TY - BOOK AU - Downs,Susan AU - Moore,Ernestine AU - McFadden,Emily Jean TI - Child welfare and family services: policies and practice SN - 9780205571901 U1 - 362.70973 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson Allyn & Bacon KW - Child welfare KW - United States KW - Family services N1 - 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 ER -