Child Welfare for the Twenty-first Century

by Mallon, Gerald P.

• ISBN13: 9780231130721
• ISBN10: 0231130724
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

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& -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 ReviewsTopics 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	xi
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	1	(9)
Historical Evolution of Child Welfare Services	10	(39)
Brenda G. McGowan
SECTION I CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WELL-BEING
Overview	49	(6)
Risk and Resilience in Child Development: Principles and Strategies of Practice	55	(17)
Mark W. Fraser
Mary A. Terzian
Engagement in Children, Youth, and Family Services: Current Research and Promising Approaches	72	(15)
Julie C. Altman
Assessment of Children, Youth, and Families in the Child Welfare System	87	(15)
Elena Cohen
Donna T. Hornsby
Steven Priester
Community Family Support Meetings: Connecting Families, Public Child Welfare, and Community Resources	102	(16)
Susan P. Kemp
Kara Allen-Eckard
Amy Ackroyd
Melissa F. Becker
Tracey K. Burke
Engaging Families and Communities: The Use of Family Team Conferences to Promote Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being in Child Welfare Services	118	(11)
Zeinab Chahine
Selina Higgins
Healthcare Needs of Children and Youth in Foster Care	129	(19)
Jan McCarthy
Maria Woolverton
Child and Adolescent Mental Health	148	(25)
Martha M. Dore
Children with Disabilities in the Child Welfare System	173	(12)
Cynthia J. Weaver
Diane W. Keller
Ann H. Loyek
Educational Needs of Youth in Foster Care	185	(20)
Diane E. Elze
Wendy F. Auslander
Arlene Stiffman
Curtis McMillen
A University Program to Serve Youth in the School Setting: The Hunter College Liberty Partnership	205	(7)
Elaine M. Walsh
Co-Constructing Adolescence for Gay and Lesbian Youth and Their Families	212	(16)
Susan Saltzburg
Runaway and Homeless Youth: Policy and Services	228	(18)
Karen M. Staller
Spiritually Sensitive Practice with Children, Youth, and Families	246	(19)
Catherine A. Hawkins
SECTION II CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SAFETY
Overview	265	(5)
Prevention of Physical Child Abuse and Neglect	270	(20)
Neil B. Guterman
Catherine A. Taylor
Child Protective Services	290	(12)
Diane Depanfilis
Risk Assessment in Child Welfare: Challenges and Opportunities	302	(17)
Aron Shlonsky
Eileen D. Gambrill
Overview of Family Preservation	319	(16)
Marianne Berry
Substance Abuse Issues in the Family	335	(14)
Judy Fenster
Family Reunification Practice with Parents Who Abuse Drugs	349	(6)
Anthony N. Maluccio
Frank Ainsworth
Domestic Violence in Child Welfare	355	(20)
Judy L. Postmus
SECTION III PERMANENCY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Overview	375	(3)
Defining and Achieving Family Reunification	378	(14)
Barbara A. Pine
Robin Spath
Stephanie Gosteli
Refining the Practice of Family Reunification: ``Mining'' Successful Foster Care Case Records of Substance-Abusing Families	392	(13)
Antonia Cordero
Irwin Epstein
Evolution of Private Guardianship as a Child Welfare Resource	405	(18)
Mark F. Testa
Jennifer Miller
Customary Adoption as a Resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Children	423	(9)
Terry L. Cross
Kathleen Fox
Overivew of Adoption	432	(20)
Victor Groza
Lindsey Houlihan
Zoe Breen Wood
Adoption Disruption: Rates, Correlates, and Service Needs	452	(17)
Trudy Festinger
Birth Mothers Whose Parental Rights Are Terminated: Implications for Services	469	(13)
Leslie Doty Hollingsworth
Epiphany: An Adoptee and Birth Mother's Reunion Story	482	(6)
Judith Cooper Heitzman
Facilitating Permanency for Youth: The Overuse of Long-Term Foster Care and the Appropriate Use of Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement as Options for Youth in Foster Care	488	(16)
Jennifer Renne
Gerald P. Mallon
Foster Care Today: Overview of Family Foster Care	504	(14)
Kathy Barbell
Madelyn Freundlich
Kinship Care: Preservation of the Extended Family	518	(18)
Rebecca L. Hegar
Maria Scannapieco
Sibling Issues in Child Welfare Practice	536	(12)
Rebecca L. Hegar
Visits: Critical to the Well-Being and Permanency of Children and Youth in Care	548	(10)
Peg McCartt Hess
Residential Services for Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care: A Critical Link in the Continuum of Care	558	(15)
Lloyd B. Bullard
Katherine Johnson
Promoting Youth Development and Independent Living Services for Youth in Foster Care	573	(10)
Robin Nixon
Post-Permanency Services	583	(16)
Lois Wright
Madelyn Freundlich
SECTION IV SYSTEMIC ISSUES IN CHILD WELFARE
Overview	599	(9)
Placement Stability in Foster Care	608	(15)
Amy C. D'Andrade
Overrepresentation of Children and Youth of Color in Foster Care	623	(12)
Ruth G. McRoy
African American Fathers and Their Involvement in the Child Welfare System	635	(20)
David Pate, Jr.
Immigrant Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System: Immigration Status and Special Needs in Permanency Planning	655	(10)
Ilze Earner
Foster Parent Recruitment, Development, Support, and Retention: Strategies for the Twenty-First Century	665	(22)
Eileen Mayers Pasztor
Myrna L. McNitt
Emily Jean McFadden
Role of the Legal and Judicial System for Children, Youth, and Families in Foster Care	687	(20)
Mark Hardin
Child and Family Services Reviews: An Agenda for Changing Practice	707	(12)
Jerry Milner
Linda Mitchell
Will Hornsby
Strategic Planning for Child Welfare Agencies	719	(9)
Kris Sahonchik
Beth Frizsell
Mary O'Brien
Accreditation of Child Welfare Organizations	728	(13)
Ann Morison
About the Editors	741	(2)
List of Contributors	743	(4)
Index	747