All chapters conclude with Summary | |
Exploration Questions | |
Activities for Applied Learning | |
Suggested Reading, and References | |
Preface | |
Children: Our Most Important Resource | |
A Brief History of Child Welfare | |
Providing Services for Children Today | |
The Changing Family | |
The Responsibilities and Rights of the Family | |
The Setting for Today's Family | |
Profile of Today's Family | |
Types of Families | |
The Emotional Climate of Families | |
The Impact of Culture on Families | |
The Family Life Cycle | |
Stresses on Families | |
When Families Need Help | |
Trends | |
Childhood Poverty in the United States, by Judy Noel | |
Childhood Poverty | |
Characteristics of Poor Children | |
Poverty Defined | |
Why Children Live in Poverty | |
Consequences of Growing Up in Poverty | |
Recent Efforts to Fight Poverty | |
The Economics of Poverty | |
Reducing Child Poverty | |
An Important Footnote | |
Violence, Addiction, and Homelessness: Current Societal Problems and Their Impact on Children | |
Children and Violence | |
Children and Substance Abuse | |
Homeless Families | |
Homeless and Runaway Youths | |
Servicing the Developing Child: Day-Care and School-Based Services | |
Maureen Moorehouse | |
Day Care: Serving Infants and Pre-School Children | |
School-Based Services | |
Counseling for Families and Children | |
What Is Counseling? | |
When a Family Might Seek Counseling | |
Attitudes About Receiving Counseling | |
Changing Attitudes About Counseling | |
Types of Counseling | |
The Counseling Process | |
The Experience of Counseling | |
Trends in Counseling Services | |
Ethical Consideration in Counseling | |
Protecting Children When Families Cannot: Child Abuse and Neglect | |
Historical View | |
Maltreatment Defined | |
Reporting Child Maltreatment | |
Court Intervention in Protective Cases | |
The Role of the Protective Services Worker | |
Reflections of an Abused Child: Consumer Perspective | |
Future Trends in Protective Services | |
Family Preservation or Child Placement? | |
Serving the Best Interests of the Child | |
A Brief History of Family-Based Services | |
Demonstrating Effectiveness in Family-Based Services | |
Types of Family-Based Services | |
Family Preservation Worker | |
Preserve the Family or Place the Child? | |
Shaping the future of Family-Based Services | |
Court Services on Behalf of Children | |
A Historical Perspective | |
Situations Warranting Juvenile Court Intervention | |
Factors Influencing Court Intervention | |
The Rights of Juveniles | |
Juvenile Court Process and Procedures | |
The Role of the Social Worker and the Court | |
Consumer Perspective | |
Alternative Approaches to Court Intervention | |
Treatment of Juvenile Offenders | |
Trends | |
Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting | |
Introduction | |
Historical Perspective | |
Through the Eyes of Society: Myths Revisited | |
Demographics | |
Teens At-Risk | |
How Teens Make Decisions About Fertility and Childbearing | |
Fathers | |
A Teen's View | |
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