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Author:   Jill Duerr Berrick (Professor & Associate Dean, School of Social Welfare, Professor & Associate Dean, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley) ,  Neil Gilbert (Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780195310122

ISBN 10:   0195310128
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   10 April 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Part One: Children in Families 1: The Past is Not a Foreign Country: The Historical Education of Policy (Paula Fass) 2: From Private to Public: Paying Grandparents as Caretakers (Jill Duerr Berrick ) 3: Supporting Fathers' Engagement with Their Kids (Phil Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan, Nancy Cohen, Marsha Kline Pruett, and Kyle Pruett) 4: Can Women Have Careers and Babies Too? (Mary Ann Mason) 5: Motherhood, Work and Family Policy (Neil Gilbert) 6: Child Support: How Much is Just Right? (Ira Ellman and Tara Ellman) Part II: Outside Forces: Shaping Health and Educationr 7: Framing Public Interventions with Respect to Children as Parent-Empowering (Stephen D. Sugarman) 8: Childhood ADHD: Biological Reality or Social Construction, with Policy Implications (Stephen P. Hinshaw) 9: Do Immigrant Children Have a Fair Chance? (Sylvia Guendelman and Kate Cosby) 10: Non-Academic Needs of Students: How Can Schools Intervene? (Susan Stone ) 11: Families and Schools Raising Children: The Inequitable Effects of Family Background on Schooling Outcomes (W. Norton Grubb)

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<br> This stimulating collection of chapters offers multiple thoughtful approaches to tackling some of today's pressing issues. It takes into account a number of forces, within and outside the family, that shape the experiences of children growing up in this country today. --Social Service Review<p><br> This beautifully written, superbly researched book, which uses mothers' experiences with the foster care system as a backdrop, draws a disturbing picture of the current child welfare system and develops what some would consider a controversial way to address its shortcomings. At the very least, the premise of the book is provocative, and the solutions proposed demand thoughtful consideration...Berrick's analysis of the current state of foster care demonstrates a breadth of understanding of issues across the foster care system...Berrick is to be commended for the bold position she takes in this must-read book for anyone interested in child welfare. --Social Service Review<p><br>

<br> This stimulating collection of chapters offers multiple thoughtful approaches to tackling some of today's pressing issues. It takes into account a number of forces, within and outside the family, that shape the experiences of children growing up in this country today. --Social Service Review<br> This beautifully written, superbly researched book, which uses mothers' experiences with the foster care system as a backdrop, draws a disturbing picture of the current child welfare system and develops what some would consider a controversial way to address its shortcomings. At the very least, the premise of the book is provocative, and the solutions proposed demand thoughtful consideration...Berrick's analysis of the current state of foster care demonstrates a breadth of understanding of issues across the foster care system...Berrick is to be commended for the bold position she takes in this must-read book for anyone interested in child welfare. --Social Service Review<br>

Author Information

Jill Duerr Berrick is Professor and Associat Dean, School of Social Welfare, and Co-Director, Center for Child and Youth Policy, at the University of California-Berkeley. Neil Gilbert is the Chernin Professor of Social Welfare at the University of California-Berkeley.

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