- Summary
- Contents
- Subject index
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 facing social workers. They provide a view of child neglect which moves beyond the current child welfare focus on parental omissions in care. Organized in question and answer format, topics covered include: engaging with the client; initial assessments for factors such as neglect and physical and sexual abuse; how to assess the family; interventions with various different emphases; and safeguarding the social workers well-being: legally, physically and mentally.
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Front Matter
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Chapters
Part I: Reporting and Screening
- Chapter 1: How Do I Decide Whether to accept a Report for a Child Protective Services Investigation?
- Chapter 2: What Criteria are Most Critical to Determine the Urgency of Child Protective Services Response?
- Chapter 3: What is Child Neglect?
- Chapter 4: What is Physical Abuse?
- Chapter 5: What is Sexual Abuse?
- Chapter 6: What is Psychological Maltreatment?
Part II: Engagement
- Chapter 7: How Do I Connect with Children at Different Developmental Levels?
- Chapter 8: How Do I Develop a Helping Alliance with the Family?
- Chapter 9: What Principles and Approaches Can I Use to Engage Clients across Cultures?
- Chapter 10: How Can I Use Authority Effectively and Engage Family Members?
- Chapter 11: How Do I Manage Difficult Encounters with the Family?
- Chapter 12: How Do I Respond to Feelings (Mine and My Client's)?
Part III: Interviewing
- Chapter 13: How Do I Interview Young Children about Suspected Sexual Abuse?
- Chapter 14: How Do I Interview Older Children and Adolescents about Sexual Abuse?
- Chapter 15: What Tools are Appropriate to Facilitate Interviews with Children?
- Chapter 16: How Do I Interview a Child about Alleged Physical Abuse?
- Chapter 17: How Do I Interview Non-Maltreating Parents and Caregivers?
- Chapter 18: How Do I Interview the Alleged Perpetrator?
- Chapter 19: What Kinds of Questions in My Initial Assessment Interviews Will Generate Solutions and Enhance Safety?
Part IV: Initial Assessment
- Section A: General
- Chapter 20: How Do I Differentiate Culturally Based Parenting Practices from Child Maltreatment?
- Chapter 21: How Should Child Protective Services and Law Enforcement Coordinate the Initial Assessment and Investigation?
- Chapter 22: How Do I Screen a Caregiver's Use and Abuse of and Dependence on Alcohol and other Drugs and Their Effects on Parenting?
- Chapter 23: How Do I Screen Caregivers If I Suspect That They May Be Dangerous to Themselves or Their Children?
- Chapter 24: How Do I Decide Whether to Substantiate a Report?
- Section B: Neglect
- Chapter 25: How Do I Determine If a Child is Neglected?
- Chapter 26: How Do I Determine If it is Medical Neglect?
- Chapter 27: How Do I Determine Whether a Child's Nutritional Needs are being Met?
- Chapter 28: What is Inadequate Supervision?
- Chapter 29: How Do I Assess Neglect among At-Risk Adolescents?
- Section C: Physical Abuse
- Chapter 30: How Do I Determine Whether a Child Has Been Physically Abused?
- Chapter 31: What Medical Evaluation is Needed When Physical Abuse is Suspected?
- Chapter 32: How Do I Interpret Medical Tests for Physical Abuse?
- Chapter 33: What Conditions May Be Mistaken for Physical Abuse?
- Chapter 34: What are the Telltale Differences between Abusive and Noninflicted Injuries?
- Chapter 35: What is Shaken Baby Syndrome?
- Chapter 36: How Do I Assess Possible Histories of Physical Abuse among Assaultive Adolescents?
- Section D: Sexual Abuse
- Chapter 37: How Do I Determine If a Child Has Been Sexually Abused?
- Chapter 38: What Developmental Factors Should Be Considered in Interpreting a Child's Disclosure of Sexual Abuse?
- Chapter 39: How Do I Interpret Sexualized Behavior in Children?
- Chapter 40: The Medical Evaluation for Possible Child Sexual Abuse: When is it Needed, Who Should Do it, How Should One Prepare for it, and What Will Be Done?
- Chapter 41: How Do I Interpret Laboratory Test Results for Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
- Chapter 42: How Do I Interpret Results of a Child Sexual Abuse Examination? What Conditions May Be Mistaken for Sexual Abuse?
