The child welfare challenge : policy, practice, and research / Peter J. Pecora, James K. Whittaker, Anthony N. Maluccio, Richard P. Barth, and Diane DePanfilis, with Robert D. Plotnick
Edition
Third edition-revised and expanded
Published
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
Purpose and goals of child welfare -- Key child welfare legislation and other policies -- A conceptual framework for child and family-centered services -- Economic security for families with children -- Child maltreatment types, rates, and reporting procedures -- Child protective services -- Family-based services -- Family foster care -- Family reunification and kinship care -- Transition and independent living services -- Adoption and adoption services -- Residential group care and intensive treatment alternatives -- Organizational requisites and challenges to effective child welfare services
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes
Print version record and online resource (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 23, 2018)
