Understanding Children in Foster Care

Part I. Maltreatment and Mental Health

1. The Context of Foster Care
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2. Early Maltreatment
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3. Foster Children’s Well-Being and Mental Health
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Part II. Attachment and Mind-Mindedness

4. Attachment: The Meeting of Hearts
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5.
Mind-Mindedness
: The Meeting of Minds
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Part III. The Relational Learning Framework

6. The Relational Learning Framework
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7. How to Implement


the RLF
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8.
Extended Case Study

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9. Common Themes in the RLF

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10.
Behaviour Management
in Foster Care
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11. Conclusion
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Keywords: Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Child and School Psychology, Social Care, Child Well-being, Childhood, Adolescence and Society