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Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 and the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Act of 1999: What are the policy implications for youth with disabilities transitioning from foster care?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article examines the similarities and differences between the transition mandates in each of the two laws and makes recommendations for policy improvements. PMID: 19777790 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - September 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Hill K Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The voices of grandchildren of grandparent caregivers: a strengths-resilience perspective.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper presents the perspectives of grandchildren who are cared for by 20 grandparents or great-grandparents. It is based on videotaped family interviews that were analyzed qualitatively, and it shows how the grandchildren portray their parents and how they talk about their grandparents, as well as the grandchildren's strengths and resources. This inquiry demonstrates the nature of the grandchildren's attachments to their grandparents and their resilience. Implications for child welfare practice are identified. PMID: 19777791 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - September 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sands RG, Goldberg-Glen RS, Shin H Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Emerging issues at the intersection of immigration and child welfare: results from a transnational research and policy forum.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In July 2006, the American Humane Association and the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work facilitated a roundtable to address the emerging issue of immigration and its intersection with child welfare systems. More than 70 participants from 10 states and Mexico joined the roundtable, representing the fields of higher education, child welfare, international immigration, legal practice, and others. This roundtable created a transnational opportunity to discuss the emerging impact of migration on child welfare services in the United States and formed the basis of a continued multidisciplinary collaboration desi...
Source: Child Welfare - September 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Dettlaff AJ, Vidal de Haymes M, Velazquez S, Mindell R, Bruce L Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The legal and ethical context for knowing and using the latest child welfare research.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article explores the implications of this movement, including the potential for malpractice liability, limiting the discretion of child welfare professionals, complications with informed consent, and other legal and ethical risks. PMID: 19777793 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - September 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Barsky AE Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Mental health and substance abuse indicators among homeless youth in Denver, Colorado.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was motivated by clinically observed high rates of mental illness, trauma, dangerousness issues, and drug and alcohol abuse. Using archival data from mental health evaluations conducted over two years, variables including gender, age, ethnicity, primary diagnosis, drug of choice, trauma history, suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and legal history were assessed. Results discovered significantly higher than expected diagnoses of mental illness and associations between drug of choice and diagnosis, trauma history and suicidal ideation, and trauma history and diagnosis. Results suggest a strong need for co-occu...
Source: Child Welfare - September 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Merscham C, Van Leeuwen JM, McGuire M Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Overlooked: children with disabilities in residential care.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study evaluated data of 123 children with (n=34) and without (n=89) disabilities in residential care to determine demographic, behavioral, mental health, and educational characteristics. Data included demographic, behavior checklist, and standardized mental health and academic measures. Results indicated that both groups presented elevated risks; however, scores for children with disabilities revealed even greater levels of need. Primary risks were found on indicators of behaviors (e.g., social functioning), mental illness (e.g., anxiety), and academic performance (e.g., general knowledge and reading). Implications, l...
Source: Child Welfare - September 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Trout AL, Casey K, Chmelka MB, DeSalvo C, Reid R, Epstein MH Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Effects of early maltreatment on development: a descriptive study using the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explored the effects of complex trauma on the development of 57 children, as measured by the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II. This is the first descriptive study to report on the significant discrepancies between chronological and developmental ages in adopted and foster children. This study found that adopted and foster children with a psychiatric diagnosis of reactive attachment disorder show developmental delay in the domains of communication, daily living skills, and socialization. The average adaptive behavior composite score for the children in this study yielded a developmental age (age equivalency) ...
Source: Child Welfare - September 26, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Becker-Weidman A Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Mental health services for children placed in foster care: an overview of current challenges.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents an overview of mental health functioning of youth and alumni of foster care, and outlines a project that developed consensus guidelines. PMID: 19653451 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Pecora PJ, Jensen PS, Romanelli LH, Jackson LJ, Ortiz A Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Identification of mental health service need among youth in child welfare.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Despite the recognized importance of mental health concerns among youth in the child welfare population, data suggest a significant gap between children who need services and children who receive services. This paper aims to address this problem by focusing on the ways in which the system identifies--or fails to identify--children as needing mental health services. The paper reviews current guidelines, policies, and practices for mental health screening and assessment of youth in child welfare including available evidence-based screening instruments that have been evaluated in child welfare or other settings. It is con...
