Culturally Competent Public Child Welfare Practice / Edition 1

by Krishna Samantrai, Lisa Gebo, Caroline Concilla

Overview

This text presents a model of practice that stems from the goodness-of-fit between the child's needs (physical, developmental, social-emotional) and the parent's ability to adequately meet those needs according to the prevailing norms of society. Samantrai integrates policy, human behavior theories, issues in practice, skills of practice, multiculturalism, child abuse and neglect, and she develops and refines these concepts into the skills specifically needed by those working in public child welfare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780534370558
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	02/26/2003
Series:	SW 360K Child Abuse and Neglect Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.22(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Krishna Samantrai is associate professor at Smith College for Social Work. Prior to moving to Smith in 1997, she was professor at California State University, Sacramento, where she developed the practice model presented in this book. She is the author of two previous books, PREVENTION IN CHILD WELFARE: STATES' RESPONSE TO FEDERAL MANDATE (Garland Publishing, 1993) and INTERVIEWING IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Nelson-Hall, 1996, reprinted, 1999; now available from Brooks/Cole). She has also authored several articles on the subject of practice and policy in child welfare.

Table of Contents

Part I. THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT OF PRACTICE. 1. From Parents Patriae to Permanency Planning: The Philosophical and Legal Context of Practice. Part II. THE SKILLS OF PRACTICE. 2. Introduction to Part Two: The Goodness-of-Fit Model of Practice. 3. Assessment. 4. Investigating the First Report: Assessment in Emergency Response. 5. Maintaining Families: When Risk Exists, But Not Enough to Remove the Child From Home. 6. Reunifying Families: Bringing the Child Back From an Out-of-Home Placement. 7. When there is No Going Back: Finding an Alternate Permanent Family. 8. Intervention. Part III. 9. The Organizational Context of Practice.

Editorial Reviews

"If asked to describe this manuscript to a colleague, I would say that it is both timely and unique. ... The proposed manuscript goes far in helping students fit the policy, practice, and theory pieces together in a way that creates a coherent framework for approaching assessment and selecting interventions."

" ...a thanks to the author for the sensitivity to and understanding of economically poor families" "... the author is to be commended for the ability to explain major developmental theories with brevity and in language that is accessible to most students" and "The author has done an admirable job of presenting an array of possibilities in intervention. This is frequently not covered well in most texts."

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