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Amazon.com Books: Child Protective Services
Written by a psychologist who has worked with families and foster children for 11 years, Treating Families and Children in the Child Protective System is designed for therapists, social workers, family preservationists, court officers, attorneys, judges, and others caught up in the interplay of child protection. Using theory and compelling case studies, the author posits child abuse as an ultimate form of family injustice, requiring intervention at every level of the system. The author proposes a critically optimistic stance, approaching each case as a family-friend with practical and powerful tools to direct the overwhelming power of the system into a force for the restoration of family justice.Author: Wes Crenshaw Hardcover: 304 pages Company: Routledge (2004-03-25) ISBN: 0415948703 List Price: $49.95 Amazon Price: $40.00 Used Price: $39.00 ![School performance trajectories after the advent of reported maltreatment [An article from: Children and Youth Services Review]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515HJ9FW66L._SL160_.jpg)
This digital document is a journal article from Children and Youth Services Review, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: Recent research has concluded that maltreatment is associated with poor school performance but has inadequately investigated the relationship over time. This study used a fixed-effects method to model the trajectories of grade point average and absenteeism for 715 school-age children, who were part of a random sample of children reported as maltreated. Trajectories are characterized by the direction and rate of change and whether the rate is constant, increasing, or decreasing. The analysis demonstrated a worse maltreatment effect on absenteeism than on grades, especially immediately after the first report. For both outcomes, the adverse impact cumulated with time. Child Protective Services' response after substantiating the report appears to have blunted the impact of maltreatment on grades, though not on absenteeism. Author: J. Leiter Digital: 19 pages HTML Company: Elsevier (2007-03-01) List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $7.95 
Author: Susan L. KlausPaperback: 40 pages Company: University of Michigan Library (1978-01-01) List Price: $13.99 Amazon Price: $13.99
Author: Diane Depanfilis
Plastic Comb: Company: Diane Pub Co (1992-07) ISBN: 0788119486 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $25.00 Used Price: $24.95 
When a child can no longer live with his parents, who has the knowledge to decide where he should live? This book discusses the perils and solutions to the decision.Author: Keelie Smith Kindle Edition: 9 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2012-04-18) (2012-04-18) List Price: Amazon Price: 
Author: James L. JenkinsPaperback: 112 pages Company: University of Michigan Library (1979-01-01) List Price: $13.99 Amazon Price: $13.99 
Elusive Innocence assists parents wrongly accused of abuse and their attorneys, as well as child protective investigators during their intake assessments, therapists and judges. From actual case studies including the authors, to chapters on the accused, accuser, alleged child victim and agencies; to a detailed roadmap on how-to counter unfounded and false child abuse and/or domestic violence allegations; to Borderline Personality Disorder and Parental Alienation; and to sections on how-to choose the right lawyer, Daubert v. Frye, and "Consistent With What, Exactly?" Elusive Innocence is the all-in-one handbook every parent, defense attorney, prosecutor, judge, therapist, social worker, teacher, and police officer should read.Author: Dean Tong Paperback: 278 pages Company: Huntington House Publishers (2002-01-10) ISBN: 1563841908 List Price: $15.99 Amazon Price: $14.75 Used Price: $11.10 
This manual, Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers, provides the foundation for effective supervisory practice in child protective services (CPS). It describes the roles and responsibilities of the CPS supervisor, and it provides practice oriented advice on how to carry out supervisory responsibilities effectively. Best practices and critical issues in supervisory practice are underscored throughout. While the manual isdesigned primarily for CPS supervisors and administrators and reflects state-of-the-art management research and practices tailored to CPS, it also is relevant to all child welfare supervisors. In addition, it may be useful to child welfare agency staff who train supervisory personnel and to schools of social work as they prepare new social workers for the child welfare field. In addition to this manual, CPS supervisors also are encouraged to read two other publications in the User Manual Series— Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers and A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice. Author: Marsha K. Salus Paperback: 116 pages Company: University of Michigan Library (2004-01-01) List Price: $13.99 Amazon Price: $13.99 
For everyone responsible for the well being of children, this book explains one of the hardest to detect threats to their safety. Female sex offenders have victimized an estimated two to three million people in the United States. As a society we find it nearly impossible to believe that females, usually seen as nurturing, are capable of sexual abuse. The result is that, each year, hundreds of thousands of youth are not protected, not believed, and not treated for the trauma associated with the abuse. Through her detailed analysis of the currently available literature and her own research, Dr. Hislop describes what is known about female sex offenders: identification of abusers, estimates of the number of abusers and victims, the methods of abuse, the types of trauma seen among their victims, and what is known about the developmental histories of female sex offenders. She also provides therapists with directions for treatment and prioritized treatment goals, including exploring the victimization and patterns of offending, the relationship between the offender’s own victimization and her offending, precursors to offending, and methods to stop offending. 
