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Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption

Series: Bulletins for Professionals

Author(s):   Child Welfare Information Gateway

Year Published:  2006

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You are in section: Table of Contents 1 - Defining a Sibling Relationship 2 - The Importance of Siblings 3 - Sibling Relationships in Abusive or Neglectful… 4 - Benefits of Placing Siblings Together 5 - Barriers to Placing Siblings Together 6 - Policies and Practices for Keeping Siblings… 7 - When Siblings Cannot Live Together 8 - Maintaining Ties Between Separated Siblings 9 - Sibling Issues Within the Foster or Adoptive… 10 - Resources for Promoting Intact Placement of… References

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Christian, S. (2002, May). Summary of legislation. Paper presented at the National Leadership Symposium on Siblings in Out-of-Home Care, Daytona Beach, FL.

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Cyr, M., Wright, J., McDuff, P., & Perron, A. (2002). Intrafamilial sexual abuse: Brother-sister incest does not differ from daughter and stepfather-stepdaughter incest. Child Abuse and Neglect, 26 (9), 957-973.

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Herrick, M. A., & Piccus, W. (2005). Sibling connections: The importance of nurturing sibling bonds in the foster care system. Children and Youth Services Review, 27(7), 845-861.

Kosonen, M. (1996). Maintaining sibling relationships-neglected dimension in child care practice. British Journal of Social Work, 26, 809-822.

Kosonen, M. (1999). 'Core' and kin siblings: Foster children's changing families. In A. Mullender, (Ed.), We are family: Sibling relationships in placement and beyond (pp. 28-49). London: British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering.

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Shlonsky, A., Webster, D., & Needell, B. (2003). The ties that bind: A cross-sectional analysis of siblings in foster care. Journal of Social Service Research, 29(3), 27-52.

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You are in section: Table of Contents 1 - Defining a Sibling Relationship 2 - The Importance of Siblings 3 - Sibling Relationships in Abusive or Neglectful… 4 - Benefits of Placing Siblings Together 5 - Barriers to Placing Siblings Together 6 - Policies and Practices for Keeping Siblings… 7 - When Siblings Cannot Live Together 8 - Maintaining Ties Between Separated Siblings 9 - Sibling Issues Within the Foster or Adoptive… 10 - Resources for Promoting Intact Placement of… References

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