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Critical Issues in Child Welfare
Joan Shireman
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Description for Critical Issues in Child Welfare
Hardback. Three of the chapters have a coauthor who joins Joan Foster Shireman. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 261 x 25. Weight in Grams: 832.
Reorganized for more effective classroom use, the second edition of Critical Issues in Child Welfare begins with an updated, thorough overview of the challenges currently facing at-risk children and families. A description of the child welfare system highlights issues that are discussed in more detail throughout the book. The text explores protective services, family preservation, foster care and residential care, adoption, services for adolescents, and training and retention of staff. New material highlights the recent discoveries of the impact of early trauma and stress on children's development, and the modifications currently taking place in the child welfare system in response ... Read more
Reorganized for more effective classroom use, the second edition of Critical Issues in Child Welfare begins with an updated, thorough overview of the challenges currently facing at-risk children and families. A description of the child welfare system highlights issues that are discussed in more detail throughout the book. The text explores protective services, family preservation, foster care and residential care, adoption, services for adolescents, and training and retention of staff. New material highlights the recent discoveries of the impact of early trauma and stress on children's development, and the modifications currently taking place in the child welfare system in response ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231160780
SKU
V9780231160780
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Joan Shireman
Joan Foster Shireman is emerita professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at Portland State University and coauthor of Adoption: Theory, Policy, and Practice and Care and Commitment: Foster Parent Adoption Decisions. An established expert on child welfare policy and practice, she also writes on single parent and transracial adoption, foster care, and the experiences of workers and families ... Read more
Reviews for Critical Issues in Child Welfare
Critical Issues in Child Welfare is substantive, historically and contemporarily. The book will serve as a solid go-to introductory text that will likely appeal to many social work programs.
Jennifer Bellamy, University of Houston Joan Shireman's second edition is an excellent comprehensive resource on policies and practices impacting child welfare service delivery today, such as family preservation, permanency planning, ... Read more
Jennifer Bellamy, University of Houston Joan Shireman's second edition is an excellent comprehensive resource on policies and practices impacting child welfare service delivery today, such as family preservation, permanency planning, ... Read more