” 1. What should you know before beginning a screening interview? 2. What are the warning signs that an applicant may be a child predator? 3. What are the steps to conducting a thorough home study? 4. When is psychological consultation warranted?”
” Screening potential adoptive and foster parents is an extremely difficult task, yet many social workers who screen applicants and supervise placements have no written guide to aid in their decision making or to measure competency of technique.”
This book serves as a comprehensive guide for social workers to draw on when making decisions for foster care / adoption placement.