
The Child Welfare Challenge
Policy, Practice, and Research
AldineTransaction (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 1. March 2009
Book
Hardback
460 pages
978-0-202-36306-6 (ISBN)
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Description
Within a historical and contemporary context, this book examines major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its future. In addition to describing the major problems facing the field, the book highlights service innovations that have been developed in recent years. The resulting picture is encouraging, especially if certain major program reforms I are implemented and agencies are able to concentrate resources in a focused manner.
The volume emphasizes families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies. The book considers historical areas of service-foster care and adoptions, in-home family-centered services, child-protective services, and residential services-where social work has an important role. Authors address the many fields of practice in which child and family services are provided or that involve substantial numbers of social work programs, such as services to adolescent parents, child mental health, education, and juvenile justice agencies.
This new edition will continue to serve as a fundamen-tal introduction for new practitioners, as well as summary of recent developments for experienced practitioners.
The volume emphasizes families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies. The book considers historical areas of service-foster care and adoptions, in-home family-centered services, child-protective services, and residential services-where social work has an important role. Authors address the many fields of practice in which child and family services are provided or that involve substantial numbers of social work programs, such as services to adolescent parents, child mental health, education, and juvenile justice agencies.
This new edition will continue to serve as a fundamen-tal introduction for new practitioners, as well as summary of recent developments for experienced practitioners.
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Series
Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
758 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-202-36306-6 (9780202363066)
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Peter J. Pecora | James K. Whittaker | Anthony N. Maluccio
The Child Welfare Challenge
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Persons
Peter J. Pecora is Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington. He is also the managing direct of research services for Casey Family Programs.
James K. Whittaker is Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Washington.
Anthony N. Maluccio is Professor of Social Work at the Graduate School of Social Work at Boston College.
Richard P. Barth is Dean of the School of Social Work and Professor of Social Work at The University of Maryland.
Diane Depanfilis is Professor of Social Work at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York.
Robert D. Plotnick is Daniel J. Evans Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington.
James K. Whittaker is Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Washington.
Anthony N. Maluccio is Professor of Social Work at the Graduate School of Social Work at Boston College.
Richard P. Barth is Dean of the School of Social Work and Professor of Social Work at The University of Maryland.
Diane Depanfilis is Professor of Social Work at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York.
Robert D. Plotnick is Daniel J. Evans Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington.