Handbook for Child Protection Practice
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Handbook for Child Protection Practice

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Handbook for Child Protection Practice

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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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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
1999
ISBN
9781452221434
Edition
1
Topic
Psychologie
Subtopic
Relations interpersonnelles en psychologie

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Part I - Reporting and Screening
  5. Chapter 1 - How do I Decide Whether to Accept a Report for a Child Protective Services Investigation?
  6. Chapter 2 - What Criteria are Most Critical to Determine the Urgency of Child Protective Services Response?
  7. Chapter 3 - What is Child Neglect?
  8. Chapter 4 - What is Physical Abuse?
  9. Chapter 5 - What is Sexual Abuse?
  10. Chapter 6 - What is Psychological Maltreatment?
  11. Part II - Engagement
  12. Chapter 7 - How do I Connect with Children at Different Developmental Levels?
  13. Chapter 8 - How do I Develop a Helping Alliance with the Family?
  14. Chapter 9 - What Principles and Approaches can I Use to Engage Clients across Cultures?
  15. Chapter 10 - How can I Use Authority Effectively and Engage Family Members?
  16. Chapter 11 - How do I Manage Difficult Encounters with the Family?
  17. Chapter 12 - How do I Respond to Feelings (Mine and My Client's)?
  18. Part III - Interviewing
  19. Chapter 13 - How do I Interview Young Children about Suspected Sexual Abuse?
  20. Chapter 14 - How do I Interview Older Children and Adolescents about Sexual Abuse?
  21. Chapter 15 - What Tools are Appropriate to Facilitate Interviews with Children?
  22. Chapter 16 - How do I Interview a Child about Alleged Physical Abuse?
  23. Chapter 17 - How do I Interview Non-Maltreating Parents and Caregivers?
  24. Chapter 18 - How do I Interview the Alleged Perpetrator?
  25. Chapter 19 - What Kinds of Questions in My Initial Assessment Interviews will Generate Solutions and Enhance Safety?
  26. Part IV - Initial Assessment
  27. Section A - General
  28. Chapter 20 - How do I Differentiate Culturally Based Parenting Practices from Child Maltreatment?
  29. Chapter 21 - How should Child Protective Services and Law Enforcement Coordinate the Initial Assessment and Investigation?
  30. 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?
  31. Chapter 23 - How do I Screen Caregivers if I Suspect that They may be Dangerous to Themselves or their Children?
  32. Chapter 24 - How do I Decide Whether to Substantiate a Report?
  33. Section B - Neglect
  34. Chapter 25 - How do I Determine if a Child is Neglected?
  35. Chapter 26 - How do I Determine if it is Medical Neglect?
  36. Chapter 27 - How do I Determine Whether a Child's Nutritional Needs are being Met?
  37. Chapter 28 - What is Inadequate Supervision?
  38. Chapter 29 - How do I Assess Neglect among At-Risk Adolescents?
  39. Section C - Physical Abuse
  40. Chapter 30 - How do I Determine Whether a Child has been Physically Abused?
  41. Chapter 31 - What Medical Evaluation is Needed when Physical Abuse is Suspected?
  42. Chapter 32 - How do I Interpret Medical Tests for Physical Abuse?
  43. Chapter 33 - What Conditions may be Mistaken for Physical Abuse?
  44. Chapter 34 - What are the Telltale Differences between Abusive and Noninflicted Injuries ?
  45. Chapter 35 - What is Shaken Baby Syndrome?
  46. Chapter 36 - How do I Assess Possible Histories of Physical Abuse among Assaultive Adolescents ?
  47. Section D - Sexual Abuse
  48. Chapter 37 - How do I Determine if a Child has been Sexually Abused?
  49. Chapter 38 - What Developmental Factors should be Considered in Interpreting a Child's Disclosure of Sexual Abuse?
  50. Chapter 39 - How do I Interpret Sexualized Behavior in Children?
  51. 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?
  52. Chapter 41 - How do I Interpret Laboratory Test Results for Sexually Transmitted Diseases ?
  53. Chapter 42 - How do I Interpret Results of a Child Sexual Abuse Examination? What Conditions may be Mistaken for Sexual Abuse?