To keep up with growing body of professionals staying informed on this subject, the second edition of A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect assists the reader in recognizing abuse/neglect (exclusive of sexual abuse) in children and youth, and determining its extent. Illustrated with clinical photographs, the Guide details systematic evaluation procedures, explains the tasks of an evaluation team, and expands and updates the knowledge base in these and other major areas: Specific injuries, including burns, bruises, fractures, head and abdominal injuries. Malnourishment and other forms of neglect. Medical child abuse (previously known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy). Maltreatment of children with special health care needs. Domestic partner violence. Prevention strategies, psychosocial assessment, collaborations with law enforcement and the courts, and more. The new edition of the Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect offers expert information.Hardcover: 432 pages Company: Springer (2010-05-06) ISBN: 1441907017 List Price: $159.00 Amazon Price: $115.43 Used Price: $125.69 Amazon.com Books: Child Protective Services
This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Thomson Gale on August 28, 2005. The length of the article is 1939 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title: En duda labor del "Children's Protective Services": ¿No tan protectores? Cuando al CPS le dicen que un padre o madre está abusando de alguno de sus hijos, interviene inmediatamente y luego averigua, pero cuando el abuso lo cometen los padres adoptivos, entonces dan el beneficio de la duda. ¿Y entonces? Author: Juan I. Rosales Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal) Date: August 28, 2005 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 11 Issue: 652 Page: 6(2) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Juan I. Rosales Digital: 7 pages HTML Company: Thomson Gale (2005-08-28) (2005-09-07) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 
This identifies strategies to reduce re-referrals in unsubstantiated child protective services (CPS) cases. Based on the findings of three Children's Bureau funded research grants on unsubstantiated CPS cases, it summarizes the studies' key findings regarding factors influencing CPS decision-making and implications for practice including suggestions for assessing risk more effectively and creative ways to provide services to at-risk families in unsubstantiated cases.Author: Children's Bureau (DHHS) Kindle Edition: 9 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-06-13) (2011-06-13) List Price: $1.99 Amazon Price:
This digital document is an article from Education, published by Project Innovation (Alabama) on September 22, 1993. The length of the article is 4703 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title: Child-abuse intervention: the accused, the schools and protective services. Author: William M. Bridgeland Publication: Education (Refereed) Date: September 22, 1993 Publisher: Project Innovation (Alabama) Volume: v114 Issue: n1 Page: p113(8) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: William M. Bridgeland, Edward A. Duane Digital: 16 pages HTML Company: Project Innovation (Alabama) (1993-09-22) (2005-07-28) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 ![Structural equation modeling the use of a risk assessment instrument in child protective services [An article from: Decision Support Systems]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5143C7T64DL._SL160_.jpg)
This digital document is a journal article from Decision Support Systems, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: Risk assessment instruments have been developed to help human service workers identify risk factors associated with abusive families. Many such instruments have been incorporated into management information systems in the form of Decision Support Systems (DSS). This paper reports findings from a case study that evaluated a risk assessment instrument as a decision support tool. Respondents considered ''usefulness'' of the information a more important factor than how easy the system was to use, the configuration of reports or whether the system was up or not. Focus groups were used to explore how to increase the usefulness of the information. Author: D. Fitch Digital: 15 pages HTML Company: Elsevier (2007-01-01) List Price: $10.95 Amazon Price: $10.95 
