From child abuse to permanency planning : child welfare services pathways and placements /

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Imprint:New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c1994.
Description:xiii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Modern applications of social work
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1555436
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Other authors / contributors:Barth, Richard P., 1952-
ISBN:0202360857 (cloth : alk. paper)
0202360865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Examining Child Abuse and Child Welfare Caseloads and Careers. 1. Understanding Pathways to Permanency. 2. Growth in Child Abuse Reports and Child Welfare Services Caseloads. 3. From Child Abuse Report to Child Welfare Services
  • Pt. II. Analyzing Foster Care. 4. Rethinking and Researching Length of Stay in Foster Care. 5. Reunification from Kinship and Nonkinship Foster Care. 6. Factors Associated with Entrance to Group Care. 7. Time to Adoption
  • Pt. III. Child and Placement Characteristics. 8. Specialized Foster Care: A Home for Children with Special Needs. 9. Kinship Care: Rights and Responsibilities, Services and Standards / Richard P. Barth and Barbara Needell. 10. Group Care for Children. 11. Similarities and Differences in the Characteristics of Children in Out-of-Home Care
  • Pt. IV. Implications. 12. Trends and Recommendations for the Next Decade.