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Levitt JM Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents in foster care: review of research literature.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Between one-half and three-fourths of children entering foster care exhibit behavioral or social-emotional problems warranting mental health care. This paper, condensed and updated from a technical report prepared for Casey Family Programs in 2005, reviews evidence-based and promising interventions for the most prevalent mental conditions found among children in foster care. This paper also makes several recommendations regarding increasing access to mental health care and effective psychosocial interventions for foster care children. PMID: 19653453 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Landsverk JA, Burns BJ, Stambaugh LF, Reutz JA Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The use of psychotropic medication for children in foster care.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The use of psychotropic medication for foster children is in itself not unique; however, these children are of particular interest because of the stress associated with their life situations. A thorough assessment of the child and family should occur before beginning these medications, and in general, they should only be used in the presence of a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition, diagnosis of a mental disorder. Parents and caregivers need to be aware of principles of use, potential side effects, and monitoring parameters. PMID: 19653454 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Crismon ML, Argo T Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Engaging parents in child welfare services: bridging family needs and child welfare mandates.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Calls for expanded use of tested child mental health interventions in child welfare practice add new urgency to the longstanding question of how to enhance parent engagement in child welfare services, where low and uneven levels of engagement are pervasive, and services to parents and children tend to be separated, leaving important opportunities for parent-child interventions underutilized. Tackling these issues requires both expanded understandings of what engagement entails and the incorporation into child welfare practice of systematic, research-based strategies for supporting parental involvement. Drawing on a rev...
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kemp SP, Marcenko MO, Hoagwood K, Vesneski W Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Dissemination of a multilevel evidence-based system of parenting interventions with broad application to child welfare populations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Parenting interventions are relevant to many touch points of the child welfare system. This paper describes a multilevel system of parenting interventions called "Triple P" that matches intervention intensities to families, builds on a strong scientific base, provides multiple access points for parents, and offers a de-stigmatized, cost-efficient approach. This population approach can simultaneously address child-maltreatment prevention and promotion of child mental health. PMID: 19653456 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Prinz R Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Enhancing the empowerment of youth in foster care: supportive services.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper reviews the research on youth empowerment in seven child welfare programmatic areas. A lack of studies specifically focused on the empowerment of youth in foster care was found. Conceptual perspectives and existing data, however, suggest that the empowerment of youth in and transitioning out of care is essential and should be overtly facilitated through policy and program development. PMID: 19653457 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kaplan SJ, Skolnik L, Turnbull A Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Best practices for mental health in child welfare: screening, assessment, and treatment guidelines.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Best Practices for Mental Health in Child Welfare Consensus Conference focused on developing guidelines in five key areas (screening and assessment, psychosocial interventions, psychopharmacologic treatment, parent engagement, and youth empowerment) related to children's mental health. This paper provides an overview of issues related to the first three areas, presents the guidelines developed in these areas, and discusses the implications these guidelines have for the field of child welfare. PMID: 19653458 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Romanelli LH, Landsverk J, Levitt JM, Leslie LK, Hurley MM, Bellonci C, Gries LT, Pecora PJ, Jensen PS, Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Best practices for mental health in child welfare: parent support and youth empowerment guidelines.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper, the second in a series of two guideline papers emerging from the 2007 Best Practices for Mental Health in Child Welfare Consensus Conference, provides an overview of the key issues related to parent support and youth empowerment in child welfare and presents consensus guidelines in these important areas. The paper also discusses some of the implications these guidelines have for the child welfare field. PMID: 19653459 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - August 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Romanelli LH, Hoagwood KE, Kaplan SJ, Kemp SP, Hartman RL, Trupin C, Soto W, Pecora PJ, LaBarrie TL, Jensen PS, Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Racial disproportionality in child welfare. Introduction.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18972928 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Belanger K, Green DK, Bullard LB Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Disproportionality in child welfare.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18972929 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cross TL Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Measuring racial disparity in child welfare.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Overrepresentation of certain racial/ethnic groups in the foster care system is one of the most troubling and challenging issues in child welfare today. In response, many states have started reporting outcomes by race and ethnicity to identify disproportionately high rates of system contact. The identification of disproportional representation is the first step in developing targeted strategies to address disproportionality--highlighting where resources should be directed and guiding future research. However, present and future efforts to address disproportionality must be accompanied by statistically sound and meaning...