This explanatory, descriptive study examines whether a relationship exists between certain psychosocial factors or clusters of factors and parents' or caregivers' behaviors regarding the type of maltreatment inflicted on a child. This study examines physical abuse, neglect, and both physical abuse and neglect cases. Results show that physical…

Describes a program of group counseling for parents to help them minimize emotional reactions to hospitalization and surgery for their children. (DP)

Problems of identification behavior associated with the family romance fantasy were not characteristic of 25 adoptees studied. (NH)

Describes instances of matrimonial violence and its effects on children, and discusses possible treatments for violent parents and their children.

Presents data collected over a 3-year period concerning the success or failure of adoptions by white parents of black children. The predominant picture is that of healthy and well-adjusted children, aware of their heritage, living with parents who were highly satisfied with their adoption experience. (Author/ED)

Reviews the rationale for the practice of Artificial Insemination Donor (AID) practices, the manner whereby donors are selected, and how records are kept. The importance of developing standards which serve the best interests of the AID child is stressed. (Author/DB)

This article describes the Durham Family Initiative (DFI), an innovative effort to bring together child welfare and juvenile justice systems to reach DFI's goal of reducing the child abuse rate in Durham, North Carolina, by 50% within the next 10 years. DFI will follow principles of a preventive system of care (PSoC), which focuses on nurturing…

Describes an experimental group program developed to orient and educate parents of children accepted for diagnostic evaluation in a child guidance clinic. Results of the program indicate effectiveness in enhancing parental awareness of problems and the parent role as treatment participants. (Author/CS)

Discusses some of the trouble spots for foster parents and what must be done to avoid them while advancing the belief that pressures placed upon foster parents may be eased by building awareness. (BR)

This study determines that high self-acceptance by adoptive parents influences high parental acceptance of adopted children. (BB)

Describes one agency's experiences and outlines the conditions essential to success. (Author)

An agency's attempt to facilitate the meeting of interested adoptees with their birth parents is reported. Possible positive and negative outcomes for all three parties of the adoption triangle are pointed out and conclusions pertinent to agency policy are drawn. (Author/RH)

Reviews children's rights since the Supreme Court's decision that parents retain a substantial, if not the dominant, role in institutionalizing children. (Author/DB)

Identifies the destructive effects of a negative attitude towards the handling of warranted separations of children from their families, and affirms that separation remains a necessary and sometimes beneficial therapeutic option. (CM)

Explores challenges facing child welfare agencies serving children with incarcerated parents. Discusses the impact of parental incarceration on the child, considers current child welfare policy and practice, and discusses the shared interests of child welfare and advocacy groups for criminal justice and prisoner advocacy. Proposes suggestions for…