How To Screen Adoptive and Foster Parents

A Workbook for Professionals and Students

James L. Dickerson is director of “You’ve Got a Friend,” a social work program funded by a federal grant awarded by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities. He has nearly 10 years’ experience as a screener for adoptive and foster parent applicants, and he is coauthor of two books on adoption.

Mardi Allen, PhD, is a psychologist who counsels families in private practice, clinical liaison for the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, president of Mental Health America of Central Mississippi, and a former president of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.

Daniel Pollack, MSSA (MSW), JD, is professor at Yeshiva University, School of Social Work, New York City, and a frequent expert witness in foster care and child welfare cases. He is author of several books of interest to social workers.