This article reviews current research on emotional and behavioral disorders among children
in foster care and summarizes findings regarding utilization of mental health services in this …

Although a broad range of programmes for prevention of child maltreatment exist, the
effectiveness of most of the programmes is unknown. Two specific home-visiting …

Using both historical and contemporary contexts, The Child Welfare Challenge examines
major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its …

What happens to looked-after children in the longer term? This book analyses the outcomes
of a large-scale study of foster children in the UK. It includes individual case studies and …

Objective. Returning children to their biological families after placement in foster care (ie,
reunification) has been prioritized with legislation. Comprehensive studies of child …

The first few years of life are a time of unparalleled physical, intellectual, and emotional
development. But they can also be a time of neglect and abuse: this is the period when …

More than two million child abuse reports are filed annually on behalf of children in the
United States. Each of the reported children becomes a concern, at least temporarily, of the …

The decision whether or not to reunify a child in care with their birth family is one of the most
serious taken by children's services, and often involves considerable risk. This book …

Despite broad support for family preservation as a policy, an approach to service delivery,
and a program model, sufficient knowledge has accumulated to warrant reconsidering the …

Children in the custody of local child welfare systems are increasingly placed with relatives,
rather than in traditional foster care. Scholars and practitioners have called for an …