Child Welfare Revisited

Author : Joyce Everett,Sandra Stukes Chipungu,Bogart R. Leashore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813534633

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Child Welfare Revisited by Joyce Everett,Sandra Stukes Chipungu,Bogart R. Leashore Pdf

Why are there proportionally more African American children in foster care than white children? Why are white children often readily adoptable, while African American children are difficult to place? Are these imbalances an indication of institutional racism or merely a coincidence? In this revised and expanded edition of the classic volume, Child Welfare, twenty-one educators call attention to racial disparities in the child welfare system by demonstrating how practices that are successful for white children are often not similarly successful for African American children. Moreover, contributors insist that policymakers and care providers look at African American family life and child-development from a culturally-based Africentric perspective. Such a perspective, the book argues, can serve as a catalyst for creativity and innovation in the formulation of policies and practices aimed at improving the welfare of African American children. Child Welfare Revisited offers new chapters on the role of institutional racism and economics on child welfare; the effects of substance abuse, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence; and the internal strengths and challenges that are typical of African American families. Bringing together timely new developments and information, this book will continue to be essential reading for all child welfare policymakers and practitioners.

Author : Joyce Everett,Sandra Stukes Chipungu,Bogart R. Leashore
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0813534631

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Child Welfare Revisited by Joyce Everett,Sandra Stukes Chipungu,Bogart R. Leashore Pdf

Why are there proportionally more African American children in foster care than white children? Why are white children often readily adoptable, while African American children are difficult to place? Are these imbalances an indication of institutional racism or merely a coincidence? In this revised and expanded edition of the classic volume, Child Welfare, twenty-one educators call attention to racial disparities in the child welfare system by demonstrating how practices that are successful for white children are often not similarly successful for African American children. Moreover, contributors insist that policymakers and care providers look at African American family life and child-development from a culturally-based Africentric perspective. Such a perspective, the book argues, can serve as a catalyst for creativity and innovation in the formulation of policies and practices aimed at improving the welfare of African American children. Child Welfare Revisited offers new chapters on the role of institutional racism and economics on child welfare; the effects of substance abuse, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence; and the internal strengths and challenges that are typical of African American families. Bringing together timely new developments and information, this book will continue to be essential reading for all child welfare policymakers and practitioners.

Author : Dr Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan,Moira Gray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781134919147

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Beyond Blame by Dr Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan,Moira Gray Pdf

Through an examination of thirty-five major inquiries into child sexual abuse, the authors identify common themes with important implications for professional practice.

Author : Leon C. Fulcher,Frank Ainsworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781135803797

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Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited by Leon C. Fulcher,Frank Ainsworth Pdf

Find out how group care for children has changed in the last 20 years Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited focuses on the core issues that shape the quality of care that’s provided in institutional and residential care settings, as well as day care services that rely on the group process. Leading authorities on residential group care practice from around the world examine practice concepts centered on three broad themes: working directly with children; working indirectly to support children and their families; and organizational influences on practice. This unique book offers valuable insights for dealing with the daily challenges of working with young people in responsive group care. Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited builds on contemporary themes that were explored by the editors more than 20 years ago in Group Care for Children: Concept and Issues, and Group Care Practice with Children, both out of print. Contributors to this updated collection put a fresh spin on the original material, as well as cross-cultural analysis from both sides of the Atlantic, Australia and New Zealand, Malaysia, China, and the United Arab Emirates. They revisit the key issues identified in the earlier books and provide personal and professional reflections on what has happened to their practice themes since the early 1980s. Special attention is paid to how social policy imperatives—normalization, de-institutionalization, mainstreaming, least restrictive environment, minimal intervention, and diversion—have reshaped the field, group care methods and skills needed for direct and indirect care, and group care as an occupational. Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited examines (and re-examines): the relationships between group care practice and education how group care programs can become hostile to families primary care in secondary settings the importance of shared language in a group care center group development how group composition can influence the overall functioning of the group managing occupational stresses in group care practice patterns of career development in child and youth care economic influences that impact group care challenges facing the future of group care services for children and much more Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited is a must-read for youth case workers, child and youth care educators, and anyone working in child welfare, including youth justice managers, administrators, and policymakers.

Author : David Michael Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015029886754

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Child Abuse Revisited by David Michael Cooper Pdf

This text presents a re-assessment of child abuse work since the early 1970s. It draws on evidence from a wide range of areas: recent social and political history, changes in child-care law, the theoretical base for much child abuse work, and the professional development of social work.

Author : Pamela Mann
Publisher : Free Assn Books
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0713409290

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Children in Care Revisited by Pamela Mann Pdf

The author follows through the lives of a number of individuals on her own caseload - from her initial contact with them as children when a social worker to some twenty years later. Through extensive interviews with them and with their former caregivers she records their impressions of being in care and of its long term after-effects, and at the same time presents a cross-section of life in residential care, foster care and adoptive families.

