Download or read book Quality Care for Tough Kids written by James A. Walsh and published by CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America). This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on three comprehensive studies of underachieving children in The Casey Family Program, this important work uncovers those factors that influence stable foster placements through the extensive use of correlational methods, including personal and demographic characteristics; child's responses to threat; family history; serious risk factors; placement history and present situation; foster family characteristics; placement breakdown factors; and caseworker's orientation.