- Chapter 43: How Do I Evaluate Suspected Sexual Abuse in the Adolescent Female?
- Chapter 44: When Does Sexual Play Suggest a Problem?
- Section E: Psychological Maltreatment
- Chapter 45: How Do I Determine Whether a Child Has Been Psychologically Maltreated?
- Chapter 46: In What Circumstances is a Child Who Witnesses Violence Experiencing Psychological Maltreatment?
- Section F: Risk Assessment and Safety Evaluation
- Chapter 47: How Do I Assess Risk and Safety?
- Chapter 48: How Do I Consider Cultural Factors When Assessing Risk and Safety?
- Chapter 49: How Do I Ensure a Maltreated Child's Safety in the Home?
- Chapter 50: How Do I Protect Children When There is a History of Domestic Violence in the Family?
- Chapter 51: How Do I Protect Children When Caregivers Have Chemical-Dependency Problems?
- Chapter 52: How Do I Protect Children from Hazardous Home Conditions and other Poverty-Related Conditions?
- Chapter 53: When Do Family Preservation Services Make Sense, and When Should other Permanency Plans Be Explored?
- Chapter 54: How Do I Decide Whether to Remove the Alleged Offender or to Remove the Child?
- Chapter 55: How Do I Assess the Risk of Maltreatment in Foster Care and Kinship Care?
Part V: Family Assessment
- Section A: Emphasis on the Child
- Chapter 56: How Do I Assess Child and Youth Behavior?
- Chapter 57: How Do I Assess Child and Youth Development?
- Chapter 58: How Do I Assess Child and Youth Emotional States?
- Chapter 59: How Do I Recognize and Assess Common or Important Mental Health Problems in Children?
- Chapter 60: What Preventive Pediatric and Dental Care Should Children and Youth Receive?
- Chapter 61: How Do I Assess a Child's Health Status?
- Chapter 62: How Do I Assess a Child's Social Support System?
- Chapter 63: How Do I Assess a Child's Behavior Related to Separation and Visitation?
- Section B: Emphasis on Parents and Caregivers
- Chapter 64: How Do I Assess a Caregiver's Personal History and its Meaning for Practice?
- Chapter 65: How Do I Assess a Caregiver's Parenting Attitudes, Knowledge, and Level of Functioning?
- Chapter 66: How Do I Assess the Care of Children with Major Medical Problems?
- Chapter 67: How Do I Assess a Caregiver's Strengths and Treatment Needs?
- Chapter 68: How Do I Assess a Caregiver's Motivation and Readiness to Change?
- Chapter 69: What Do I Need to Know about Care Needs and Parenting Capacity in Caregivers with HIV or AIDS?
- Section C: Emphasis on Families
- Chapter 70: How Do I Assess the Strengths in Families?
- Chapter 71: How Do I Conduct an Ethnographic Interview to Learn about the Family's Culture?
- Chapter 72: How Do I Assess Family Functioning?
- Chapter 73: How Do I Assess a Parent-Child Relationship?
- Chapter 74: How Do I Assess the Treatment Needs of Children Affected by Domestic Violence?
- Chapter 75: How Do I Assess the Likelihood of an Intervention Succeeding?
Part VI: Service Planning
- Chapter 76: How Do I Match Risks to Client Outcomes?
- Chapter 77: What Outcomes are Relevant for Intervention?
- Chapter 78: What is Strengths-Based Service Planning?
- Chapter 79: How Do I Develop Measurable Goals and Objectives That Match Client Intervention Outcomes?
- Chapter 80: What is Concurrent Planning, and How Do I Do it?
- Chapter 81: How Do I Use Family Meetings to Develop Optimal Service Plans?
- Chapter 82: How Do I Involve Fathers?
- Chapter 83: How Do I Develop a Collaborative Intervention Plan with the Kinship Network?
- Chapter 84: What Do I Need to Know to Plan Effectively across Child Welfare Programs?
Part VII: Intervention
- Section A: Emphasis on the Child
- Chapter 85: What Types of Mental Health Treatment Should Be Considered for Maltreated Children?
- Chapter 86: What are Effective Strategies to Address Common Behavior Problems?
- Chapter 87: How Do I Help Children Adjust to Out-of-Home Care Placement?