  54. Chapter 43 - How do I Evaluate Suspected Sexual Abuse in the Adolescent Female?
  55. Chapter 44 - When does Sexual Play Suggest a Problem?
  56. Section E - Psychological Maltreatment
  57. Chapter 45 - How do I Determine Whether a Child has been Psychologically Maltreated?
  58. Chapter 46 - In what Circumstances is a Child who Witnesses Violence Experiencing Psychological Maltreatment?
  59. Section F - Risk Assessment and Safety Evaluation
  60. Chapter 47 - How do I Assess Risk and Safety?
  61. Chapter 48 - How do I Consider Cultural Factors when Assessing Risk and Safety?
  62. Chapter 49 - How do I Ensure a Maltreated Child's Safety in the Home?
  63. Chapter 50 - How do I Protect Children when there is a History of Domestic Violence in the Family?
  64. Chapter 51 - How do I Protect Children when Caregivers have Chemical-Dependency Problems?
  65. Chapter 52 - How do I Protect Children from Hazardous Home Conditions and other Poverty-Related Conditions?
  66. Chapter 53 - When do Family Preservation Services Make Sense, and when should Other Permanency Plans be Explored?
  67. Chapter 54 - How do I Decide Whether to Remove the Alleged Offender or to Remove the Child?
  68. Chapter 55 - How do I Assess the Risk of Maltreatment in Foster Care and Kinship Care?
  69. Part V - Family Assessment
  70. Section A - Emphasis on the Child
  71. Chapter 56 - How do I Assess Child and Youth Behavior?
  72. Chapter 57 - How do I Assess Child and Youth Development?
  73. Chapter 58 - How do I Assess Child and Youth Emotional States?
  74. Chapter 59 - How do I Recognize and Assess Common or Important Mental Health Problems in Children?
  75. Chapter 60 - What Preventive Pediatric and Dental Care should Children and Youth Receive?
  76. Chapter 61 - How do I Assess a Child's Health Status?
  77. Chapter 62 - How do I Assess a Child's Social Support System?
  78. Chapter 63 - How do I Assess a Child's Behavior Related to Separation and Visitation?
  79. Section B - Emphasis on Parents and Caregivers
  80. Chapter 64 - How do I Assess a Caregiver's Personal History and its Meaning for Practice?
  81. Chapter 65 - How do I Assess a Caregiver's Parenting Attitudes, Knowledge, and Level of Functioning?
  82. Chapter 66 - How do I Assess the Care of Children with Major Medical Problems?
  83. Chapter 67 - How do I Assess a Caregiver's Strengths and Treatment Needs?
  84. Chapter 68 - How do I Assess a Caregiver's Motivation and Readiness to Change?
  85. Chapter 69 - What do I Need to Know about Care Needs and Parenting Capacity in Caregivers with HIV or AIDS ?
  86. Section C - Emphasis on Families
  87. Chapter 70 - How do I Assess the Strengths in Families?
  88. Chapter 71 - How do I Conduct an Ethnographic Interview to Learn about the Family's Culture?
  89. Chapter 72 - How do I Assess Family Functioning?
  90. Chapter 73 - How do I Assess a Parent-Child Relationship?
  91. Chapter 74 - How do I Assess the Treatment Needs of Children Affected by Domestic Violence?
  92. Chapter 75 - How do I Assess the Likelihood of an Intervention Succeeding?
  93. Part VI - Service Planning
  94. Chapter 76 - How do I Match Risks to Client Outcomes?
  95. Chapter 77 - What Outcomes are Relevant for Intervention?
  96. Chapter 78 - What is Strengths-Based Service Planning?
  97. Chapter 79 - How do I Develop Measurable Goals and Objectives that Match Client Intervention Outcomes?
  98. Chapter 80 - What is Concurrent Planning, and how do I do it?
  99. Chapter 81 - How do I Use Family Meetings to Develop Optimal Service Plans?
  100. Chapter 82 - How do I Involve Fathers?
  101. Chapter 83 - How do I Develop a Collaborative Intervention Plan with the Kinship Network?
  102. Chapter 84 - What do I Need to Know to Plan Effectively across Child Welfare Programs ?
  103. Part VII - Intervention
  104. Section A - Emphasis on the Child
  105. Chapter 85 - What Types of Mental Health Treatment should be Considered for Maltreated Children?
  106. Chapter 86 - What are Effective Strategies to Address Common Behavior Problems ?
  107. Chapter 87 - How do I Help Children Adjust to Out-of-Home Care Placement?
  108. Chapter 88 - How do I Help Children Maintain Cultural Identity when they are Placed in Out-of-Home Care?
  109. Chapter 89 - What Kind of Pediatric Care should Abused and Neglected Children Receive?
  110. Section B - Emphasis on the Parent or Caregiver
  111. Chapter 90 - How can Parenting be Enhanced?
  112. Chapter 91 - What Interventions are Available for the Nonabusive Parent?
  113. Chapter 92 - How can I Help Parents and Caregivers Develop Social Skills and Make Positive Connections to the Community?