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Shaw TV, Putnam-Hornstein E, Magruder J, Needell B Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Deconstructing disproportionality: views from multiple community stakeholders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was designed to develop a deeper understanding of disproportionality from the views of multiple community stakeholders. Using a qualitative approach, data were collected to provide a greater depth of information that can be used alongside existing studies toward developing an enhanced understanding of disproportionality in child welfare. PMID: 18972931 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Dettlaff AJ, Rycraft JR Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Visible minority, Aboriginal, and Caucasian children investigated by Canadian protective services.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this descriptive study was to compare the report profiles of Caucasian, Aboriginal, and other visible minority children whose cases were assessed by child protective services in Canada. The results show that children of Aboriginal ancestry and from visible minority groups are selected for investigation by child protective services 1.77 times more frequently than are children in the general population. Physical abuse is reported and substantiated more often for Asian children, whereas neglect is chiefly an issue with Aboriginal and black children. Child vulnerability factors and parental and housing risk fact...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lavergne C, Dufour S, Trocmé N, Larrivée MC Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Connective complexity: African American adolescents and the relational context of kinship foster care.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Attempts to address racial disproportionality in child welfare must include a focus on the benefits and challenges facing children in kinship care. African American children not only are overrepresented in the child welfare system, but also are placed disproportionately in kinship foster care. Using a sample of 18 African American adolescents ages 11 to 14, this article explores how the relational context of care experienced by adolescents in kinship foster care differs from that of adolescents in nonkinship foster family placements. Findings are presented regarding the stability of relationships as well as complex rol...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Schwartz A Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The role of faith in adoption: achieving positive adoption outcomes for African American children.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
African American children are overrepresented in foster care by more than twice their proportion in the population (U.S. Government Accountability Office [USGAO], 2007). Building upon research relating faith (religiosity) to positive health and mental health, this study utilized cognitive and religious coping theories to examine the influence of faith on choosing to adopt, achieving positive adoption outcomes, and reducing disproportionality. From Louisiana and Texas, 113 families who adopted 226 children, 48% African American, participated in a survey measuring children's behavior and parent distress (PSI-SF Difficult...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Belanger K, Copeland S, Cheung M Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The racial geography of child welfare: toward a new research paradigm.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article examines the community-level impact of concentrated child welfare agency involvement in African American neighborhoods. Based on interviews of 25 African American women in a Chicago neighborhood, the study found that residents were aware of intense agency involvement in their neighborhood and identified profound effects on social relationships including interference with parental authority, damage to children's ability to form social relationships, and distrust among neighbors. The study also discovered a tension between respondents' identification of adverse consequences of concentrated state supervision for ...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Roberts DE Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The intersection of race, poverty and risk: understanding the decision to provide services to clients and to remove children.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Studies have found that certain racial groups, particularly the children of African American families, are placed in foster care at a higher rate than children of other races. These families are also sometimes found to be afforded fewer services that might prevent these removals, relative to families of other races. It is unclear why this is so. Poverty has been suspected, and sometimes found, to be the primary cause of the disparity. Lacking in some of these analyses, however, was how risk of future abuse/neglect to the child entered into the decisions and particularly, how assumptions about race, poverty, and risk ar...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rivaux SL, James J, Wittenstrom K, Baumann D, Sheets J, Henry J, Jeffries V Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Children ever in care: an examination of cumulative disproportionality.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study uses longitudinal administrative child welfare data to examine ethnic disproportionality in involvement with the child welfare system during the first seven years of life at three levels of contact: (1) initial referrals, (2) substantiated referrals, and (3) first entries. Findings suggest the experience of African American families, and probably Native American families, with the child welfare system is much different from other families. PMID: 18972937 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Magruder J, Shaw TV Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The benefits of life table analysis for describing disproportionality.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reviews how life table analysis can improve on cross-sectional analysis of disproportionality by comparing African American and Caucasian children's risk of being investigated for child maltreatment or being placed in foster care before their 10th birthday. We then highlight the application of life table results in advocacy. Newspaper commentaries and presentations for community groups using these results raised awareness with policymakers and in turn helped to increase funding and programming that addresses disproportionality. Life table results point to the role of age and geography in understanding why disp...