This comprehensive handbook is a useful tool for practitioners in understanding the casework process. Chapters cover child development, intervention with families and medical evaluation of child abuse and neglect and how to interview in child protective services.
With the increased availability of personal computers in local agencies, software-driven calendar systems offer new ... that are causing the risk of maltreatment, the CPS caseworker must develop a positive relationship with the family.
This book does not give any legal advice just the tool to help you understand what they are looking for to deem you a successful parent.
Are juvenile court judges fair to the child and the parent? In Place of the Parent: Inside Child Protective Services takes you inside the courtroom and the inner workings of cps.
Many young people live in difficult, unhealthy, or even dangerous conditions. Luckily, there are systems in place to help kids caught in theses situations. Child protective services are working hard to help children in need.
They were on their last paid night at the motel. Can you please do something? Linda pleaded. Nothing with CPS was ever easy: not the work, not the people, not the policies, not the outcomes.
This book does not give any legal advice just the tool to help you understand what they are looking for to deem you a successful parent.
New Directions for Child Protective Services: Supporting Children, Families and Communities Through Legislative Reform
All who are concerned with preserving the health and well being of the family structure will find this book both compelling and rewarding.
The Handbook for Child Protection Protection Practice presents a comprehensive and critical portrait of the phenomenon of neglect. Drawing on theory, research and clinical practice experience, the contributors cover issues...
By reading this guide and Responding in Power to the Child Protection System, you will be a part of the movement to change the way the Child Protection System is allowed to operate.