Evidence-Informed Assessment and Practice in Child Welfare

Book Overview

Preface.- Section One- The Context for Providing Evidence-Informed Assessments for Children and Families.- Educating BSW and MSW Social Workers to Practice in Child Welfare Services.- Legal Requisites for Social Work Practice in Child Abuse and Neglect.- Child Development.- Contributing Factors to Child Sexual Abuse.- The Integrated Model for Human Service Delivery in Child Welfare.- Section Two- Field-Tested Evidence-Informed Assessments.- Risk Assessment: Issues and Implementation in Child Protective Services.- Assessment Methods.- Substance Use and Abuse: Screening Tools and Assessment Instruments.- Section Three- Field-Tested Evidence-Informed Interventions.- The process of Intervention with Multi-problem Families: Theoretical and Practical Guidelines.- A Comprehensive Treatment Model for Child Maltreatment.- Child Maltreatment.-Parent Training.- Adolescent Employment Intervention.- The Empirical Base for the Implementation of Social Skills Training with Maltreated Children.- Preventative Services for Children and Adolescents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319364960
• ISBN13: 9783319364964
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"