$1 BOOK OFFER"My Freedom from Abuse" by Beth Praed This book that I am offering, "My Freedom from Abuse", is only $1. "What are you thinking?" you might ask. Some people might think that to do something like this is absolutely ridiculous. However, I believe that there are many good people in the world who are desperately seeking answers. Approximately one in four women suffer from domestic abuse. This is not acceptable. Something must be done. To have this small opportunity to make a difference in the world is far more important to me than money. This $1 book and the corresponding blog about abuse (www.myfreedomfromabuse.com) is my small effort to do exactly that! I want this book to be extremely affordable so any abused woman can have access to it. Thank you for ordering, “My Freedom from Abuse”. This book is God’s doing. I can’t take any credit for it except for writing it down. He wanted to help abused women and children. If you know of someone who is being abused, please tell her about my blog. Please help spread the word. If you suffer from domestic abuse, you are like a little mouse on a wheel. You run as fast as you can, but get nowhere. Your time is spent running and playing his game. You try to anticipate what he will do or say next. You try to do everything you can to avoid yet another situation with him. Like that little mouse, you are wasting your time. While you are still in the abusive relationship, you are trapped. While you are running on that wheel, you don't have time for anything else. Most importantly, you don't have the time, energy or capacity to do what God wants you to do. God wants you to be free. He has things that He wants you to do with your life. Beautiful deeds that you could never have done if you were still a prisoner. Instead of wasting your time being angry about what was done to you, go on. Spend your time figuring out what you can do now that is special and lovely. Give to the world. This $1 book if being offered to help release you from an abusive relationship. To help you, in a very small way, do what God has intended for your life. You are a survivor. You will heal. God bless you in your efforts to be free of domestic abuse. He cares about you and so do I. Author: Beth Praed Kindle Edition: 104 pages Kindle eBook Company: Shirley Praed (2012-03-16) (2012-03-16) List Price: Amazon Price:
Author: Phyllis Nasta
Paperback: 29 pages Company: Kidsrights (1996) ISBN: 1558640436 List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $170.89
This digital document is an article from Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 5373 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title: For the children: accounting for careers in child protective services.(social service workers) Author: Joan Morris Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2005 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Page: 131(15) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Joan Morris Digital: 18 pages HTML Company: Thomson Gale (2005-06-01) (2005-09-28) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95
This digital document is a journal article from Children and Youth Services Review, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: This study reviews the records of 3936 children and adolescents under the age of 17 who were referred to the public receiving home for suspected maltreatment. The study examines the correlation between background characteristics (i.e. age, gender, race/ethnicity, reasons for referral), and case outcome decisions (i.e. case open to service, out-of-home placement, and family reunification), using bivariate and multivariate analysis. Racial/ethnic differences are observed. Compared to census data, African Americans are the only over-represented group. Latinos, Asians, and Anglos are all under-represented. Significant differences were detected when race/ethnicity was analyzed with respect to the case opened, length of stay in the foster care, and length of time for family reunification. African American subjects are consistently observed in each outcome category at higher proportions than all other racial/ethnic groups, both mainstream and minority populations. Author: Y.E. Lu, J. Landsverk, E. Ellis-Macleod, R Newton Digital: 14 pages HTML Company: Elsevier (2004-05-01) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95
This digital document is a journal article from Children and Youth Services Review, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: The locality in which a child is reported as maltreated is one of the most powerful predictors of whether that allegation will be investigated. This study examined the relationship between ecological factors and screening decisions made by child protective services (CPS) workers from 12 sites in 5 states. Of community sociodemographic characteristics, the number of families with children under age 18 was the strongest predictor of the rate of screening in a local CPS office. Rate of investigation was also positively related to a higher proportion of contacts alleging neglect and the allied community professionals having a positive relationship with CPS. When sociodemographic and reporting variables were combined, the proportion of neglect cases was the far stronger predictor. At the case level, when controlling for locality, worker beliefs that the role of CPS was a broad one and a worker's statements that resource availability was not a factor in the worker decision making process were both positively related to that worker's decision to investigate specific allegations of maltreatment or allegations of injury to a child. Although much research has focused on case-related factors in the screening decision, the results of this study suggest that factors from other levels of the decision ecology should not be ignored. Author: S.J. Wells, P. Lyons, H.J. Doueck, C. Brown, Thoma Digital: 16 pages HTML Company: Elsevier (2004-10-01) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95
