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Compassion: The Necessary Foundation to Reunify Families Involved in the Foster Care System
Author(s) -
Markey Katherine,
Sankaran Vivek
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/fcre.12525
Subject(s) - compassion , foundation (evidence) , psychology , key (lock) , foster care , nursing , medicine , political science , law , computer science , computer security
Compassion plays a critical role in ensuring that stakeholders can engage with, and support parents trying to reunify with kids in the foster care system. This Article will explore the compassion crisis in foster care, will present the research documenting the impact of compassion on engaging families, and will identify key steps stakeholders can take to incorporate compassion into their work.