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Howe, George W. – Child Welfare, 1983
Focuses on the use of ecological theory in permanency planning cases to understand and work with individuals and families, giving special attention to the complex interaction between person and environment. Discusses how bias against the interactionist perspective can operate in permanency planning activities, and offers suggestions for reducing…
Descriptors: Bias, Caseworker Approach, Children, Ecological Factors
Langford, Judy; Wolf, Kathy Goetz – 2001
Family support programs have proliferated in many different settings in response to an increasing emphasis in the public policy arena on a family support strategy. This book offers guidelines for effective family support practice representing the consensus of family support practitioners as assessed in focus groups with over 2,000 staff and parent…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Children, Family Needs, Family Programs
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 2002
In the context of a national discussion regarding behavior management in child and youth care settings, and in an effort to address the need to care safely and appropriately for children and youth, the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) formed the National Task Force on Behavior Management. The task force includes representatives of advocacy…
Descriptors: Administration, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems
Aldridge, Michelle; Wood, Joanne – 1998
Because a child witness' account is often the only source of information about an alleged incidence of sexual abuse, it becomes imperative to obtain an accurate account from the child so that justice may be achieved. This book provides information on children's linguistic ability in relation to videotaped interviews conducted since the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Check Lists, Child Caregivers
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Boys Town, NE. – 2000
Keeping children safe in foster care is a critical concern for foster parents and the professionals working with them. This document is comprised of a set of four pamphlets, addressed to foster families and those working with foster families, providing information on medication safety, making foster care placements successful, working with social…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Rearing, Child Safety, Child Welfare
Adams, Anne Thomas; Franklin, Sundra; Taylor, Rebecca – 2002
This resource manual has been developed to assist both case managers and management staff in implementing a case management system as an infrastructure for delivering services that will facilitate the positive growth and development of youth and the achievement of individual and organizational performance goals. (The goal of case managers is to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Case Records, Caseworker Approach