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Respite care services are in a unique position to provide a family-oriented, ecological, preventive perspective to child placement practices by meeting family crisis needs, developing networks of social supports, and preventing permanent separation of family members. An expanded view of respite care which includes (1) respite care for the family of the disabled child, (2) respite care for the internally stressed family/at risk child, and (3) respite care for the externally stressed family is proposed.
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Deborah Valentine is an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina, College of Social Work in Columbia. Theresa Andreas is a graduate student in social work at the University of Texas and a research assistant for the Region VI Resource Center for Children, Youth and Families.
This research was conducted for the Texas Department of Human Sciences by the Social Work Resource Center, University of Texas, School of Social Work, Austin, Texas.
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Valentine, D.P., Andreas, T. An expanded view of respite care: Supporting families. J Primary Prevent 5, 27–35 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01332031
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