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This page contains links to useful resources and references on the web. It is not an exhaustive list, and focuses on practical advice and information. We are assuming that carers don’t have lots of time to read!
Please note that no endorsement is given for any content.
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ONLINE RESOURCES (in alphabetical order)
Australian Foster Care Association
Carers Association of South Australia
Children Welfare Organisation of Victoria
Family and Children Services Western Australia
Foster Care Agencies (this DOCS page contains links to all the agencies)
Foster Care Association of NSW
Foster Care Association of Victoria
Foster Care Association of Western Australia
IFCO XV Bienvvial International Foster Care Conference, February 2007, Speakers & Support Files
National Child Protection Clearing House Foster Care Resource Sheet, 2004
Raising Children Network, Raising Foster Childen
Website for foster care programme for teenagers in Perth
Wikipedia - foster care definition
BOOKS (by date of publication)
FOSTER CARE AND SOCIOLOGY
Everything but the kids – Mary Ann Goodearle, Trafford, 2005
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Foster-Parenting-Everything-Kids/dp/1412078474
On Their Own - Gary Stangler, The Perseus Books Group, 2004
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9780813341804
Dangerous Kids: Boy Town’s Approach for Helping Caregivers Treat Aggressive and Violent Youth – Jerry Davis, Boys Town Press, 1999
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9781889322315
Children in Foster Care – Robyn Gilbertson, Routledge (note this is a PDF version)
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=Endeca.58578
Lives of Foster Carers – Linda Nutt, No publisher details available
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9780415358125
Maybe Days book for children in foster care – Wilgocki & Wrig, No publisher details available
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9781557988027&Producode=9781557988027
Guidebook for raising Foster Children – Susan McNair Blatt, Greenwood Press
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9780897896535
Love, Bandit – A Tail of Foster Care – Virginia Ulch, Dog Ear Publishing
http://www.collinsbooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=collinsbooks&bookid=9781598583533&db=au
The Heart Knows Something Different – Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System – Youth Comm, WW Norton, 2003
http://www.collinsbooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=collinsbooks&bookid=9780892552184&db=au
Families in Society, Voices from Around the World: International Perspectives on Family Foster Care
http://www.familiesinsociety.org/new/SpecialIssue/FosterCare/TOC.htm
Original Foster Care Survival Guide – Paul E. Knowlton, iUniverse, 2005
http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/b2c/init.do
PERSONAL JOURNEYS
Mixed Blessings – Deborah Lee (Audio), Transworld
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9781863255516
Rootless - Bruce Oldfield, Arrow Books, 2005
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9780099462330
An Orphan’s Escape – Frank Golding, Lothian Books, 2005
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9780734408280
Moving on True Story – Kevin Lewis, Penguin UK, 2005
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9780718147426
Sleepaway School – Lee Stringer, Seven Stories Press, US, 2002
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9781583224786
Lost Boy – Dave Pelzer, Orion Publishing Co, 2000
http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9780752841748
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