Overview
Encouraging a multidisciplinary perspective, this guide explores the needs of children in the child welfare system and offers ways to get them back on track.Children from birth to age 3 are the largest group of children to enter, re-enter, and remain the child welfare system. Of these children, more than half demonstrate developmental delays. These children's needs are not often addressed by professionals and policy makers involved in decision-making regarding the child welfare system. This book shows how important it is to take a multi-disciplinary approach to address this situation. Through detailed case studies, the author demonstrates best practices and the development of new interdisciplinary models. The key thread in the book is research and practice that align with healthy child development. Topics include the history of child welfare advocacy, new research and new laws, legal advocacy, health care advocacy, early intervention advocacy, early childhood education advocacy, and future directions.
Full Product Details
Author: Sheryl Dicker
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co
Imprint: Brookes Publishing Co
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.310kg
ISBN: 9781557669612
ISBN 10: 1557669619
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 01 May 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Dicker brings an invaluable and unique point of view as someone attuned to the complexities of bureaucracies and to the moral responsibilty to faithfully enact laws that protect the rights of young children. Her tenacity exemplifies what life-long commitment to social justice looks like ... an enlightening book, surely to be recognized as the seminal text on this issue. --Stefi Rubin, Ph.D., LMFT Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (10/06/2010)
Draws on the latest research, rich case studies, and Dicker's years of experience to show the field how it can meet the health care needs of young children who have suffered in systems that are supposed to help them. --Robert G. Schwartz
<p> Dicker brings an invaluable and unique point of view as someone attuned to the complexities of bureaucracies and to the moral responsibilty to faithfully enact laws that protect the rights of young children. Her tenacity exemplifies what life-long commitment to social justice looks like ... an enlightening book, surely to be recognized as the seminal text on this issue. --Stefi Rubin, Ph.D., LMFT Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (10/06/2010)
Author Information
Sheryl Dicker is Executive Director, Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children, New York.
