Child Welfare Research Advances for Practice and Policy

by Lindsey, Duncan; Shlonsky, Aron

• ISBN13: 9780195304961
• ISBN10: 0195304969
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

During the last decade there have been major advances in research in childwelfare, the largest specialty within social work. The focus of this researchhas been on improving current child welfare practices and programs that protectchildren from abuse and neglect. The major policy and program changes in thechild welfare system have been guided by these research studies, spurred byfederal and state emphasis on monitoring child welfare outcomes and identifyingbest practices. This landmark collection gathers those research developments-and how they have been translated into policies, programs, and practice- in asingle volume for the first time. Duncan Lindsey, one of the nation's foremostchild welfare scholars, and Aron Shlonsky have assembled a case of the giants inthe field who analyze developments in adoption, foster care, risk assessment,CPS work, welfare reform, poverty, decision making, and epidemiological studies. The final section of the book details new approaches to programs designed tocombat child maltreatment and child poverty. This volume, with its unparalledbreadth, depth, and up-to-date content, will define the state of the field andserve as an invaluable reference for child welfare scholars and practitionersalike.

Author Biography

Duncan Lindsey is a Professor in the UCLA School of Public Affairs. The recipient of the ProHumanitate medal, he also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Children and Youth Services Review.
Aron Shlonsky is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work and is the director of the Bell Canada Child Welfare Research Unit.

Table of Contents

Child Welfare Research: An Introduction	p. 3
Child Welfare Research in Context	p. 13
Epidemiology of Child Maltreatment	p. 15
Informing Child Welfare: The Promise and Limits of Empirical Research	p. 25
Evidence-Based Practice in Child Welfare	p. 49
Providing More Effective, Ethical Services: The Philosophy and Process of Evidence-Based (-Informed) Practice	p. 51
How Do We Know What Works? The Quality of Published Reviews of Evidence-Based Practices	p. 66
Research on Permanency: Adoption, Guardianship, and Family Ties	p. 95
The Influence of an Adoption Experiment on Social Policy	p. 99
New Permanency Strategies for Children in Foster Care	p. 108
The Transition to Adulthood Among Youth "Aging Out" of Care: What Have We Learned?	p. 125
Moving Restorative Justice Interventions into Domestic Violence Treatment	p. 145
A Descriptive Study of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Implications for Child Welfare Policy	p. 154
Decision Making in Child Welfare	p. 173
Decision Making in Child Welfare: Constraints and Potentials	p. 175
Lessons from Research on Decision Making	p. 194
Assessing Risk Throughout the Life of a Child Welfare Case	p. 201
Improving Social Work Practice Through the Use of Technology and Advanced Research Methods	p. 214
Evidence-Based Child Welfare Policy	p. 231
The Future of Child Protection Revisited	p. 235
The Implementation of Market-Based Child Welfare Innovations	p. 242
Self-Evaluation: Using Data to Guide Policy and Practice in Public Child Welfare Agencies	p. 261
Comparing Welfare and Child Welfare Populations: An Argument for Rethinking the Safety Net	p. 271
Promoting Child Well-Being Through Early Intervention: Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study	p. 291
Heeding Horton: Transcending the Public Welfare Paradigm	p. 307
Accounts at Birth: A Proposal to Improve Life Chances Through a National System of Children's Savings Accounts	p. 318
International Issues in Child Welfare Research	p. 343
Beyond Child Welfare: International Perspectives on Child and Family Policies	p. 345
The Effect of Children on the Income Status of Female-Headed Households: An Intercountry Comparison	p. 357
Closing Reflections: Future Research Directions and a New Paradigm	p. 375
Index	p. 379
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