Child Welfare Law and Practice
Author : Donald N. Duquette
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,67 MB
Release : 2016-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781938614552
No Way to Treat a Child
Author : Naomi Schaefer Riley
Publisher : Bombardier Books
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1642936588
Book Description
Kids in danger are treated instrumentally to promote the rehabilitation of their parents, the welfare of their communities, and the social justice of their race and tribe—all with the inevitable result that their most precious developmental years are lost in bureaucratic and judicial red tape. It is time to stop letting efforts to fix the child welfare system get derailed by activists who are concerned with race-matching, blood ties, and the abstract demands of social justice, and start asking the most important question: Where are the emotionally and financially stable, loving, and permanent homes where these kids can thrive? “Naomi Riley’s book reveals the extent to which abused and abandoned children are often injured by their government rescuers. It is a must-read for those seeking solutions to this national crisis.” —Robert L. Woodson, Sr., civil rights leader and president of the Woodson Center “Everyone interested in child welfare should grapple with Naomi Riley’s powerful evidence that the current system ill-serves the safety and well-being of vulnerable kids.” —Walter Olson, senior fellow, Cato Institute, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies
A Right to Childhood
Author : Kriste Lindenmeyer
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252065774
Book Description
The meaningful accomplishments and the demise of the Children's Bureau have much to tell parents, politicians, and policy makers everywhere.
Children's Agency, Children's Welfare
Author : Carolus van Nijnatten
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1447306295
Book Description
Combining social, psychological and child development aspects, this book provides a holistic view of how children develop agency.
The Child Welfare Challenge
Author : Peter J. Pecora
Publisher : AldineTransaction
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0202363864
Book Description
Within a historical and contemporary context, this book examines major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its future. In addition to describing the major problems facing the field, the book highlights service innovations that have been developed in recent years. The resulting picture is encouraging, especially if certain major program reforms I are implemented and agencies are able to concentrate resources in a focused manner. The volume emphasizes families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies. The book considers historical areas of service—foster care and adoptions, in-home family-centered services, child-protective services, and residential services—where social work has an important role. Authors address the many fields of practice in which child and family services are provided or that involve substantial numbers of social work programs, such as services to adolescent parents, child mental health, education, and juvenile justice agencies. This new edition will continue to serve as a fundamental introduction for new practitioners, as well as summary of recent developments for experienced practitioners.
Take Me Home
Author : Jill Duerr Berrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,71 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0195322622
Book Description
There is a profound crisis in the United States' foster care system, Jill Duerr Berrick writes. No state has passed the federally mandated Child and Family Service Review; two-thirds of the state systems have faced class-action lawsuits demanding change; well over half of all children who enter foster care never go home.
Child Welfare in the United States
Author : Sylvia I. Mignon, MSW, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 36,98 MB
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826126472
Book Description
Provides a balanced critical analysis of the child welfare system along with promising innovations Distinguished by its critical perspective, this book delivers a balanced and comprehensive examination of the child welfare system in the United States today. In a clear and accessible style, it outlines key issues, reviews the history of the child welfare system, and explores the challenges to developing appropriate federal, state and local policies that address child welfare concerns. A chapter devoted to innovative and effective child welfare and prevention practices showcases examples of successful programs. Additionally, the book underscores the importance of coordination among human service professionals and organizations. The text addresses issues related to the educational system, homelessness, poverty, the juvenile justice system, foster care, and adoption. It incorporates the perspectives of parents and children involved in the system, who cite both positive experiences and bureaucratic challenges. Child welfare workers themselves describe the professional and personal realities of their experiences working within the system. Illustrative case examples of abused and neglected children add to the text’s value for BSW and MSW students studying child welfare. Key Features: Provides a comprehensive overview of child welfare issues in the United States today Offers case examples of abused/neglected children and their families Includes the perspectives of parents and children involved with the child welfare system Incorporates the views of child welfare workers Provides examples of innovative practices in child welfare
Children and Residential Experiences
Author : Martha J. Holden
Publisher : C W L A Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,59 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Children
ISBN : 9781587601262
Book Description
The CARE practice model provides a framework for residential care based on a theory of how children develop, motivating both children and staff to adhere to routines, structures, and processes, minimizing the potential for interpersonal conflict. The core principles of the model have a strong relationship to positive child outcomes, and can be incorporated into a wide variety of programs and treatment models.
The Children's Bureau Legacy
Author : Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 25,30 MB
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0160917220
Book Description
Comprehensive history of the Children’s Bureau from 1912-2012 in eBook form that shares the legacy of this landmark agency that established the first Federal Government programs, research and social reform initiatives aimed to improve the safety, permanency and well-being of children, youth and families. In addition to bios of agency heads and review of legislation and publications, this important book provides a critical look at the evolution of the Nation and its treatment of children as it covers often inspiring and sometimes heart-wrenching topics such as: child labor; the Orphan Trains, adoption and foster care; infant and maternal mortality and childhood diseases; parenting, infant and child care education; the role of women's clubs and reformers; child welfare standards; Aid to Dependent Children; Depression relief; children of migrants and minorities (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans), including Indian Boarding Schools and Indian Adoption Program; disabled children care; children in wartime including support of military families and World War II refugee children; Juvenile delinquency; early childhood education Head Start; family planning; child abuse and neglect; natural disaster recovery; and much more. Child welfare and related professionals, legislators, educators, researchers and advocates, university school of social work faculty and staff, libraries, and others interested in social work related to children, youth and families, particularly topics such as preventing child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption will be interested in this comprehensive history of the Children's Bureau that has been funded by the U.S. Federal Government since 1912.
From Pariahs to Partners
Author : David Tobis
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 23,30 MB
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0195099885
Book Description
In the early 1990s 50,000 children were in New York City's foster care system. By 2011 there were fewer than 15,000. In his book, David Tobis shows how such radical change was driven largely by a movement of mothers whose children had been placed into foster care, who fought to become advocates and stakeholders in a system that had previously viewed them as part of the problem. This book serves as an example of how advocates can change a system, as told from the perspective of key figures, change agents, and the parent advocates themselves.
