Author: Julie F. Gwin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : At-risk youth
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Author: Shannan Wilber
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Child welfare personnel repeatedly move a lesbian youth from one inappropriate placement to another, subjecting her to constant rejection and discrimination and depriving her of a permanent home or family; Detention facility staff place a gay youth in isolation "for his own protection," depriving him of education, recreation, companionship, or other programming and services; Line staff in a group home fail to intervene when residents harass and abuse a transgender youth because they believe he "asked for it" by being open about his gender identity. These disturbingly common practices illustrate the serious problems in the care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The lack of professional guidance related to youths' sexual identities has left a vacuum that is often filled by harmful, discriminatory practices based on personal biases rather than informed, evidence-based policies. The best practice guidelines in this book will improve outcomes for youth with accurate, up-to-date information about the best practices for providing competent services to youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). The "Best Practices Guidelines" after opening with an acknowledgments and introduction section offers eight chapters as follows: (1) LGBT Youth in Out-of-Home Care; (2) Creating an Inclusive Organizational Culture; (3) A Family-Centered Approach to Serving LGBT Youth; (4) Promoting Positive Adolescent Development; (5) Collecting and Managing Confidential Information; (6) Ensuring Appropriate Homes for LGBT Youth; (7) LGBT Youth in Institutional Settings; and (8) Providing Appropriate Health, Mental Health, and Education Services to LGBT Youth. The "Guidelines" conclude with appendices (1) Model Standards Project Staff; and (2) Model Standards Project Advisory Committee; a glossary; and a list of references.

Author:
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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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 groups, consumer groups, CWLA's member agencies, accrediting bodies, and others with expertise in residential group care, foster care, child day care, and juvenile justice. This book contains the resulting CWLA guidelines, providing practical guidance to child welfare agencies. The guidelines are designed for use in all areas of the child welfare field, from improving practice at a program level to revising behavior management standards for accreditation. Chapter 1 of the book presents the ethical and legal framework for behavior management practices. Chapter 2 details best practices concerning implementation and maintenance of a comprehensive behavior management system, including system-wide administration and provider leadership. Chapter 3 provides guidelines for a continuum of behavior management interventions, including individualized service planning, selection of behavior intervention models, de-escalation methods, and physical interventions. Chapter 4 concerns guidelines on the use of restraint and seclusion. Chapter 5 discusses guidelines for professional development and support for staff and caregivers. Three appendices list members of the best practice task force, the guidelines reviewers, and the CWLA staff and consultants. A glossary of relevant terms is included. (Contains 29 references and 32 additional resources.) (KB)

Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN: 9781587600715
Category : Kidnapping
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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CWLA's Best Practice Guidelines for Children Missing from Care provides agencies with an effective tool to develop administrative policies, procedures, and case practices that will decrease the likelihood of children going missing from out-of-home care; establish a coordinated and effective response to instances in which children do go missing; and ensure that once children are returned to care they, their caregivers, and their birthfamilies receive necessary and appropriate services and supports. These guidelines provide direction to child welfare agencies responsible for the care of children in out-of-home care, both in family foster care and in group and residential settings. They were prepared in conjunction, and go hand in hand, with guidelines for law enforcement agencies on children missing from care developed by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Book jacket.

Author: Helen Cahalane
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461486270
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 319

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Child welfare is the oldest specialization within social work practice and the only specialty area in which social work is the host profession. This edited volume provides a unique and comprehensive overview of practice issues relevant to contemporary child welfare professionals entering the field as well as those already working in direct service and management positions. This book’s emphasis on systemic, integrated, and evidence-informed practices at the individual, family, and organizational level is in keeping with child welfare’s core mission of child protection, family support, and permanency for youth. This volume also explores the challenges and opportunities present in a contemporary practice environment, which are driven by the attainment of defined outcomes, fiscal limitations, and the need for an informed professionalized child welfare workforce.

Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice. The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations. The format of each volume is similar: each Standard is numbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.

Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice. The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations. The format of each volume is similar: each Standard isnumbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.

Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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"This volume presents the management and governance components of child welfare practice that apply across the field. As the other volumes of CWLA's standards are revised and updated, this volume will serve as a replacement for CWLA Standards for Organization and Administration for All Child Welfare Services; in the interim, it supplements and goes beyond the concepts presented in that volume."--Page xiii.

Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Child welfare program standards based on current knowledge, children's developmental needs, and tested ways of meeting these needs most effectively provide benchmarks of excellence that can be used as goals to advance and guide contemporary practice. This book delineates standards for services for abused or neglected children and their families. The standards were developed by the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), based on extended discussion of principles and issues by experts in social work and related fields and critical review of a preliminary statement by CWLA member agencies, representatives of related professions, and other national organizations. The book discusses how to use the standards and differentiates the standards from accreditation and licensing. The book's introduction describes the origins of child protection efforts; the child protection policy framework; and practice, program, and policy issues in child protection. A new framework for child protection is also presented. The bulk of the book is comprised of the goals and standards for services and is organized in the following chapters: (1) "Protective Service for Abused or Neglected Children and Their Families"; (2) "Social Work Practice in Child Protective Services"; (3) "Working Together To Keep Children Safe: A Community Responsibility"; (4) "Working with the Civil and Criminal Justice Systems in Protecting Children"; (5) "Organization and Administration of Child Protective Services"; and (6) "Protecting Children in Settings Outside of Their Families or Homes." Also included in the book is a glossary of relevant terms. Contains approximately 100 references. (KB)