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The importance of fathers in the healthy development of children / Jeffrey Rosenberg and W. Bradford Wilcox.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenberg, Jeffrey
- Series:
- Child abuse and neglect user manual series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fathers.
- Father and child.
- Child welfare.
- Child abuse.
- Child development.
- fathers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 118 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, Office of Child Abuse and Neglect, 2006.
- Summary:
- Written for caseworkers and other professionals working in child protective services, this manual provides information about the impact that fathers have on their children's lives, and offers practical advice on engaging fathers in assessment, case planning, and services when children have been abused. The first section outlines what is known about the relationship between fathers and their children's health and welfare, including the role of fathers in the occurrence and prevention of abuse. The second section provides guidance on fatherhood programs, presents examples of existing programs, and outlines various federal fatherhood initiatives.
- Contents:
- Purpose and overview
- Fathers and their impact on children's well-being
- Fathers and their impact on child maltreatment
- Effective fathering
- Fathers and initial assessment and investigation
- Fathers and case planning
- Services for fathers
- Fatherhood programs
- Federal fatherhood initiatives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Title from PDF title screen (viewed March 24, 2010).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rosenberg, Jeffrey. Importance of fathers in the healthy development of children
- OCLC:
- 190859435
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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