Transracial placement outcomes and assessment of racial sensitivity in white carers-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Transracial placement outcomes and assessment of racial sensitivity in white carers

Published:1999 Issue:3 Volume:16 Page:55-67
ISSN:0267-1611
Container-title:Educational and Child Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:bpsecp

Author:

Banks Nick

Abstract

This paper outlines some of the historical issues regarding transracial placement and relates these to the British cultural context. Issues of identity, and the particular placement needs of children of mixed parentage background, where one parent is white and one is black, are considered. Case study material is used to illustrate the issues involved in assessing white substitute carers and how, on the basis of Helm’s (1992) work, the assessment of potential substitute carers may be made more objective. Finally, implications for the work of educational psychologists are suggested.

Publisher

British Psychological Society

Subject

Developmental and Educational Psychology

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