Child welfare and family services :
Downs, Susan.
Child welfare and family services : policies and practice / Susan Whitelaw Downs; Ernestine Moore; Emily Jean McFadden; Lela B. Costin - 8th ed. / Susan Whitelaw Downs, Ernestine Moore, Jean McFadden. - Boston : Pearson Allyn & Bacon, ©2009. - x, 534 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Child welfare and family services : policies and practice / Susan Whitelaw Downs ... [et al.]. 7th ed.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
An introduction to family and child services -- Government programs to support families and children -- Services to prevent maltreatment and support families -- Child welfare principles and practices -- Law and procedure : court intervention with children, youth, and families -- Protecting children from neglect and abuse -- Family perseveration services -- Foster care : history, laws policies and structure -- Foster care practice and issues -- Families by adoption -- Juvenile delinquents : the community's dilemma -- Professional responsibilities : ethics and advocacy.
9780205571901 0205571905
Child welfare--United States.
Family services--United States.
362.70973 / DOC
Child welfare and family services : policies and practice / Susan Whitelaw Downs; Ernestine Moore; Emily Jean McFadden; Lela B. Costin - 8th ed. / Susan Whitelaw Downs, Ernestine Moore, Jean McFadden. - Boston : Pearson Allyn & Bacon, ©2009. - x, 534 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Child welfare and family services : policies and practice / Susan Whitelaw Downs ... [et al.]. 7th ed.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
An introduction to family and child services -- Government programs to support families and children -- Services to prevent maltreatment and support families -- Child welfare principles and practices -- Law and procedure : court intervention with children, youth, and families -- Protecting children from neglect and abuse -- Family perseveration services -- Foster care : history, laws policies and structure -- Foster care practice and issues -- Families by adoption -- Juvenile delinquents : the community's dilemma -- Professional responsibilities : ethics and advocacy.
9780205571901 0205571905
Child welfare--United States.
Family services--United States.
362.70973 / DOC