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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.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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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 in  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.

Abstract:

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 in the child welfare system, We Don't Exactly Get the Welcome Wagon makes solid recommendations to social work practitioners as well as to policy makers about how they can provide a competent practice for gay and lesbian adolescents, and offers a methods chapter which will be useful in classroom instruction.

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