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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a nice used copy! Black boards with silver lettering on the spine. 311 historical and informative pages! "On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking funds have so greatly stressed the child welfare system that calls for orphanages have re-entered the public debate for the first time in nearly half a century. New ideas are desperately needed to transform a system in crisis, guarantee better outcomes for children in foster care, and reduce the need for out-of-home care in the first place. Yet little is known about what works in foster care. Very few studies have examined how alumni have fared as adults or tracked long-term health effects, and even fewer have directly compared different foster care services. In one of the most comprehensive studies of adults formerly in foster care ever conducted, the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study found that quality foster care services for children pay big dividends when they grow into adults. Key investments in highly trained staff, low caseloads, and robust supplementary services can dramatically reduce the rates of mental disorders and substance abuse later in life and increase the likelihood of completing education beyond high school and remaining employed. The results of this unparalleled study document not only the more favorable outcomes for youth who receive better services but the overall return when an investment is made in high quality foster care: every dollar invested in a child generates $1.50 in benefits to society. These findings form the core of this book's blueprint for reform. By keeping more children with their families and investing additional funds in enhanced foster care services, child welfare agencies have the opportunity to greatly improve the health, well being, and economic prospects for foster care alumni. What Works in Foster Care? presents a model foster care program that promises to revolutionize the way policymakers, administrators, case workers, and researchers think about protecting our most vulnerable youth.".

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; xiv, 477 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0030118425; 9780030118425; National Library: 8705707 LCCN: 87-16555 ; LC: RD559; Dewey: 617/.574; OCLC: 16225972 ; red cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels; ownership stamp on title page ; Contents: Basic science -- The development of wrist surgery : An historical review -- Anatomy of the wrist -- Vascularity of the carpus -- Weist mechanics and its association with ligamentous instability -- Pathogenesis of wrist ligament instability -- Evaluation -- Physical examination of the wrist -- Roentgenographic diagnosis of wrist pain and instability -- Soft tissue radiography of t he wrist -- Wrist arthroscopy -- Clinical applications of wrist arthroscopy -- Trauma-related conditions and their treatment -- Acute fractures and dislocations of the carpus -- Unstable fractures of the distal radius -- THe trepexiomtacarpal joint : Basic principles of surgical treatment -- The caropmetacarpal joint of the thumb : practical considerations -- The medial four carpometacarpal joints -- Nerve injuries associated with wrist trauma -- The distal radioulnar joint -- Surgical procedures for the distal radioulnar joint -- Introduction to the carpal instabilities -- Scaholunate instability -- Triquetrolunate and midcarpal instability -- Developmental and degenerative conditiions -- Degenerative disorders of the carpus -- Scaphoid nonunion -- Kienbock's disease -- Inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis -- Arthrodesis of the rheumatoid wrist : Indications and surgical technique -- Tumors of the wrist -- Wrist disorders in children -- Surgical options for common wrist condnitions -- Implant arthroplasty in the carpal and radiocarpal joints -- Total wrist arthroplasty : Review of current concepts -- Wrist fusions : Intercarpal and radiocarpal. ; comprehensive, with numerous illustrations ; VG. Book.

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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. Condition: New. On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking funds have so greatly stressed the child welfare system that calls for orphanages have re-entered the public debate for the first time in nearly half a century. New ideas are desperately needed to transform a system in crisis, guarantee better outcomes for children in foster care, and reduce the need for out-of-home care in the first place.Yet little is known about what works in foster care. Very few studies have examined how alumni have fared as adults or tracked long-term health effects, and even fewer have directly compared different foster care services. In one of the most comprehensive studies of adults formerly in foster care ever conducted, the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study found that quality foster care services for children pay big dividends when they grow into adults. Key investments in highly trained staff, low caseloads, and robust supplementary services can dramatically reduce the rates of mental disorders and substance abuse later in life and increase the likelihood of completing education beyond high school and remaining employed. The results of this unparalleled study document not only the more favorable outcomes for youth who receive better services but the overall return when an investment is made in high quality foster care: every dollar invested in a child generates $1.50 in benefits to society. These findings form the core of this book's blueprint for reform.By keeping more children with their families and investing additional funds in enhanced foster care services, child welfare agencies have the opportunity to greatly improve the health, well being, and economic prospects for foster care alumni. What Works in Foster Care? presents a model foster care program that promises to revolutionize the way policymakers, administrators, case workers, and researchers think about protecting our most vulnerable youth.

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Hardback. Condition: New. On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking funds have so greatly stressed the child welfare system that calls for orphanages have re-entered the public debate for the first time in nearly half a century. New ideas are desperately needed to transform a system in crisis, guarantee better outcomes for children in foster care, and reduce the need for out-of-home care in the first place.Yet little is known about what works in foster care. Very few studies have examined how alumni have fared as adults or tracked long-term health effects, and even fewer have directly compared different foster care services. In one of the most comprehensive studies of adults formerly in foster care ever conducted, the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study found that quality foster care services for children pay big dividends when they grow into adults. Key investments in highly trained staff, low caseloads, and robust supplementary services can dramatically reduce the rates of mental disorders and substance abuse later in life and increase the likelihood of completing education beyond high school and remaining employed. The results of this unparalleled study document not only the more favorable outcomes for youth who receive better services but the overall return when an investment is made in high quality foster care: every dollar invested in a child generates $1.50 in benefits to society. These findings form the core of this book's blueprint for reform.By keeping more children with their families and investing additional funds in enhanced foster care services, child welfare agencies have the opportunity to greatly improve the health, well being, and economic prospects for foster care alumni. What Works in Foster Care? presents a model foster care program that promises to revolutionize the way policymakers, administrators, case workers, and researchers think about protecting our most vulnerable youth.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 50 pages. 11.00x0.12x8.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 96 pages. 10.00x8.00x0.22 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.