The Systematic Mistreatment of Children in the Foster Care System: Through the Cracks

The Systematic Mistreatment of Children in the Foster Care System uses a range of case studies to investigate the structural and funding problems of the present multi-agency system, its insufficiency in placing and maintaining children in healthy living situations, and makes practice and policy recommendations for redressing them.

Author: Lois Weinberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 354
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 8.33h x 5.98w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780789023933

About the Author

Lois A. Weinberg, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Special Education and Counseling at California State University in Los Angeles, where she coordinates the CSULA-UCLA joint doctoral program in special education. Prior to joining CSULA in 2002, Dr. Weinberg was the Education Specialist at a nonprofit law office serving poor and low-income individuals with disabilities, where she provided advocacy for students in special education proceedings with a focus on children in the foster care system. She was also a Lecturer at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Dr. Weinberg co-directed the Education Initiative Project, a collaborative project in Los Angeles County designed to reduce educational barriers for foster children. With a grant from the Stuart Foundation, she works to help California counties improve the education of children in foster care. She has published numerous articles and made presentations across the country on the education of children in foster care, policy issues and services for children with emotional and behavioral disorders, and other policy issues in special education.