In the wake of the 1974 Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, all 50 states enacted statutes mandating the reporting of child abuse. These laws are designed to protect children from domestic violence. This title offers guidance on the various ethical issues that surround mandated reporting.
Early Intervention for Children with Special Needs and Their Families
Addresses the complex issues that home visitors face in their daily work with families who have diverse backgrounds and needs. This book offers an approach to home visiting that's culturally sensitive, family centered and designed to help each unique family reach their specific goals.
Presents a framework for culturally competent practice with children and families in child maltreatment cases. This book includes strategies and examples to help readers address cultural concerns at each stage of the assessment and intervention process. It helps gain skills for maximizing the accuracy of assessments for physical and sexual abuse.
Provides a comprehensive overview about how to evaluate whether a mother with a mental illness is able to safely care for her children. This book synthesizes the research about psychiatric disorders and parenting and outlines eight principles for sound assessment methodology. It provides a step-by-step description of a parenting evaluation.
This widely adopted text and practical guidebook presents the fundamentals of family-based intervention with clients struggling with chronic poverty-related crises and life stressors. Grounded in Salvador Minuchin's influential systemic model and the extensive experience of all three highly regarded authors, the book illustrates innovative ways ......
This widely adopted text and practical guidebook presents the fundamentals of family-based intervention with clients struggling with chronic poverty-related crises and life stressors. Grounded in Salvador Minuchin's influential systemic model and the extensive experience of all three highly regarded authors, the book illustrates innovative ways ......
Making a Real Difference for Staff and Service Users
This third edition of the best selling Staff Supervision in Social Care offers essential new material, as well as updating the existing core material covering the fundamentals of good supervision, group supervision and the emotional impact of the work. This edition extends the understanding and application of the critical links between ......
An Outcome and Intervention Planning Instrument for Use with Families at
For use with at-risk families of children from birth to 3 years of age, this tool, along with a CD-ROM, provides the critical data home visiting programs need. Generating a portrait of the behaviors and skills of parents and children, it helps establish baseline client profiles, monitor outcomes and others, to show that interventions are working.