This digital document is an article from Social Work, published by National Association of Social Workers on March 1, 2000. The length of the article is 5895 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title: Effects of Court-Ordered Substance Abuse Treatment in Child Protective Services Cases. Author: Barbara Rittner Publication: Social Work (Refereed) Date: March 1, 2000 Publisher: National Association of Social Workers Volume: 45 Issue: 2 Page: 131 Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Barbara Rittner, Cheryl Davenport Dozier Digital: 20 pages HTML Company: National Association of Social Workers (2000-03-01) (2005-07-28) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 Amazon.com Books: Child Protective Services
This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Education, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. The length of the article is 3094 words. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. This uniquely interdisciplinary resource covers legal, sociological, psychological, historical, and economic aspects of crime and justice worldwide. Entries cover civil and criminal issues, from domestic violence to terrorism. Entries cite pertinent legal cases as well as publications for further information.
Author: WILLIAM WESLEY PATTON Digital: 5 pages HTML Company: Macmillan Reference USA (2003) List Price: $6.90 Amazon Price: $6.90
This digital document is a journal article from Children and Youth Services Review, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: A qualitative study of parents receiving child protective services (CPS) was conducted to understand their experience with CPS involvement. Sixty-one parents from two CPS agencies in Ontario, Canada, participated in semistructured interviews lasting 1.5 to 2 h. A grounded theory approach was used to find emergent themes in the rich data, which included the role of formal and informal supports in parents' lives. The findings indicate that social service organizations, places of belonging in the community, friends, and family are critical factors in mitigating the difficult life circumstances of parents involved with CPS. Author: S. Manji, S. Maiter, S. Palmer Digital: 17 pages HTML Company: Elsevier (2005-03-01) List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $7.95
Author: Linda M Struck
Unknown Binding: 46 pages Company: Dept. of Social Services, Child Protective Services, Commonwealth of Virginia (1992) List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $9.00
This digital document is a journal article from Children and Youth Services Review, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: The majority of child maltreatment allegations investigated by child protective services are not substantiated, and scholars suggest that mandatory abuse reporting laws may contribute to inappropriate reports that are subsequently unfounded. The study examines factors associated with reports by different categories of reporters (i.e., school officials and day care staff; medical professionals; law enforcement and social service providers; and neighbors, friends, family, and anonymous reporters) among 1260 low-income families at risk for child protection involvement. Findings reveal that reporters report distinctly different families and mandated reporters are more likely to have their allegations substantiated. Implications for child maltreatment definitions, family visibility, and dual track response systems are discussed. Author: M. McDaniel Digital: HTML Company: Elsevier List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95
This digital document is a journal article from Children and Youth Services Review, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: Despite growing attention to the issue of children's exposure to adult domestic violence (DV) there is little systematic information available on the level of DV in the child protective caseload or on the pathways of such cases through these systems. This paper reports an examination of one state's child maltreatment reports during a 1-year period. A random sample of 2000 of cases is used to project the state's experience with cases in which DV was indicated-from initial report to case disposition-shedding a more accurate light on the child protection response. Pathways and outcomes for DV indicated cases in comparison to those in which no DV was indicated are then presented. Finally, factors that predict re-referral and placement out of home within 1 year of the target referral are compared for DV and non-DV indicated cases. The results of this study reveal that DV was indicated as present in one in five cases referred to child protective services, but in 38% of cases accepted for any level of investigation, and fully 47% of those assigned a moderate to high risk and a high level of investigation. Over half of the DV indicated cases (56%) that were assessed as a moderate to high risk at intake and fully investigated had their cases opened for services, and of these more than four out of five (81%) had at least one child removed from parental custody. Among moderate to high risk cases, those with an indication of DV were significantly more likely to have their cases opened for services and to have at least one child in the family placed in out-of-home care. The factors predicting re-referral to child protective services or placement in out-of-home care within a year after referral differed greatly for cases in which there was or was not an indication of DV. Implications of the results for child welfare practice are discussed. Author: D.J. English, J.L. Edleson, M.E. Herrick Digital: HTML Company: Elsevier List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 
