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Disruption, displacement, discontinuity? : children in care and their families in Ireland / Kathleen O'Higgins.

By: O'Higgins, Kathleen.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Aldershot, Hants, England. Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury, c1996Description: xv, 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1859722350.Subject(s): Child welfare -- Ireland | Foster home care -- IrelandDDC classification: 362.7309415

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Who were the five strangest mathematicians in history? What are the ten most interesting numbers? Full of thought-provoking mathematical mysteries, puzzles, and games, this text should enchant even the most left-brained of readers.

Bibliography: p. 211-223.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Socio-historical background
  • Legal aspects of substitute care in Ireland
  • Admissions to and discharges from care
  • Familial and kinship characteristics
  • Formal family support services
  • Reasons for admission and discharge from care
  • Experience in care
  • Traveller children in care
  • Conclusions and recommendations