Author : Brian Wharf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Canada
ISBN : CORNELL:31924074071139

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Rethinking Child Welfare in Canada by Brian Wharf Pdf

Author : William Ayers
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807775349

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On the Side of the Child by William Ayers Pdf

A. S. Neill’s radical approach to child rearing is as controversial today as it was in 1960. Neill’s “code of freedom” emphasized the principles of freedom, love, and positive discipline in the care and education of children. These ideals continue to evoke admiration by many who have found them key to not only raising healthy, happy children but also to stemming the tide of violence in our schools and society. Others dismiss these same principles for being idealistic at best and harmful at worst. In this wonderful account, Bill Ayers speaks as a parent and an educator who has spent years in the classroom experimenting with Neill’s progressive approach. While Ayers admits to being a long-time fan of Neill’s, he also admits that Neill’s techniques sometimes “seemed more than a little loony.” when they first appeared. It is Ayers’s honest, straightforward approach that makes his treatment of Neill so valuable and relevant to how we treat and raise our children today. This vital and unique volume is a great read for parents, teachers, and anyone considering alternative visions for raising children and overcoming violence in today’s society. It also features key sections from the original text of Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing that Ayers identifies as critical to understanding Neill’s philosophy. “William Ayers’ dialog with A. S. Neill . . . is particularly important at this time when high-stakes testing and an obsession with stigmatizing children as ADD or Hyperactive is a substitute for treating students as respected citizens of their schools. Neill and Ayers understand the importance of choice, voice, and respect in the lives of adolescents and they honor and celebrate it.” —From the Series Foreword by Herb Kohl “Bill Ayers, a creative and insightful educator, begins where A.S. Neill left off by challenging us to think outside the box and push for true freedom and democracy in our schools. This book is a must read, not only for educators but also for professionals and parents who care about children and for whom building a truly humane and just society is paramount.” —Jane R. Hirschmann, Chair, NYS Parents' Coalition to End High Stakes Testing

Author : Leon C. Fulcher,Frank Ainsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:150261288

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Group Care Practice with Children and Young People Revisited by Leon C. Fulcher,Frank Ainsworth Pdf

Author : Duncan Lindsey
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0195136713

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The Welfare of Children by Duncan Lindsey Pdf

Takes a critical look at the child welfare system, finding that the emphasis on abuse has produced a system that serves largely as a last resort for only the worst and most dramatic cases in child welfare. This book is a blueprint for the comprehensive reform of the child welfare system.

Author : Lena Dominelli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429869570

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Community Approaches to Child Welfare by Lena Dominelli Pdf

Published in 1999, Community Approaches to Child Welfare is written by both practitioners and academics to explore ways in which community-based, preventative approaches to child welfare can be used to support families experiencing behavioural problems with children or undergoing difficulties in raising them. Specific practice examples developed in Britain, Canada and Sweden provide an international dimension to this book. Comparing and contrasting developments within these countries reveal that there are both similarities in the methods adopted and difference in the ways in which these are applied. Common themes which appear across the stories that are presented include: the importance of ensuring cultural specificity to respond to identity issues and local traditions; the need to adhere to legislation that is country specific; the importance of dealing with some child welfare issues on an international basis, e.g. child abductions; and the importance of giving children the space within which to articulate their own 'voice.' Additionally, the book reveals how working with families from a community perspective which is centered in acknowledging children’s rights and parental rights may challenge professionals in ways that they find uncomfortable. Nevertheless, the book concludes that practice can more effectively serve children’s interests if parents and workers work in partnership with each other.

Author : Malcolm Hill,Jane Aldgate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015037449504

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Child Welfare Services by Malcolm Hill,Jane Aldgate Pdf

An anthology reviewing child care services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, emphasizing children's rights and preventive strategies in partnership with parents. The collected essays discuss developments in law, policy, and related research; child protection, foster care, residential care, and adoption; and evaluate the outcomes of social work intervention. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Dr Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan,Moira Gray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134919130

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Beyond Blame by Dr Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan,Moira Gray Pdf

What can we learn from inquiries into cases of fatal child abuse? Beyond Blame offers a new way of looking at such cases and shows that it is possible to draw important lessons from them. The authors, all three experienced in child protection work, summarise thirty-five major inquiries since 1973, setting them in their social context and discussing the implications both for practical work in the field and for future inquiries. They stress the need for those who work day to day in child protection to develop and apply a more sophisticated level of analysis to assessment and intervention. They identify common themes within abusing families, in the relationships between members of the professional networks, and in the interactions between the families and the professionals.

Author : Pat Dolan,Nick Frost
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317374749

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The Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare by Pat Dolan,Nick Frost Pdf

In the context of the increasing global movement of people and a growing evidence base for differing outcomes in child welfare, Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare provides a compelling account of child welfare, grounded in the latest theory, policy and practice. Drawing on eminent international expertise, the book offers a coherent and comprehensive overview of the policies, systems and practices that can deliver the best outcomes for children. It considers the challenges faced by children globally, and the difference families, services and professionals can make. This ambitious and far-reaching handbook is essential reading for everyone working to make the world a better and safer place for children.

Author : David Berridge,Isabelle Brodie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021557041

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Children's Homes Revisited by David Berridge,Isabelle Brodie Pdf

Not a nostalgic visit in which everything seems so small, but the result of a three-year national research study of residential child care services in England that were the subjects of a similar study in 1985. Critiques the series of crises that have hit the homes over the past decade and reports on changing patterns of service use, developments in policy and law, and general social factors affecting families. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR