Child welfare and child well-being : new perspectives from the national survey of child and adolescent well-being / edited by Mary Bruce Webb ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Webb, Mary Bruce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--United States.

Child welfare.

Teenagers--United States.

Teenagers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The landmark National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) study represents the first effort to gather nationally representative data, based on first-hand reports, about the well-being of children and families who encounter the child welfare system. NSCAW's findings offer an unprecedented national source of data that describe the developmental status and functional characteristics of children who come to the attention of child protective services. Much more than a simple history of placements or length of stay in foster care, NSCAW data chart the trajectory of families across serv

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Study Design and Methods; Part I: Moving Toward a Developmental Framework in Child Welfare; 2. Quality of the Early Caregiving Environment and Preschool Well-Being: An Examination of Children Entering the Child Welfare System During Infancy; 3. Risk and Resilience Among Children Referred to the Child Welfare System: A Longitudinal Investigation of Child Well-Being in Multiple Domains; 4. Latent Classification of Physical Abuse as a Predictor of Adolescent Functioning; 5. Effects of Intimate-Partner Violence on Child Psychopathology

Part II: Child Welfare, Social Capital, and Child Well-Being6. Comparative Safety, Stability, and Continuity of Children's Placements in Formal and Informal Substitute Care; 7. The Social Capital of Youth in Foster Care: An Assessment and Policy Implications; 8. Explaining Reunification and Reentry 3 Years After Placement in Out-of-Home Care; 9. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Initial Child Welfare Experience: Exploring Areas of Convergence and Divergence; Part III: The Survey Study Design and Mental Health Services Research

10. Patterns and Predictors of Mental Health Services Use by Children in Contact With the Child Welfare System11. Exits From Out-of-Home Care and Continuity of Mental Health Service Use; 12. Caregiver Depression, Mental Health Service Use, and Child Outcomes; 13. Organizational Climate and Service Outcomes in Child Welfare Systems; 14. Information Management, Interagency Collaboration, and Outcomes in Child Welfare Agencies; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; I; O; P; R; S; T; V

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612384431

0-19-974143-3

1-282-38443-0

OCLC:

515540760