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We don't exactly get the Welcome Wagon : the experiences of gay and lesbian adolescents in child welfare systems
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We don't exactly get the Welcome Wagon : the experiences of gay and lesbian adolescents in child welfare systems

Author: Gerald P Mallon
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©1998.
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Drawing on over twenty years of child welfare experience and extensive interviews with 54 gay and lesbian young people who lived in out-of-home-care child welfare settings in three North American cities - Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto - Gerald Mallon presents narratives of marginalized young people trying to find the "right fit." The first comprehensive examination of the experiences of gay and lesbian youths  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gerald P Mallon
ISBN: 0231104545 9780231104548 0231104553 9780231104555
OCLC Number: 37813603
Description: xii, 193 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The road to acceptance --
Searching for a good fit within the family system --
Searching for a good fit within an out-of-home-care setting --
Escaping a poor fit : harassment and violence --
A plan for transformation --
Appendix 1. A field experience in retrospect --
Appendix 2. Biographies of young gays and lesbians.
Other Titles: We did not exactly get the Welcome Wagon
Responsibility: Gerald P. Mallon.

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Drawing on extensive interviews conducted with 54 gay and lesbian young people who lived in out-of-home care child welfare settings in three North American cites--Los Angeles, New York, and  Read more...

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This book is a must for all child welfare professionals. -- Betty Carter, University of British Columbia International Social Work We Don't Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon surely will appeal to a broad Read more...

 
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