Critical Issues in Child Welfare 2e

2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-16078-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 830 g

Reihe: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series

Reorganized for more effective classroom use, the second edition of Critical Issues in Child Welfare begins with an updated, thorough overview of the challenges currently facing at-risk children and families. A description of the child welfare system highlights issues that are discussed in more detail throughout the book. The text explores protective services, family preservation, foster care and residential care, adoption, services for adolescents, and training and retention of staff. New material highlights the recent discoveries of the impact of early trauma and stress on children's development, and the modifications currently taking place in the child welfare system in response to this new information. The book also examines the critical challenges of poverty and substance abuse, the importance of the community in shaping child welfare services, racial disproportionality in the system, the changing response of the system to LGBT issues, and services to ameliorate the difficulties of youth leaving the system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shireman, Joan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsAcronymsIntroduction: Social Work and Child Welfare1. The Context of Child Welfare Services2. The Child Welfare Services System, with Katharine Cahn3. Child Protective Services4. Family Support and Child Well-being, with Karen Tvedt5. Crisis Intervention: Preservation of Families for Children6. Investment in Foster Care7. Out-of-Home Care for Children with Special Needs8. Adoption9. Youth in Transition, with Miranda Cunningham10. Concluding ThoughtsAppendix: Internet ResourcesAbout the ContributorsIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Joan Foster Shireman is emerita professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at Portland State University and coauthor of Adoption: Theory, Policy, and Practice and Care and Commitment: Foster Parent Adoption Decisions. An established expert on child welfare policy and practice, she also writes on single parent and transracial adoption, foster care, and the experiences of workers and families in protective services.