The Intake Period in the Child Placement Process

Publication Date: March 1957

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Kirby Joyce

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; Children; Adoption; Family

Type: Report

Coverage: New York

Abstract:

The author discusses the difficulty faced by social workers in beginning the process of separating children from their natural paretns in preparation for placement. Case workers ought not to be purely child-focused nor purely parent-focused, the author contends, but family-focused. She describes common obstacles and pitfalls to avoid, drawing on her experiences from the Jewish Child Care Association of New York.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.33, no.3, Spring 1957, p.271-276.