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This monograph reviews the research, practice, and policy literatures pertaining to children without permanent parents, most of whom spend their early months or years in institutions.

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Abstract

Background to this Monograph

I. Children in Institutional Care: Delayed Development and Resilience

II. Development of Adopted Children with Histories of Early Adversity

III. Attachment and Emotional Development in Institutional Care: Characteristics and Catch Up

IV. Growth Failure in Institutionalized Children

V. The Neurobiological Toll of Early Human Deprivation

VI. Sensitive Periods

VII. Ideal Components and Current Characteristics of Alternative Care Options for Children Outside of Parental Care in Low-Resource Countries

VIII. The Situtation for Children Without Parental Care and Strategies for Policy Change

IX. Research, Practice, and Policy Perspectives on Issues of Children without Permanent Parental Care

Acknolwedgements

Commentary

Children Without Permanent Parents

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 23 February 2012
      ISBN-13 9781118307007
      978-1118307007
      ISBN-10 1118307003
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This monograph reviews the research, practice, and policy literatures pertaining to children without permanent parents, most of whom spend their early months or years in institutions.

      Table of Contents

      Abstract

      Background to this Monograph

      I. Children in Institutional Care: Delayed Development and Resilience

      II. Development of Adopted Children with Histories of Early Adversity

      III. Attachment and Emotional Development in Institutional Care: Characteristics and Catch Up

      IV. Growth Failure in Institutionalized Children

      V. The Neurobiological Toll of Early Human Deprivation

      VI. Sensitive Periods

      VII. Ideal Components and Current Characteristics of Alternative Care Options for Children Outside of Parental Care in Low-Resource Countries

      VIII. The Situtation for Children Without Parental Care and Strategies for Policy Change

      IX. Research, Practice, and Policy Perspectives on Issues of Children without Permanent Parental Care

      Acknolwedgements

      Commentary

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