This up-to-date and comprehensive resource by leaders in child welfare is the first book to reflect the impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997. The text serves as a single-source reference for a wide array of professionals who work in children, youth, and family services in the United States-policymakers, social workers, psychologists, educators, attorneys, guardians ad litem, and family court judges& mdash;and as a text for students of child welfare practice and policy.
Features include:
* Organized around ASFA's guiding principles of well-being, safety, and permanency
* Focus on evidence-based "best practices"
* Case examples integrated throughout
* First book to include data from the first round of National Child and Family Service Reviews
Topics discussed include the latest on prevention of child abuse and neglect and child protective services; risk and resilience in child development; engaging families; connecting families with public and community resources; health and mental health care needs of children and adolescents; domestic violence; substance abuse in the family; family preservation services; family support services and the integration of family-centered practices in child welfare; gay and lesbian adolescents and their families; children with disabilities; and runaway and homeless youth. The contributors also explore issues pertaining to foster care and adoption, including a focus on permanency planning for children and youth and the need to provide services that are individualized and culturally and spiritually responsive to clients. A review of salient systemic issues in the field of children, youth, and family services completes this collection.
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: An Overview of Children, Youth, and Family Services, Policies, and Programs in the United States, by Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess
- Historical Evolution of Child Welfare Services, by Brenda McGowan
- Part 1. Child and Adolescent Well-Being
- Family Support Services, by Susan P. Kemp, Tracey K. Burke, Kara Allen-Eckard, Melissa F. Becker, and Amy Ackroyd
- Meaningful Family Engagement, by Nicole Bossard, Angela Braxton, and Debra Conway
- Engaging Latino Families, by Hilda Rivera-Rodríguez
- Health Care for Children and Youth, by Jan McCarthy and Maria Woolverton
- Mental Health Care for Children and Youth, by Martha Morrison Dore
- Educational Issues for Children and Youth, by Kristin Kelly, Kathleen McNaught, and Janet Stotland
- LGBT Youth and Their Families, by Diane Elze
- Runaway and Homeless Youth, by Karen M. Staller
- Part 2. Child and Adolescent Safety
- Child Abuse and Neglect, by Neil B. Guterman, Kristin L. Berg, and Catherine A. Taylor
- Child Protective Services, by Diane DePanfilis and Theresa Costello
- Risk Assessment, by Aron Shlonsky and Eileen Gambrill
- Family Preservation, by Marianne Berry and Sara McLean
- Sexual Abuse Issues, by Kathleen Coulborn Faller
- Substance Abuse Issues, by Joseph P. Ryan and Hui Huang
- Domestic Violence Issues, by Judy Postmus
- Part 3. Permanency for Children and Adolescents
- Reunification, by Barbara A. Pine, Robin Spath, and Stephanie Gosteli
- Guardianship, by Mark Testa and Jennifer Miller
- Customary Adoption for American Indian and Alaskan Native Children, by Terry Cross
- Kinship Care, by Rebecca L. Hegar and Maria Scannapieco
- Adoption, by Gerald P. Mallon
- Birthmothers, by Leslie Doty Hollingsworth
- Adoption Disruption, by Trudy Festinger
- Unpacking Permanency for Youth: Overuse/Misuse of Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA) as a Permanency Goal, by Jennifer Renne and Gerald P. Mallon
- Youth Development and Transitional Living Services, by Mary Elizabeth Collins
- Family Foster Care, by Madelyn Freundlich
- Residential Services, by Lloyd Bullard, Katherine Gaughan, and Larry W. Owens
- Sibling Issues, by Rebecca L. Hegar
- Visits: Critical to the Well-Being and Permanency of Children and Youth in Care, by Peg McCartt Hess
- Postpermanency Services, by Madelyn Freundlich and Lois Wright
- Part 4. Systemic Issues in Children, Youth, and Family Services, Policies, and Programs
- The Child and Family Services Reviews, by Linda Mitchell, Miranda Lynch Thomas, and Bonita Parker
- Placement Stability, by Amy C. D’Andrade and Sigrid James
- Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention, by Eileen Mayers Pasztor and Myrna L. McNitt
- Legal and Judicial Engagement, by Marvin Ventrell
- Child Welfare Workforce Issues, by Sara Munson, Mary McCarthy, and Nancy Dickinson
- Child Welfare Supervision, by Cathryn C. Potter, Michele Hanna, and Charmaine Brittain
- Research and Evaluation, by Crystal Collins-Camargo
- Disproportionate Representation of Children and Youth, by Ruth G. McRoy
- Fatherhood, by Tanya M. Coakley
- Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families, by Ilze Earner, Rowena Fong, and Carol Smolenski
- Contributors
- Index
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