Child protection : using research to improve policy and practice / Ron Haskins, Fred Wulczyn, Mary Bruce Webb, editors.

"Reports the results of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Discusses implications and suggests alternatives for types of personal and familial problems the programs are meant to address, the range of services and interventions that the child protection system can make avail...

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Other Authors: Haskins, Ron (Editor), Wulczyn, Fred (Editor), Webb, Mary Bruce (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Using high-quality research to improve child protection practice : an overview / Ron Haskins, Fred Wulczyn, and Mary Bruce Webb
  • Identifying young maltreated children with developmental delays / Steven A. Rosenberg, Elliott G. Smith, and Arnold Levinson
  • Intimate partner violence in the child welfare system : findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being / Andrea L. Hazen [and others]
  • Initial construction of an actuarial risk assessment measure using the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being / Aron Shlonsky
  • Building on strengths : current status and opportunities for improvement of parent training for families in child welfare / Michael S. Hurlburt [and others]
  • Alcohol, drug, and mental health service need for caregivers and children involved with child welfare / Anne M. Libby [and others]
  • Medicaid and mental health care for children in the child welfare system / Ramesh Raghavan and Arleen Leibowitz
  • Systems integration and access to mental health care / John A. Landsverk, Michael S. Hurlburt, and Laurel K. Leslie
  • Predictors of reunification / Judith Wildfire, Richard P. Barth, and Rebecca L. Green
  • Placement stability and early behavioral outcomes among children in out-of-home care / David M. Rubin [and others]
  • Kinship care and nonkinship foster care : informing the new debate / Richard P. Barth [and others]
  • Child maltreatment recurrence among children remaining in-home : predictors of re-reports / Patricia L. Kohl and Richard P. Barth
  • Physical abuse and adolescent development / John Eckenrode, Charles Izzo, and Elliott G. Smith
  • Addressing the educational needs of children in child welfare services / Mary Bruce Webb [and others].