Reversing the odds
Subtitle: improving outcomes for babies in the child welfare system
By: by Sheryl Dicker.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781557669612
Subjects: Child welfare -- United States; Child development -- United States; Social service -- United States; Early childhood education -- United States; Children -- Services for -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why the odds must be reversed for young children in the child welfare system; title: The history of young children in the child welfare system; title: A child's journey through the child welfare system; title: Promising new research; title: The promise of new, powerful laws; title: Using the courts as a portal for healthy development : the New York case study; title: Using health care as a portal for healthy development : the Arkansas case study; title: Using the portal of early intervention for healthy development : the Philadelphia case study; title: Unlocking a new portal for healthy development : early childhood education; title: Putting the pieces together : one jurisdiction at one point in time.