Overview
This book offers mental health professionals insights and recommendations for supporting children of color in the child welfare system. Race plays a pivotal role in the experiences of children in the child welfare system. Children of color are more likely to enter the system, stay in the system longer, and receive fewer services while they are in it. As a result, they are more likely to face a decline in their immediate and long-term academic and educational progress, more likely to enter the juvenile justice system, and less likely to be satisfied with counseling and other support services they receive while in out-of-home placements. This book offers the crucial insights and key recommendations that mental health professionals need to support children of color in the child welfare system. By understanding the challenges that children of color face in the system, as well as best practices for supporting them, professionals in the child welfare system can improve outcomes. The book will be an essential resource for researchers, counselors and clinicians who work in the child welfare system, as well as those designing interventions to help children and their families.
Full Product Details
Author: Yvette R. Harris ,
Gloria Oliver Carpenter
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Imprint: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 9781433833120
ISBN 10: 1433833123
Pages: 235
Publication Date: 02 January 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Authors provide in-depth and actionable strategies for operationalizing trauma-informed and culturally responsive child welfare practice with children and families of color. This book also does a commendable job of outlining the importance of addressing families’ economic and concrete support needs as a core strategy for improving child welfare outcomes. -- Krista Thomas, PhD, Senior Policy Fellow, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States This is a must-read book for those addressing the needs of children in foster care. The contributors outline important information and recommendations for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers. -- Michael J. Lawler, PhD, President, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, WA, United States
Author Information
Yvette R. Harris, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. She received her doctorate from the University of Florida, with a specialization in cognitive development. Her scholarly work for the past 3 years has focused on exploring environmental contributions to preschool and school age cognitive development, with a specific focus on African American children and parents from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Her research has been published in a variety of national and international journals, and she has co-authored three books on African American children. Gloria J. O. Carpenter, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at Oxford Psychological, LLC, in Arlington, Virginia. She received her doctorate from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a concentration in developmental psychology. Dr. Carpenter's scholarship has focused on health disparities and parent involvement as a route to improve academic and social-emotional outcomes for children. She completed a T-32 Research Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center focused on children with sickle cell disease and other pain-related illnesses. She teaches at Northern Kentucky University and at Montgomery College in Maryland.
