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Chapter 1: Introduction consists of the general introduction and an outline of the study. Chapter 2: Literature study... consists of the literature study on factors that can lead to successful foster care placements, namely reconstruction services, the age of the child/children, the role of the social worker, positive relationship between the biological parents and the foster parents, the role of selection periods
Chapter 3: Performance of the research... pays attention to the population description, the research milieu and population sample. Chapter 4: Analysing and interpretation of the data; Chapter 5: Conclusions and recommendations; Chapter 6: Bibliography; Annexure: the questionnaire is included for the reader to see the kinds of questions asked