Exploring Child Welfare A Practice Perspective + From the Eye of the Storm The Experiences of a Child Welfare Worker - Softcover

Crosson-Tower, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205625436 ISBN 13: 9780205625437

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Synopsis

Exploring Child Welfare provides an overall look at all aspects of the provision of services for children and their families, from services that enhance and support family life to those that substitute for the child's own home. 

 

The Fourth Edition of this accessible and engaging text continues to reflect the author's strong practice perspective and incorporates new developments in welfare reform and child welfare services. The author bases her work on more than 30 years of experience in almost all areas of children's services, including protective services, foster care, adoption, court services, residential treatment and school-based services.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: Written by a leading author with years of professional and academic experience in services to families and children, this book provides a practical, down-to-earth and reader-friendly discussion of services for children and family. Key Topics: This book covers a wide variety of topics, from poverty and family preservation to child protection, adoption, group and foster care, services to teen parents, and numerous other services used by families and children today. This reference is up-to-date and reflects a wide-variety of views in the field. Market: Social workers, family therapists, human service employees, educators and after-school program facilitators.

About the Author

Dr. Cynthia Crosson-Tower

Harvest Counseling and Consultation

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• ISBN 10: 0205625436
• ISBN 13: 9780205625437
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 480