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Product details
- ISBN 9780826126429
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 08 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Distinguished by its critical perspective, this book delivers a balanced and comprehensive examination of the child welfare system in the United States today. In a clear and accessible style, it outlines key issues, reviews the history of the child welfare system, and explores the challenges to developing appropriate federal, state, and local policies that address child welfare concerns. A chapter devoted to innovative and effective child welfare and prevention practices showcases examples of successful programs. Additionally, the book underscores the importance of coordination among human service professionals and organizations.
The text addresses issues related to the educational system, homelessness, poverty, the juvenile justice system, foster care, and adoption. It incorporates the perspectives of parents and children involved in the system, who cite both positive experiences and bureaucratic challenges. Child welfare workers themselves describe the professional and personal realities of their experiences working within the system. Illustrative case examples of abused and neglected children add to the text's value for undergraduate and graduate students studying child welfare.
Key Features:
Provides a comprehensive overview of child welfare issues in the United States today
Offers case examples of abused/neglected children and their families
Includes the perspectives of parents and children involved with the child welfare system
Incorporates the views of child welfare workers
Provides examples of innovative practices in child welfare
Free online resources for qualified adopters including PowerPoints, Learning Objectives, Chapter Summaries, Key Concepts, and Exam Questions
Sylvia I. Mignon, PhD, MSW is Professor of Human Services, and Director of the MS in Human Services Program and the Forensic Services Graduate Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
