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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Duncan Lindsey; Aron Shlonsky |
| ISBN: | 9780195304961 0195304969 |
| OCLC Number: | 141483091 |
| Description: | xi, 399 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Epidemiology of child maltreatment / Nico Trocmé -- Informing child welfare : the promise and limits of empirical research / Leroy H. Pelton -- Providing more effective, ethical services : the philosophy and process of evidence-based ( -informed) practice / Eileen Gambrill -- How do we know what works? : the quality of published reviews of evidence-based practices / Julia H. Littell -- The influence of an adoption experiment on social policy / Trudy Festinger -- New permanency strategies for children in foster care / Mark Testa -- The transition to adulthood among youth "aging out" of care : what have we learned? / Amy Dworsky -- Moving restorative justice interventions into domestic violence treatment / Colleen Friend -- A descriptive study of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment : implications for child welfare policy / Lynette M. Renner, Kristen Shook Slack, Lawrence M. Berger -- Decision making in child welfare : constraints and potentials / Eileen Gambrill -- Lessons from research on decision-making / Eileen Munro -- Assessing risk throughout the life of a child welfare case / Judith S. Rycus, Ronald C. Hughes -- Improving social work through the use of technology and advanced research methods / Ira M. Schwartz ... [et al.] -- The future of child protection revisited / Jane Waldfogel -- The implementation of market-based child welfare innovations / William Meezan, Bowen McBeath -- Self-evaluation : using data to guide policy and practice in public child welfare agencies / Daniel Webster ... [et al.] -- Comparing welfare and child welfare populations : an argument for rethinking the safety net / Mark E. Courtney ... [et al.] -- Promoting child well-being through early intervention : findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study / Arthur J. Reynolds, Joshua Mersky -- Heeding Horton : transcending the public welfare paradigm / David Stoesz -- Accounts at birth : a proposal to improve life chances through a national system of children's savings accounts / Reid Cramer -- Beyond child welfare : international perspectives on child and family policies / Sheila. B. Kamerman, Alfred J. Kahn -- The effect of children on the income status of female-headed households : an intercountry comparison / Martha N. Ozawa, Yongwoo Lee. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Duncan Lindsey, Aron Shlonsky. |
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"This is a welcome resource, providing evidence to inform a wide range of child welfare issues. The editors and authors are wise in defining child welfare as more than foster care and protective services, and in placing children in the context of family. The chapters focus not simply on problems, but also on healthy child development. Overall, this book can inform a more comprehensive vision of child welfare practice and policy, which is long overdue."--Michael Sherraden, Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and Director, Center for Social Developmetn, Washington University in St.Louis
"Combining the latest knowledge in child welfare research with illustrations of its applicability in practice and policy, Lindsey and Shlonsky provide critical evaluations and reviews of evidence-based literature to guide the reader in exploring issues in child welfare service provision. The text captures the complexity of the field and of current practice illustrating the many ways in whi
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