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Crampton D, Coulton CJ Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Acknowledging disproportionate outcomes and changing service delivery.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18972939 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: McRoy RG Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Emerging strategies for reducing racial disproportionality and disparate outcomes in child welfare: the results of a national breakthrough series collaborative.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the Disproportionality BSC process, as well as the work of participating jurisdictions with respect to transforming organizational culture and testing/implementing child welfare practice improvements. A theory of change is presented and critical lessons learned are shared in the form of collaborative reflections. PMID: 18972940 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Miller OA, Ward KJ Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Evaluating multisystemic efforts to impact disproportionality through key decision points.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article provides the background and method for identification and measurement of key decision points in the child welfare system to track change effected by multisystemic approaches to reduce disproportionality. Interpretation of the results in the scorecard is provided and recommendations for future interventions based on the data are discussed. PMID: 18972941 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Derezotes D, Richardson B, King CB, Kleinschmit-Rembert J, Pratt B Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Addressing the disproportionate representation of children of color: a collaborative community approach.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents the development, objectives and future of the IDC. One of the objectives, research, will be offered as an example of the committee's collaborative strategies. The IDC, in partnership with another organization, has begun exploring relationships between ethnicity, risk factors and treatment outcomes. The results of this research effort have examined disproportion and disparity, leading the IDC to identify needs for change within the state. Barriers and successes of the IDC will be shared, so that others can use these efforts to guide their own strategies to reduce disproportionality. PMID: 18972942 ...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Busch M, Wall JR, Koch SM, Anderson C Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Addressing disproportionality through undoing racism, leadership development, and community engagement.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article will describe how the Texas Department of Family Protective Services in collaboration with Casey Family Programs' Texas State Strategy systems improvement initiative is addressing disproportionality statewide through promising practices and innovations in undoing racism trainings, values-based leadership development, and community engagement strategies. PMID: 18972943 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: James J, Green D, Rodriguez C, Fong R Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Comparative analysis of two community-based efforts designed to impact disproportionality.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Children of color are overrepresented in child welfare in Iowa at a rate double their percentage of the population. In 2005 the Iowa Department of Human Services implemented two pilot demonstration projects to address overrepresentation of Native American and African American children in the child welfare system. The projects, called the Minority Youth and Families Initiative (MYFI), included ongoing evaluation. Results obtained over two years indicate improved worker and participant alliance, family functioning, and outcomes for children. Findings are discussed and recommendations are provided for further improvements...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Richardson B Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Taking action on racial disproportionality in the child welfare system.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mirroring national trends, children of color in Washington state's King County are overrepresented at every point in the child welfare system and fare worse by most measures than are Caucasian children. The King County Coalition on Racial Disproportionality was formed to reduce and ultimately eliminate racial disproportionality in the county's child welfare system. The research-based strategies implemented to address the issue focused on children in care longer than two years. They included participation in the Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Racial Disproportionality, implementation of benchmark hearings, and dev...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Clark P, Buchanan J, Legters L Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Point of engagement: reducing disproportionality and improving child and family outcomes.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper describes an innovative service delivery model to reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system. Point of Engagement (POE) is a collaborative family- and community-centered approach initiated in Compton, a regional office in Los Angeles County that serves south Los Angeles, a predominantly African American and Hispanic/Latino area. Over the past two years, the POE has been implemented in the Compton area by providing more thorough investigations, engaging families, and delivering needed services to children and families within their homes and communities. POE has demonstrated a reduction in...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Marts EJ, Lee EK, McRoy R, McCroskey J Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Gaps in research and public policies.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18972947 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Hill RB Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Children with problematic sexualized behaviors in the child welfare system.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study assessed the utility of the Child Sexual Behavior Inventory (CSBI) in a child welfare sample. In this study, 97 children from ages 10 to 12 from either foster boarding homes or a residential treatment center participated. Researchers interviewed foster parents or primary therapists about children's sexual behavior, traumatic events, clinical symptoms, and their attitudes toward the child. Findings revealed that problematic sexualized behaviors were more prevalent in the residential treatment center (RTC) sample than they were in a normative sample. The pattern of associations between sexual behavior problems, tr...