Author: Joyce LibalPaperback: 127 pages Company: Mason Crest Publishers (2008-01) ISBN: 1422204308 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $14.75 Used Price: $31.43
This digital document is a journal article from Children and Youth Services Review, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: Sixty-one parents, mainly mothers, in two mid-size Ontario (Canada) cities were interviewed about their experiences with Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies, one in each city. The interviewers took a semi-structured approach that focussed on learning about the challenges in the parents' daily lives (to be reported in a future paper), and their perceptions of CPS interventions. Four researchers, including the three authors, developed a coding scheme to analyze the interviews, using the qualitative software package QSR NUD*IST Vivo. The findings indicated that parents valued good referrals, concrete help, and emotional support, although the latter was mentioned by only a minority of parents. Their most negative experiences were: having their initial requests for help turned down; being accepted for service, but not receiving much help; being unfairly treated or harrassed; and being traumatized by the sudden, police-like removal of their children. The paper discusses how the context of these two agencies may have contributed to the findings: increasing poverty among families with children, and the effects of an ultra-conservative government, who introduced a legalistic, investigative agenda for CPS beginning in 1995. The paper discusses how workers and agencies could modify services to maximize the parents' positive experiences and minimize their negative experiences. Author: S. Palmer, S. Maiter, S. Manji Digital: 12 pages HTML Company: Elsevier (2006-07-01) List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $7.95
This digital document is an article from Policy & Practice, published by American Public Human Services Association on December 1, 2009. The length of the article is 2212 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title: Texas wins big with its CPS reform.(Child Protective Services ) Author: Robin O'Brien Publication: Policy & Practice (Magazine/Journal) Date: December 1, 2009 Publisher: American Public Human Services Association Volume: 67 Issue: 6 Page: 18(3) Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: Robin O'Brien Digital: 8 pages HTML Company: American Public Human Services Association (2009-12-01) (2010-01-08) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
This digital document is a journal article from Children and Youth Services Review, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: The preservation and maintenance of sibling relationships in child welfare settings have begun to come to the forefront of practice and policy considerations. While past research on families coming into contact with the child protective services system has largely focused on the parent-child relationship, an emerging body of literature indicates that the relationship between brothers and sisters cannot be ignored. This paper highlights recent and historical trends in the literature on siblings in foster care, reviews some of the legal issues surrounding conjoint sibling placement, proposes a constitutionally protected right of association among siblings in out-of-home care, and explores the multiple and complex methodological challenges facing researchers in this area. Author: A. Shlonsky, J. Bellamy, J. Elkins, C.J. Ashare Digital: 19 pages HTML Company: Elsevier (2005-07-01) List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $7.95 
Across the nation, there is a growing recognition that law enforcement agencies must play a crucial role in protecting abused and neglected children. Developed through a consensus-building process involving a nationwide group of law enforcement and child protective experts, the authors describes law enforcement agencies--in cooperation with child protective services--can channel their efforts within community-wide child protective efforts. This book discusses signs of and reasons behind child abuse, as well as the welfare system and social and individual responsibility. Amazon.com Books: Child Protective Services
