The child welfare challenge : policy, practice, and research /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pecora, Peter J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, [2009]
Edition:3rd ed. rev. and expanded.
Series:Modern applications of social work.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Purpose and goals of child welfare
  • Key child welfare legislation and other policies
  • A conceptual framework for child and family-centered services
  • Economic security for families with children
  • Child maltreatment types, rates, and reporting procedures
  • Child protective services
  • Family-based services
  • Family foster care
  • Family reunification and kinship care
  • Transition and independent living services
  • Adoption and adoption services
  • Residential group care and intensive treatment alternatives
  • Organizational requisites and challenges to effective child welfare services.