Child Welfare and Family Services by Susan Downs

Child Welfare and Family Services by Susan Downs

This thorough revision of Child Welfare and Family Services reflects current issues, controversies, and innovative practice methods in both family and child services.  It provides a strong historical context to current programs, issues, and policy decisions; as well as in-depth information on legal and legislative frameworks.    A new chapter on child welfare practice, including an expanded treatment of foster care, provides a foundation for social work interventions with children.  In addition, new and updated information covers topics such as; child welfare issues with immigrant families, child outcome measurements, forensic interviewing, advocacy, court documentation, federal legislation, child welfare in a global context, cultural competence, protective/preventive services, day care/child development programs, income security, kinship care, family preservation, and adoption.

What your colleagues are saying:   This text is a wonderful classroom toolIt 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

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ISBN 13	9780205571901
ISBN 10	0205571905
Title	Child Welfare and Family Services
Author	Susan Downs
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2008-02-19
Number of pages	552
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