The unethical practices of Child Protective Services, rationales for their dysfunction and corrupt practices, and real life experiences of the author with this department. Reiterates some of these unethical practices, and gives information about this department as a whole common to the nation. Gives the reader insight if they are having problems with this department, know someone that is, or are about to have communications with this department. Shows the systems that fail us and the lack of checks and bounds.Author: Klacey J Smith Kindle Edition: 7 pages Kindle eBook Company: Klacey J. Smith (2011-08-21) (2011-08-21) List Price: $3.00 Amazon Price: 
This book describes, through case histories and analysis, how child protective services, specifically the Division of Youth and Family Services in New Jersey, actually harm children and their families, and suggests remedies.Author: Margaret Holbrook Paperback: 142 pages Company: CreateSpace (2009-03-24) ISBN: 1441494936 List Price: $8.99 Amazon Price: $6.93 Used Price: $6.93 
"[O]ffers creative ways to build alliances with families…using language and motivational interviewing to help parents focus on problem-solving….a valuable resource." --Virginia Child Protection Newsletter How does one change the attitudes and practices of child protective services (CPS)—a statewide bureaucracy often overwhelmed and understaffed? First, take an outsider to the system, Insoo Kim Berg, who has a vision and a solution-focused model. Add an insider, Susan Kelly, who understands the system. Spend many hours with CPS workers in the field, learning from them and helping them make the shift from a deficit perspective to a collaborative model that emphasizes strengths and solutions. Envision and implement change throughout the system. Celebrate small successes on the way to building family self-sufficiency and integrity.This recipe for reforming child protective services is being followed in many public child welfare agencies, with growing success. In Building Solutions the authors explain how to conceptualize, implement, and sustain this hopeful and positive frame in a daily practice for dedicated frontline workers as well as for those in supervision, management, and administration. The book has two parts. In the first, the authors put child protective services in context, introducing the system and their new approach, giving a brief history of child protection in the United States, and setting the stage for change. In the second part, the authors walk readers through the nuts and bolts of implementation, from the first phone call to case closure—including discussions about placing a child out of the home. Berg and Kelly also discuss supervision, consultation, and ongoing training, as well as their vision of the future of CPS. This book is not a manual; it is a challenge to step out of the traditional CPS "box" and think differently—to create client-driven services that make sense. The authors challenge CPS administrators, supervisors, and workers to begin conversations about how the system can be more helpful and respectful to the families so that the parents can get what they need to care for their children. Building Solutions should have a place on the desk of everyone involved in child protective services. Author: Insoo Kim Berg, Susan Kelly Hardcover: 240 pages Company: W. W. Norton & Company (2000-09) ISBN: 039370310X List Price: $32.00 Amazon Price: $20.95 Used Price: $8.87 
This second edition of Helping in Child Protective Services: A Competency-Based Casework Handbook is a comprehensive desk reference that serves as both a daily guide for workers and a training tool for supervisors and administrators. This invaluable resource provides CPS workers with the knowledge and skills necessary to assist vulnerable families, covering such key issues as assessment, decision making, intervention, child development, medical evaluation, accountability, and the legal framework of culturally responsive practice. This handbook equips CPS professionals and students to follow the casework process from intake through case closure with step-by-step instructions and examples. Chapters cover child development, key developmental milestones, and the importance of intervention; medical evaluation of child abuse and neglect; how to structure interviews and phrase questions to obtain information from families and guide the casework process; and the importance of accountable practice to families, their agencies, and the public. This latest edition of Helping in Child Protective Services compiles the most up-to-date research and practice information to help professionals provide the highest quality and most innovative services to children and families. Author: American Humane Association Paperback: 576 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2004-02-12) ISBN: 0195161904 List Price: $39.95 Amazon Price: $31.37 Used Price: $21.45 
