Greg Knotts: This abstract was culled from the back of the book and table of contents.
Lesbian and gay children and adults have been in child welfare's closet for generations. Gerald Mallon opens the door wide on the ways this population has been marginalized and even mistreated in the child welfare system, and takes a comprehensive, family-centered, ecological approach that addresses the problems and needs in each sector, from prevention to protection to family healing, as well as to foster home, adoption, and residential placement. Rich with case examples that represent diverse and complex situations, this book should be required for anyone with any connections to child welfare, inside and outside of the system. It provides an invaluable resource for administrators, practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, and students.
It is based on original research and addresses child welfare professionals clearly and directly about affirmative and effective practice with the gay and lesbian people they serve. Numerous case vignettes bring the practice principles and the unmet human needs vividly to life.
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