(Ebook) Critical Issues in Child Welfare 2nd Edition by Joan Shireman ISBN 9780231539272

(Ebook) Critical Issues in Child Welfare 2nd Edition by Joan Shireman ISBN 9780231539272

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ISBN 13: 9780231539272
Author: Joan Shireman 

Reorganized for more effective classroom use, the second edition of Critical Issues in Child Welfare begins with an updated, thorough overview of the challenges currently facing at-risk children and families. A description of the child welfare system highlights issues that are discussed in more detail throughout the book. The text explores protective services, family preservation, foster care and residential care, adoption, services for adolescents, and training and retention of staff. New material highlights the recent discoveries of the impact of early trauma and stress on children's development, and the modifications currently taking place in the child welfare system in response to this new information. The book also examines the critical challenges of poverty and substance abuse, the importance of the community in shaping child welfare services, racial disproportionality in the system, the changing response of the system to LGBT issues, and services to ameliorate the difficulties of youth leaving the system.

(Ebook) Critical Issues in Child Welfare 2nd Table of contents:

1. The Context of Child Welfare Services
Changing Community Expectations
Community Problems Affecting Children and Families
Abuse and Neglect of Children
Critical Issue: Poverty
Conclusion
2. The Child Welfare Services System
Safety, Permanence, and Well-Being
The Role of the Child Welfare Agency
Levels and Branches of Government in the System
The Federal Role in Shaping Policy
The Legislative Framework
The Judicial Framework
Interface of Child Welfare with Other Public Systems
Child Welfare Services Under Stress
Systems Working Together
Responsibility to Those Served
Critical Issue: Building Lifelong Family Connections
Conclusion
3. Child Protective Services
How Child Protection Works
The Development of Services to Protect Children
Understanding Abuse and Neglect
Protecting Children
Services Provided: A Brief Overview
Outcomes
Critical Issue: Disproportionate Representation of Children of Color in the Child Welfare System
Conclusion
4. Family Support and Child Well-Being
Programs Accessed by Most Families
Families Needing Some Extra Support
Families Needing Intensive Services
Critical Issue: Early Care and Education
Conclusion
5. Crisis Intervention: Preservation of Families for Children
Intervening to Protect Children
The Concept of Family Preservation
Kinship Foster Care
Critical Issue: Paths to Evidence-Informed Practice and Policy in Child Welfare
Conclusion
6. Investment in Foster Care
Historical Perspective
Foster Care Today
The Foster Care Experience
Outcomes of Foster Care
Critical Issue: Establishing and Retaining Foster Homes to Meet the Needs of Children
Conclusion
7. Out-of-Home Care for Children with Special Needs
Shelter Foster Care and Assessment Centers
Care for Children with Special Difficulties in Foster Care
Group Care: Meeting a Range of Needs
Critical Issue: Long-Term Outcomes of Out-of-Home Care
Conclusion
8. Adoption
The Framework of Adoption
Numbers of Children Involved in Adoption
An Ethical Dilemma: Opening Sealed Records
Protecting the Adoption Triad
The Great Variety of Adoptions
Critical Issue: Adoption Outcomes and Post-adoption Services
Conclusion
9. Youth in Transition
Common Difficulties
Youth at Risk
Youth with Extra Challenges
A Framework for Services
Critical Issue: Facilitating the Transition from Child Welfare Services to Adult Living
Final Thoughts
10. Concluding Thoughts
Integrating New Ideas and Existing Practice
Social Work and Child Welfare: The Nature of the “Fit”
Critical Issue: Retention of Child Welfare Workers
For Further Exploration
Conclusion
Appendix: Internet Resources
About the Contributors

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