Proving Innocence chronicles thirteen months of agony and frustration suffered by the innocent Bonilla and Frontiera families as a result of Children's Protective Services removal of young James Bonilla from his parents. Most people are not prepared to navigate the maze of sometimes senseless procedures of a government agency that has too much power. The Frontiera and Bonilla story and reports of several other cases across the country should be a wake-up call to a public unaware of how the state agencies charged with protecting the nation's children are failing. Interviews with lawyers, caseworkers, and others who work within the system, point out specific steps that should be taken to improve how these agencies work. The author issues a call to action from the public to charge all levels of government to make necessary changes in these agencies. They must protect children from abuse and neglect without persecuting innocent families.Author: Deborah K. Frontiera Paperback: 254 pages Company: Bluebonnets Boots and Books (2011-06-01) ISBN: 0980006163 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $13.10 Used Price: $10.85 
This paper synthesizes the findings of three Children's Bureau funded research grants on unsubstantiated child protective services (CPS) cases. It specifically addresses the case, decision-maker, organizational, and external factors that influence the decision to substantiate or unsubstantiate a CPS referral and how that decision impacts outcomes for children. Researchers' suggestions for practical implications and future research also are presented.Author: Children's Bureau (DHHS) Kindle Edition: 21 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-06-07) (2011-06-07) List Price: $1.99 Amazon Price: 
Author: Alan L. SchwartzPaperback: 164 pages Company: AuthorHouse (2004-04-27) ISBN: 1418437034 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $8.56 Used Price: $4.30 
Whether you've had prior experience with Child Protective Services, or are going through a custody battle where you know they are likely to become involved, this E-book is for you. Based on true facts and my own personal experiences, as my father would say, "Forewarned is forearmed!" When you read this article, you to will wonder if this department's name, Child Protective Services, and our tax dollars are really doing what the name implies, or is this merely a governmental department trying to grossly inflate its fiscal budget each year at the emotional cost to our kids?Author: Klacey J Smith Kindle Edition: 6 pages Kindle eBook Company: Klacey J. Smith, Author (2011-10-24) (2011-10-24) List Price: $3.00 Amazon Price: 
The war against child abuse has become a war against children. Every year, hundreds of children die, thousands more are forced to live with strangers, and countless American families are torn apart. This is called a 'child-protection system'. While the problem of child abuse is serious and real, journalist Richard Wexler charges that our solutions to the problem have actually made it worse - in fact, hurting the very children that they were intended to help. Wexler reinforces his arguments with horrifying descriptions of children summarily removed from their homes, of families shattered because of false reports, and of children whose parents are guilty of nothing more than poverty being thrust into the maelstrom of the chaotic foster-care program.He writes of severely abused children - those needing the most help - whose cases are ignored because the system diverts scarce resources to trivial or unfounded cases, and who are re-injured, sometimes fatally after their plight has been called to the attention of authorities. "Wounded Innocents" illustrates how well-meaning efforts to help children have gone terribly wrong and how the current child-protection system desperately needs to be replaced with one that offers real help and real hope to abused and neglected children.Author: Richard Wexler Paperback: 429 pages Company: Prometheus Books (1995-02) ISBN: 0879759364 List Price: $23.98 Amazon Price: $11.25 Used Price: $5.38
Author: Jack Rudman
Hardcover: Company: Natl Learning Corp (1987-06) ISBN: 9998655382 List Price: Amazon Price: Amazon.com Books: Child Protective Services
Author: Dean D. Knudsen
Hardcover: 220 pages Company: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd (1988-12) ISBN: 0398055130 List Price: $49.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $55.99 
Author: Mary Elizabeth SullivanPaperback: 164 pages Company: University of Michigan Library (1977-01-01) List Price: $17.99 Amazon Price: $17.99 
This book of her stories is true. The deplorable and unauthorized might of Child Protective Services is capable of reaching into and destroying any home in America. No matter how innocent and happy your family may be, you are one accusation away from disaster.Author: Brenda Scott Paperback: 208 pages Company: Huntington House Publishers (1994-12) ISBN: 1563840693 List Price: $10.99 Amazon Price: $5.18 Used Price: $0.01 
Thirteen year-old Toby Stone's greatest fear is that the Child Protective Services will pronounce his drunken mother "unfit" and take away his baby sister Carrie. It happened before to his other little sister and brother, even though he did his best to take care of them as he was doing now for Carrie.Desperately struggling to stay in school, keep from being mauled by two big bullies, care for Carrie, and keep his mother sober enough to keep her job and lodging at a shabby motel and cafe, suddenly his worst fears become reality. Toby has to make some hard choices. Will he make the right ones for Carrie, himself and his mother? Updated March 2012 Author: Bea Carlton Kindle Edition: 80 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-07-12) (2011-07-12) List Price: $2.99 Amazon Price: 
