Child welfare and family services : policies and practice /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Allyn & Bacon,
c2008
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| Edition: | 8th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- An introduction to family and child services
- Government programs to support families and children
- Services to prevent maltreatment and support families
- Child welfare principles and practices
- Law and procedure : court intervention with children, youth, and families
- Protecting children from neglect and abuse
- Family perseveration services
- Foster care : history, laws policies and structure
- Foster care practice and issues
- Families by adoption
- Juvenile delinquents : the community's dilemma
- Professional responsibilities : ethics and advocacy