  114. Chapter 93 - What Treatment is Recommended for Sexual Abuse Perpetrators?
  115. Chapter 94 - What Treatment is Recommended to Address Physically Abusive Behavior?
  116. Chapter 95 - What is the Most Effective Treatment for Depression?
  117. Chapter 96 - What Interventions are Most Effective in Addressing Domestic Violence?
  118. Chapter 97 - What are the Treatment Options for Parents with Alcohol or other Drug Problems?
  119. Section C - Emphasis on the Family
  120. Chapter 98 - What do I Need to Know about Family Therapy?
  121. Chapter 99 - How can I Support Biological Families after a Child has been Removed from their Care?
  122. Chapter 100 - How do I Facilitate Visits between Foster Children and their Biological Families that Support the Goals and Objectives of Intervention?
  123. Chapter 101 - How do I Build Families' Financial Management Skills?
  124. Chapter 102 - How can I Best Manage the Intervention Process when Multiple Service Providers are Involved?
  125. Chapter 103 - What is "Family to Family," and how does it Support Permanency for Children?
  126. Chapter 104 - Foster and Kinship Caregivers: What are their Support and Intervention Needs?
  127. Chapter 105 - What are the Unique Roles of Religious Institutions in Supporting and Strengthening Families?
  128. Part VIII - Evaluation and Closure
  129. Chapter 106 - How do I Measure Risk Reduction?
  130. Chapter 107 - When is Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption the Best Permanency Option ?
  131. Chapter 108 - When can a Child be Safely Reunited with His or Her Family?
  132. Chapter 109 - Preparing Youth for Independent Living: What are the Best Methods for Reaching Self-Sufficiency?
  133. Chapter 110 - How do I Prepare Families for Case Closure?
  134. Part IX - Legal and Ethical Issues
  135. Chapter 111 - What Rights do My Clients have to Information in their Case Records ?
  136. Chapter 112 - How do I Avoid being Sued?
  137. Chapter 113 - What is the Role of the Caseworker in Juvenile Court?
  138. Chapter 114 - How do I Feel Comfortable Testifying in Court?
  139. Chapter 115 - How do I Help Children be Comfortable in the Legal System and Improve their Competency as Witnesses?
  140. Chapter 116 - Why is Communicating with Lawyers so Important and so Difficult?
  141. Chapter 117 - How do I Work Effectively with Guardians Ad Litem, Court-Appointed Special Advocates, and Citizen or Professional Case Review Panels?
  142. Part X - Child Protection Practice: Special Issues for the Practitioner
  143. Chapter 118 - What are the Core Competencies for Practitioners in Child Welfare Agencies?
  144. Chapter 119 - How do I Protect My Personal Safety in the Community?
  145. Chapter 120 - How do I Prevent Burnout?
  146. Chapter 121 - How can Critical Thinking Contribute to Informed Decisions?
  147. Chapter 122 - What can I do to Cope with the Death or Serious Injury of a Child from My Caseload?
  148. Chapter 123 - How do I Balance Common Sense, Personal Values, and Agency Constraints?
  149. Chapter 124 - How do I Use Case Record Keeping to Guide Intervention and Provide Accountability?
  150. Appendix 1 - Advisory Group on Chapter Topics
  151. Appendix 2 - The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST)
  152. Appendix 3 - Likelihood of Sexual Transmission of and Basic Information on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  153. Appendix 4 - Developmental Milestones
  154. Appendix 5 - Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule
  155. Appendix 6 - Limited Genogram of Mrs. R's Family
  156. Appendix 7 - Parenting Resources
  157. Appendix 8 - Assessing and Maximizing Strengths
  158. Appendix 9 - \Assessing Family Needs, Resources, and Social Support
  159. Appendix 10 - Steps in the Court Process and Court-Related Caseworker Activities
  160. Appendix 11 - Resources on Child Welfare Competencies
  161. Appendix 12 - National Organizations and Resources Concerned with Child Protection
  162. Index
  163. About the Editors
  164. About the Contributors