Kates W G, Johnson R L, Rader M W, Strieder F H
Kennedy Institute Family Center, Baltimore, MD 21213.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1991 Oct;61(4):584-91. doi: 10.1037/h0079289.
Clinicians who treat children in foster care must continually balance the development and therapeutic needs of the foster child with the expectations of a complex network of caretakers and professionals with whom the child interacts. A model that integrates individual and systemic issues in the assessment and treatment of children in foster care is proposed.