Title: The Children's Bureau : shaping a century of child welfare practices, programs, and policies /
Authors: Briar-Lawson, Katharine.; National Association of Social Workers.
Year: 2013
Subjects: United States.; United States.; Child welfare United States; Children Services for United States; Child welfare; Children Services for; United States
Contents: Lessons learned and the way forward -- Family-driven and community-based systems of care -- Addressing poverty as a child welfare strategy -- Family-centered practice -- Nothing about us, without us: meaningful youth and family engagement in child welfare -- Ensuring a successful transition to adulthood for foster youths -- Paradigm shifts in child protection: from investigation to family support -- Prevention of child maltreatment fatalities -- Trauma-informed child welfare practice -- Serving families with co-occuring challenges -- Social work traineeship programs -- Social work education in tribal and urban Indian child welfare settings -- Workforce and leadership development -- Knowledge management and leadership development in child welfare -- University-agency partnerships to advance child welfare -- Envisioning the future: trends, challenges, and opportunities -- Child welfare for the 21st century: organizational and practice imperatives.