Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
The first book to approach child welfare from a gay- and lesbian-affirming perspective, Let's Get This Straight uncovers and challenges the pervasive presence of "heterocentrism" within the social work profession. It draws upon case examples and in-depth interviews to illustrate the degree to which myths and stereotypes about gay and lesbian youth detrimentally affect those most in need of assistance.
Gerald P. Mallon uses an ecological perspective to highlight the five areas of child welfare:
(1) family support / preservation; (2) protection from abuse and neglect; (3) adoption services; (4) out-of-home care services; and (5) the development of foster and adoptive homes.
He discusses the implications of this ecological perspective for service delivery, the impact of laws and legislation, and the role gay and lesbian professionals can play in these areas to provide unbiased care to lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients.
1. Competent Child Welfare Services for Gay/Lesbian Children, Youth, and Their Families
2. Keeping Families Together: Family-Centered Services and Issues of Sexual Orientation
3. Protecting Gay/Lesbian Children and Youth: Issues of Abuse, Neglect, and Famial Violence
4. Sexual Orientation and the Law: Legal Issues in Child Welfare
5. Gays and Lesbians as Adoptive and Foster Parents
6. Meeting the Needs of Gay/Lesbian Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care Placements
7. The Runaways and the Homeless: Gay and Lesbian Youth
8. Locked in the Child Welfare Closet--Who's Got the Key?