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The experiences of being an autistic foster care giver working with UK social services : "I thought there was something wrong with her..."

2023 - Lived Places Publishing

148 p. : ill.

  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • How can social workers and neurodiverse foster carers collaborate to provide the best support for a child or teen inneed? Building strong relationships between social workers and neurodiverse foster carers can be challenging. Drawing from herown lived experience as a neurodivergent foster carer, MeganTanner explains how a successful partnership can create the best possible outcome. Working to remove pre-conceptions andjudgement surrounding neurodiverse foster carers, this book isideal reading for students and practitioners of social work andrelated courses, disability studies, autism and autistic studies, DEIB studies, psychology, and social work policy makers. [Publisher's text]