Child welfare for the twenty-first century : a handbook of practices, policies, and programs / Gerald Mallon, Peg McCartt Hess.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hess, Peg McCartt, editor.

Mallon, Gerald, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--United States.

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 749 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

second edition

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), which became law in 1997, elicited a major shift in federal policy and thinking toward child welfare, emphasizing children's safety, permanency, and well-being over preserving biological ties at all costs. The first edition of this volume mapped the field of child welfare after ASFA's passage, detailing the practices, policies, programs, and research affected by the legislation's new attitude toward care. This second edition highlights the continuously changing child welfare climate in the U.S., including content on the Fostering Connections Act of 2008.The authors have updated the text throughout, drawing from real-world case examples and data obtained from the national Child and Family Services Reviews and emerging empirically based practices. They have also added chapters addressing child welfare workforce issues, supervision, and research and evaluation. The volume is divided into four sections-child and adolescent well-being, child and adolescent safety, permanency for children and adolescents, and systemic issues within services, policies, and programs. Recognized scholars, practitioners, and policy makers discuss meaningful engagement with families, particularly Latino families; health care for children and youth, including mental health care; effective practices with LGBT youth and their families; placement stability; foster parent recruitment and retention; and the challenges of working with immigrant children, youth, and families.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: An Overview of Children, Youth, and Family Services, Policies, and Programs in the United States / Mallon, Gerald P. / McCartt Hess, Peg

Historical Evolution of Child Welfare Services / McGowan, Brenda G.

PART 1. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING

Family Support Services / Kemp, Susan P. / Allen-Eckard, Kara / Burke, Tracey K. / Becker, Melissa F. / Ackroyd, Amy

Meaningful Family Engagement / Bossard, Nicole / Braxton, Angela / Conway, Debra

Engaging Latino Families / Rivera-Rodríguez, Hilda

Health Care for Children and Youth / McCarthy, Jan / Woolverton, Maria

Mental Health Care for Children and Youth / Morrison Dore, Martha

Educational Issues for Children and Youth / Kelly, Kristin / McNaught, Kathleen / Stotland, Janet

LGBTQ Youth and Their Families / Elze, Diane

Runaway and Homeless Youth / Staller, Karen M.

PART 2. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SAFETY

Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect / Guterman, Neil B. / Berg, Kristin L. / Taylor, Catherine A.

Child Protective Services / DePanfilis, Diane / Costello, Theresa

Risk Assessment / Shlonsky, Aron / Gambrill, Eileen

Family Preservation / Berry, Marianne / McLean, Sara

Sexual Abuse Issues / Coulborn Faller, Kathleen

Substance Abuse Issues / Ryan, Joseph P. / Huang, Hui

Domestic Violence Issues / Postmus, Judy L.

PART 3. PERMANENCY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Reunification / Pine, Barbara A. / Spath, Robin / Gosteli, Stephanie

Guardianship / Testa, Mark F. / Miller, Jennifer

Customary Adoption for American Indian and Alaskan Native Children / Cross, Terry L.

Kinship Care / Hegar, Rebecca L. / Scannapieco, Maria

Adoption / Mallon, Gerald P.

Birth Mothers / Hollingsworth, Leslie Doty

Adoption Disruption / Festinger, Trudy

Unpacking Permanency for Youth: Overuse/Misuse of Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA) as a Permanency Goal / Renne, Jennifer / Mallon, Gerald P.

Youth Development and Transitional Living Services / Collins, Mary Elizabeth

Family Foster Care / Freundlich, Madelyn

Residential Services / Bullard, Lloyd / Gaughan, Katherine / Owens, Larry W.

Sibling Issues / Hegar, Rebecca L.

Visits: Critical to the Well-Being and Permanency of Children and Youth in Care / McCartt Hess, Peg

Postpermanency Services / Freundlich, Madelyn / Wright, Lois

PART 4. SYSTEMIC ISSUES IN CHILD WELFARE

The Child and Family Services Reviews / Mitchell, Linda / Lynch Thomas, Miranda / Parker, Bonita

Placement Stability / D'Andrade, Amy C. / James, Sigrid

Foster Parent Recruitment, Retention, Development, and Support / Mayers Pasztor, Eileen / McNitt, Myrna L.

Legal and Judicial Engagement / Ventrell, Marvin

Child Welfare Workforce Issues / Munson, Sara / McCarthy, Mary / Dickinson, Nancy

Child Welfare Supervision / Potter, Cathryn C. / Hanna, Michele / Brittain, Charmaine

Research and Evaluation / Collins-Camargo, Crystal

Disproportionate Representation of Children and Youth / McRoy, Ruth G.

Fatherhood / Coakley, Tanya M.

Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families / Earner, Ilze / Fong, Rowena / Smolenski, Carol

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781280598227

1280598220

9780231525350

0231525354

OCLC:

1024039713