Source: Child Welfare - September 7, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Baker AJ, Gries L, Schneiderman M, Parker R, Archer M, Friedrich B Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The role of interagency collaboration for substance-abusing families involved with child welfare.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Meeting the needs of families involved with the child welfare system because of a substance abuse issue remains a challenge for child welfare practitioners. In order to improve services to these families, there has been an increasing focus on improving collaboration between child welfare, treatment providers, and the court systems. This paper presents the results from qualitative interviews with 104 representatives of these three systems that explore how the collaborative process works to benefit families, as well as the barriers and supports for building successful collaborations. Results indicate that collaboration h...
Source: Child Welfare - September 7, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Green BL, Rockhill A, Burrus S Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Safety, family, permanency, and child well-being: what we can learn from children.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study is an attempt to infuse into discussions about system accountability the notion that children can speak to issues of safety, family, permanency, and well-being in child welfare. The study utilized a cross-sectional survey design involving in-home, semistructured interviews with children ages 6 to 13 in two urban California counties. Of the 100 children who participated in face-to-face interviews, 59 were living with kin caregivers and 41 were living with nonkin. Standardized instruments and measures developed specifically for this study were employed. Findings indicate that while children assess their homes as s...
Source: Child Welfare - September 7, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Fox A, Berrick JD, Frasch K Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The climate of child welfare employee retention.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes differences in perceptions of the child welfare work environment among Title IV-E educated individuals who remain within public child welfare and those who sought employment elsewhere after fulfilling a legal work commitment. Job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment were predictive of staying versus leaving. The empirical evidence suggests that efforts to retain highly skilled and educated public child welfare workers should focus on creating positive organizational climates within agencies. PMID: 18575259 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - September 7, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cahalane H, Sites EW Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

African American males in foster care and the risk of delinquency: the value of social bonds and permanence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Juvenile delinquency remains a significant problem for child welfare systems throughout the United States. Victims of child abuse and neglect are more likely relative to children in the general population to engage in delinquency (Ryan & Testa, 2005; Widom, 1989). Although the magnitude of this relationship is not fully understood (Zingraff, Leiter, Myers, & Johnsen, 1993), the risk of delinquency is particularly high for African American males, adolescents, and children in substitute care settings. Unfortunately little is known about the factors that connect the experiences of maltreatment and delinquency. Thi...
Source: Child Welfare - September 7, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ryan JP, Testa MF, Zhai F Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Child abuse and neglect in Cambodian refugee families: characteristics and implications for practice.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the characteristics and patterns of child maltreatment among Cambodian refugee families in Los Angeles and assesses the implications for child welfare practice with Cambodian refugee families. Data were extracted from 243 active Cambodian case files maintained by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (LAC-DCFS). Some of the major findings include (1) Cambodian child maltreatment cases were most frequently reported to the LAC-DCFS among various Asian Pacific ethnic groups; (2) Cambodian refugee families were more likely to be charged with neglect, while their Asian Pacific cou...
