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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan Downs; Ernestine Moore; Emily Jean McFadden |
| ISBN: | 9780205571901 0205571905 |
| OCLC Number: | 154806662 |
| Notes: | Rev. ed. of: Child welfare and family services : policies and practice / Susan Whitelaw Downs ... [et al.]. 7th ed. |
| Description: | x, 534 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | An introduction to family and child services -- Government programs to support families and children -- Services to prevent maltreatment and support families -- Child welfare principles and practices -- Law and procedure : court intervention with children, youth, and families -- Protecting children from neglect and abuse -- Family perseveration services -- Foster care : history, laws policies and structure -- Foster care practice and issues -- Families by adoption -- Juvenile delinquents : the community's dilemma -- Professional responsibilities : ethics and advocacy. |
| Other Titles: | Child welfare and family services. |
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What your colleagues are saying: This text is a wonderful classroom tool. It can be used to facilitate dialogue, as well as assist students in understanding basic child welfare content. It is very thorough and easy to digest. This is important for students, particularly those who may be new to child welfare. -- Monique Busch Indiana University This text is by far the best I have found for a general survey course in Child Welfare. The strength of this text is its emphasis on the macro level of child welfare. It is important to me to place the field of child welfare in the context of larger cultural, social and political trends. -- Dale Weaver, California State University--Los Angeles Read more...