Author: Barbara A. CaulfieldPaperback: 140 pages Company: University of Michigan Library (1978-01-01) List Price: $15.99 Amazon Price: $15.99
Author: Stephen M. Christian
Paperback: 58 pages Company: Natl Conference of State (1997-06) ISBN: 1555167543 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: Used Price: $318.48 
Breakthrough Treatment Offers New Hope for Recovery# Gentling represents a new paradigm in the therapeutic approach to children who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and have acquired Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result. This text redefines PTSD in child abuse survivors by identifying child-specific behavioral signs commonly seen, and offers a means to individualize treatment and measure therapeutic outcomes through understanding each suffering child's unique symptom profile. The practical and easily understood Gentling approaches and techniques can be easily learned by clinicians, parents, foster parents, teachers and all other care givers of these children to effect real and lasting healing. With this book, you will: Learn child-specific signs of PTSD in abused children # Learn how to manage the often intense reactivity seen in stress episodes # Gain the practical, gentle, and effective treatment tools that really help these children # Use the Child Stress Profile (CSP) to guide treatment and measure outcomes # Deploy handy 'Quick Teach Sheets' that can be copied and handed to foster parents, teachers, and social workers Clinicians Acclaim for Gentling "In this world where children are often disenfranchised in trauma care--and all too often treated with the same techniques as adults--Krill makes a compelling case for how to adapt proven post-trauma treatment to the world of a child." --Michele Rosenthal, HealMyPTSD.com "Congratulations to Krill when he says that 'being gentle' cannot be over-emphasized in work with the abused." --Andrew D. Gibson, PhD Author of Got an Angry Kid? Parenting Spike, A Seriously Difficult Child "William Krill's book is greatly needed. PTSD is the most common aftermath of child abuse and often domestic abuse as well. There is a critical scarcity of mental-health professionals who know how to recognize child abuse, let alone treat it." --Fr. Heyward B. Ewart, III, Ph.D., St. James the Elder Theological Seminary, author of AM I BAD? Recovering From Abuse Cover photo by W.A. Krill/ Fighting Chance Photography Learn more at www.Gentling.org From the New Horizons in Therapy Series at Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com Author: William E. Krill Kindle Edition: 244 pages Kindle eBook Company: Loving Healing Press (2010-05-11) (2010-05-11) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price:
Author: Child Welfare League of America
Paperback: 85 pages Company: Child Welfare League of America (1973) ISBN: 0878681132 List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $0.89
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186 pages
Company: Bookmakers Guild (1984) ISBN: 0917665023 List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $0.01 
This manual examines the roles and responsibilities of child protective services (CPS) workers. It describes the purposes, key decisions, and issues of each stage of the CPS process: intake, initial assessment/investigation, family assessment, case planning, service provision, evaluation of family progress and case closure. The manual also covers strategies for casework supervision, training, and support. Appendices include a glossary of terms, resource listings of selected national organizations, State toll-free telephone numbers for reporting child abuse, and the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. 8 tables and 173 references.Author: Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (DHHS), DePanfilis Salus Kindle Edition: 164 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-06-02) (2011-06-02) List Price: $6.99 Amazon Price: Amazon.com DVD: Child Protective Services
A video instructional series on ethics for college and high school classrooms and adult learners. - - - - -
This series uses the Socratic method to build analytical skills and examine ethical questions. The programs aim to sharpen moral reasoning without favoring a particular position by exploring ethical dilemmas in legal, political, medical, corporate, and military arenas. Panelists include Antonin Scalia, Faye Wattleton, and Peter Jennings. - - - -1. Do Unto Others - - - -
Must we house the homeless or report a child abuser? A panel including Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, Faye Wattleton of Planned Parenthood, and Willard Gaylin of the Hastings Center discusses the question of community responsibility.VHS Tape: Color, NTSC Company: Annenberg (1988) List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $27.98 ![Trials and Tribulations [HD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i0fsYN9jL._SL160_.jpg)
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