The Systematic Mistreatment of Children in the Foster Care System: Through the Cracks (Maltreatment, Trauma, and Interpersonal Aggression)
A poignant account of the enormous difficulties and challenges facing  children  in the foster care system... An important 'wake up' call to all about  the  desperate situation that children and youth find themselves in when the  system  acts as their parents... An essential and required reading for all in  education,  mental health, child advocacy, and those within the juvenile justice  system. --Mary A. Falvey, PhD, Dean, Charter College of Education, CSULA, Los Angeles, CACompelling and a much needed contribution to a topic sorely in need of  greater  public scrutiny and discussion... Provides a vivid account of how  poorly far  too many children are served through the Foster Care System... Provides  compelling  case study examples of what happens to children in foster care and proposes  sound  recommendations for reform --Tom Parrish, American Institutes for Research, Palo Alto CAIntelligently structured... A very useful primer for new  practitioners in child welfare. --Miryam J. Choca, Director, California Strategies, Casey Family  Programs, San DiegoZeroes in on the many heartbreaking ways the foster care system can fail  children  in the greatest need... Offers hope for improvement by describing  innovative  programs, promising practices, and directions for change... Will help  policy  makers, administrators, and the general public understand how and why  foster care  creates rather than solves problems for too many children and their  families... Of particular interest to attorneys, court appointed special  advocates (CASAS),  and other advocates looking for guidance on how to navigate the court,  child welfare,  education, mental health, and other systems that affect children in foster  care. --Alice Bussiere, Staff Attorney, Youth Law Center