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Beyond Common Sense

Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, and the Evidence for Policy Reform

By: Fred Wulczyn,Richard P. Barth,Ying-Ying T. Yuan,Brenda Jones Harden,John Landsverk

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Beyond Common Sense

Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, and the Evidence for Policy Reform

By: Fred Wulczyn,Richard P. Barth,Ying-Ying T. Yuan,Brenda Jones Harden,John Landsverk

Helping vulnerable children develop their full potential is an attractive idea with broad common-sense appeal. However, child well-being is a broad concept, and the legislative mandate for addressing well-being in the context of the current child welfare system is not particularly clear. This volume asserts that finding a place for well-being on the list of outcomes established to manage the child welfare system is not as easy as it first appears. The overall thrust of this argument is that policy should be evidence-based, and the available evidence is a primary focus of the book. Because policymakers have to make decisions that allocate resources, a basic understanding of incidence in the public health tradition is important, as is evidence that speaks to the question of what works clinically. The rest of the book addresses the evidence. Chapter 2 integrates bio-ecological and public health perspectives to give the evidence base coherence. Chapters 3 and 4 combine evidence from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, the Multistate Foster Care Data Archive, and the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being to offer an unprecedented profile of children as they enter the child welfare system. Chapters 5 and 6 address the broad question of what works. A concluding chapter focuses on policy and future directions, suggesting that children starting out, children starting school, and children starting adolescence are high-risk populations for which explicit strategies have to be formed. This timely volume offers useful insights into the child welfare system and will be of particular interest to policymakers, academics with an interest in Child Welfare Policy, Social Work educators, and Child Advocates.

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Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Macro Level

Groups, Communities, and Organizations

By: Katherine S. Van Wormer,Fred H. Besthorn,Thomas Keefe

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Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Macro Level

Groups, Communities, and Organizations

By: Katherine S. Van Wormer,Fred H. Besthorn,Thomas Keefe

Each person is a unique individual, yet we all are also defined by groups - those we belong to and those we are excluded from, voluntarily or involuntarily. In the second half of the Human Behavior and the Social Environment sequence, Katherine van Wormer, Fred Besthorn, and Thomas Keefe take a stimulating new approach to exploring this macro view of humanity and demonstrating how each component of society, from the single person to the sprawling organization, is part of a dynamic whole. Their collaboration has produced a remarkable volume that will help students recognize and consider interactions between and among individuals and social systems, and thereby develop into truly effective social workers. *Outlines theoretical concepts and practice implications in each chapter *Highlights the importance of the natural environment and ecology - the "community of the earth" - to human and group behavior *Sets forth a refined understanding of the role of spirituality - the "community of faith" - in people's lives *Focuses on evidence-based theory and research *Teaches from a global, cross-cultural perspective, highlighting themes of empowerment and social justice *Features dynamic readings and personal narratives that highlight each chapter's topic *Accompanied by an online instructor's manual with Power Points for lecture presentations, chapter summaries, key terms, suggested classroom activities, and a test bank with essay and multiple choice questions Also available is a companion volume, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Micro Level, which offers an eye-opening view of how biological, psychological, and cultural forces influence individuals' behavior.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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Beyond Common Sense

Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, and the Evidence for Policy Reform

By: Fred Wulczyn,Richard P. Barth,Ying-Ying T. Yuan,Brenda Jones Harden,John Landsverk

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Beyond Common Sense

Child Welfare, Child Well-Being, and the Evidence for Policy Reform

By: Fred Wulczyn,Richard P. Barth,Ying-Ying T. Yuan,Brenda Jones Harden,John Landsverk

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Child Protection

Using Research to Improve Policy and Practice

By: Ron Haskins,Fred Wulczyn,Mary Bruce Webb

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Child Protection

Using Research to Improve Policy and Practice

By: Ron Haskins,Fred Wulczyn,Mary Bruce Webb

The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is the first nationally representative study of children who have been reported to authorities as suspected victims of abuse or neglect and the public programs that protect them. Child Protection is the first book that reports the results of NSCAW, interprets the findings, and puts them into a broader policy context. The authors, all experts in child welfare issues, address a range of issues made apparent by the survey results, including which types of personal and familial problems the programs are meant to address, the range of services and interventions that the child protection system can make available, and an assessment of these programs. Each chapter discusses the survey's implications and suggests new alternatives for designing and implementing future programs that not only protect at-risk children from further harm but also provide them with security and support. The practical lessons included in this volume make it an essential reference for all professionals working in the child protection field as well as anyone studying in the field of child welfare.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815735103

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Beyond Common Sense

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