- Chapter 88: How Do I Help Children Maintain Cultural Identity When They are Placed in Out-of-Home Care?
- Chapter 89: What Kind of Pediatric Care Should Abused and Neglected Children Receive?
- Section B: Emphasis on the Parent or Caregiver
- Chapter 90: How Can Parenting Be Enhanced?
- Chapter 91: What Interventions are Available for the Nonabusive Parent?
- Chapter 92: How Can I Help Parents and Caregivers Develop Social Skills and Make Positive Connections to the Community?
- Chapter 93: What Treatment is Recommended for Sexual Abuse Perpetrators?
- Chapter 94: What Treatment is Recommended to Address Physically Abusive Behavior?
- Chapter 95: What is the Most Effective Treatment for Depression?
- Chapter 96: What Interventions are Most Effective in Addressing Domestic Violence?
- Chapter 97: What are the Treatment Options for Parents with Alcohol or other Drug Problems?
- Section C: Emphasis on the Family
- Chapter 98: What Do I Need to Know about Family Therapy?
- Chapter 99: How Can I Support Biological Families after a Child Has Been Removed from Their Care?
- Chapter 100: How Do I Facilitate Visits between Foster Children and Their Biological Families That Support the Goals and Objectives of Intervention?
- Chapter 101: How Do I Build Families' Financial Management Skills?
- Chapter 102: How Can I Best Manage the Intervention Process When Multiple Service Providers are Involved?
- Chapter 103: What is “Family to Family,” and How Does it Support Permanency for Children?
- Chapter 104: Foster and Kinship Caregivers: What are Their Support and Intervention Needs?
- Chapter 105: What are the Unique Roles of Religious Institutions in Supporting and Strengthening Families?
Part VIII: Evaluation and Closure
- Chapter 106: How Do I Measure Risk Reduction?
- Chapter 107: When is Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption the Best Permanency Option?
- Chapter 108: When Can a Child Be Safely Reunited with His or Her Family?
- Chapter 109: Preparing Youth for Independent Living: What are the Best Methods for Reaching Self-Sufficiency?
- Chapter 110: How Do I Prepare Families for Case Closure?
Part IX: Legal and Ethical Issues
- Chapter 111: What Rights Do My Clients Have to Information in Their Case Records?
- Chapter 112: How Do I Avoid Being Sued?
- Chapter 113: What is the Role of the Caseworker in Juvenile Court?
- Chapter 114: How Do I Feel Comfortable Testifying in Court?
- Chapter 115: How Do I Help Children Be Comfortable in the Legal System and Improve Their Competency as Witnesses?
- Chapter 116: Why is Communicating with Lawyers So Important and So Difficult?
- Chapter 117: How Do I Work Effectively with Guardians Ad Litem, Court-Appointed Special Advocates, and Citizen or Professional Case Review Panels?
Part X: Child Protection Practice: Special Issues for the Practitioner
- Chapter 118: What are the Core Competencies for Practitioners in Child Welfare Agencies?
- Chapter 119: How Do I Protect My Personal Safety in the Community?
- Chapter 120: How Do I Prevent Burnout?
- Chapter 121: How Can Critical Thinking Contribute to Informed Decisions?
- Chapter 122: What Can I Do to Cope with the Death or Serious Injury of a Child from My Caseload?
- Chapter 123: How Do I Balance Common Sense, Personal Values, and Agency Constraints?
- Chapter 124: How Do I Use Case Record Keeping to Guide Intervention and Provide Accountability?
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Back Matter
- Appendix 1: Advisory Group on Chapter Topics
- Appendix 2: The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST)
- Appendix 3: Likelihood of Sexual Transmission of and Basic Information on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Appendix 4: Developmental Milestonesa
- Appendix 5: Schedule of Preventive Health Care
- Appendix 6: Limited Genogram of Mrs. R's Family
- Appendix 7: Parenting Resources
- Appendix 8: Assessing and Maximizing Strengths: Family Functioning Style Scale1
- Appendix 9: Assessing Family Needs, Resources, and Social Support
- Appendix 10: Steps in the Court Process and Court-Related Caseworker Activities
- Appendix 11: Resources on Child Welfare Competencies
- Appendix 12: National Organizations and Resources Concerned with Child Protection
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
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