles, this work recounts many previously classified stories.

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Government Printing Office

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0160872480

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9780160872488

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What Works in Foster Care?

What Works in Foster Care?

An Affair with Beauty - The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy

An Affair with Beauty - The Mystique of Howard Chandler Christy

I Hate to Complain, But...

I Hate to Complain, But...

Practical Management of Pain E-Book

Practical Management of Pain E-Book

Rescuing our Underachieving Sons

Rescuing our Underachieving Sons

Rescuing Our Underachieving Sons

Rescuing Our Underachieving Sons

Who's Who in Plastics Polymers

Who's Who in Plastics Polymers

A New History of Kentucky

A New History of Kentucky

The sound of freedom: Naval Weapons Technology at Dahlgren, Virginia 1918-2006

The sound of freedom: Naval Weapons Technology at Dahlgren, Virginia 1918-2006

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