Source: Child Welfare - September 7, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Chang J, Rhee S, Berthold SM Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Youth characteristics associated with behavioral and mental health problems during the transition to residential treatment centers: the Odyssey Project population.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to determine what youth characteristics were associated with emotional and behavioral problems exhibited within the first three months of placement in residential treatment centers (RTCs) in a sample of youth from 20 agencies in 13 states. Two primary research questions were addressed: 1) What characteristics were associated with behavior during the transition to care? 2) Were the characteristics associated with behavior during the transition the same for boys and girls? Data were drawn from the Time 1 phase of the longitudinal national Odyssey Project dataset developed by the Child Welfare League of Ameri...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Baker AJ, Archer M, Curtis P Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Child welfare workplace: the state of the workforce and strategies to improve retention.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Child welfare systems throughout the United States are being closely scrutinized as sensational cases appear in the media in nearly every state. At the federal level, with the Child and Family Service Review process, the government is documenting that states across the country are not conforming to federal child welfare requirements (DHHS, 2007) put in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children. One of the most crucial underlying causes of these inadequacies is a workforce that lacks the manpower for the tasks it confronts. To meet performance standards for the seven major Adoption and Safe Family Act child w...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Scannapieco M, Connell-Carrick K Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Social networks, informal child care, and inadequate supervision by mothers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether less informal child care support from family and friends is related to supervisory neglect and, if there is a relationship, to test several explanations for why some mothers receive less child care. Thirty-two low-income mothers who did not adequately supervise their children were matched to 32 mothers who provided adequate supervision. The results showed the mothers who provided inadequate supervision received less child care support from their partners and relatives, but not their friends. These differences appear to be linked to several properties of the mothers' soc...
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Coohey C Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

The training process of the Maryland Guardianship Assistance Project: a collaborative model for kinship foster care.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Understanding models of multidisciplinary collaborations in child welfare has become essential for policy development, program success, and improving outcomes for children in foster care. The authors present the state of Maryland's Guardianship Assistance Project (GAP) as a model of multidisciplinary collaboration in child welfare and describe the training process that supported the development of the model. Key components for effective collaborative practice, lessons learned, and recommendations from the GAP collaboration are presented. PMID: 18456983 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Thornton PL, Okundaye JN, Harrington D Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Outcomes of a randomized trial of continuum of care services for children in a child welfare system.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families Title IV-E waiver demonstration evaluated whether the well-being of children approved for residential mental health services could be improved, and lengths of stay in restrictive placements reduced, by providing case rate payments to community agencies to provide continuum of care services. Children between ages 7 and 15 were randomly assigned to either the demonstration group (n = 78) or to usual state-supported services (n = 79). One-year outcome results indicated that in a situation that is less costly, improvement in outcomes occurred in less restrictive settings....
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Holden EW, O'Connell SR, Liao Q, Krivelyova A, Connor T, Blau G, Long D Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Shaping child welfare policy via performance measurement.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article explores the role of indicators in shaping child welfare, comparing stated policy with performance indicator regimes in England. It shows how indicators construct child welfare narrowly as investigation and placement, contradicting the more comprehensive family support approaches of policy and legislation. PMID: 18456985 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - November 1, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tilbury C Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Effectively addressing mental health issues in child welfare practice. Introduction.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This volume is dedicated to advances in policies, programs, and practices for effectively addressing the mental health issues in child welfare practice, and it reflects CWLA's and the Mental Health Advisory Board's commitment to ensuring children and their families receive effective mental health services that lead to their optimal well-being. PMID: 18422045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Child Welfare)
Source: Child Welfare - September 1, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Collins J Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals

Creating more trauma-informed services for children using assessment-focused tools.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article promotes integrating assessment and evidence-based practice in the treatment of traumatized children through a review of two newly developed trauma assessment tools: (1) the Child Welfare Trauma Referral Tool (CWT), and (2) Assessment-Based Treatment for Traumatized Children: A Trauma Assessment Pathway Model (TAP). These tools use pathways and algorithms to increase understanding of individual child trauma victims, and assist professionals working with children to make appropriate referral and treatment decisions within both child welfare and mental health contexts. PMID: 18422046 [PubMed - indexed for ME...
Source: Child Welfare - September 1, 2007 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Igelman R, Taylor N, Gilbert A, Ryan B, Steinberg A, Wilson C, Mann G Tags: Child Welfare Source Type: journals