Foreword, Maria Eagle MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families, UK. Preface. Part 1 Child Welfare in the UK and USA 1.Effectiveness of Child Welfare Interventions: Issues and Challenges, Peter J. Pecora, Casey Family Programs and University of Washington, US, Colette McAuley, Queens University, Belfast, UK, and Wendy Rose, The Open University, UK. 2. Child Welfare in the UK: Legislation, Policy and Practice, Wendy Rose, Jenny Gray, Department for Education and Skills, UK, and Colette McAuley. 3. Child Welfare in the US: Legislation, Policy and Practice, Peter Pecora, James K. Whittaker, University of Washington, US, and Anthony N. Maluccio, Boston College, MA. Part 2 Evidence on Interventions with Vulnerable Children, Young People and Families. 4. Early Interventions with Young Children and their Parents in the UK, Marjorie Smith, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. 5. Early Interventions with Young Children and their Parents in the US, K. Lori Hansen, The Children's Trust, US, Connie E. Morrow and Emmalee S. Bandstra, University of Miami, US. 6. Home Visiting for Parents of Pre-school Children in the UK, Jane Barlow, University of Oxford, UK. 7. Home Visiting for Parents of Pre-school Children in the US, Maureen Marcenko and Fredi Staerkel, University of Washington, WA. 8. Support for Young People and their Families in the Community in the UK, Nina Biehal, University of York, UK. 9. Support for Young People and their Families in the Community in the US, Scottye J. Cash and Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Ohio State University, US. Part 3 Evidence on Therapeutic Interventions with Children who have Experienced Abuse or Neglect. 10. Therapeutic Interventions for Children who have Experienced Neglect and their Families in the UK, Karen Tanner, Tavistock Clinic, London, UK, and Danielle Turney, The Open University, UK. 11. Interventions for Children and Families who have Experienced Neglect in the US, Diane De Panfilis, University of Maryland, US. 12. Therapeutic Interventions for Children who have Experienced Sexual and Physical Abuse, Arnon Bentovim, Tavistock Clinic, London, UK. 13. Therapeutic Interventions with Children who have Experienced Emotional, Sexual and Physical Abuse in the US, Jacqueline Corcoran, Virginia Commonwealth University, US. Part 4 Evidence on Foster Care, Adoption and Transitions for Children and Young People. 14. Foster Family Care in the UK, Kate Wilson, University of Nottingham, UK. 15. Foster Family Care in the US, Anthony N. Maluccio, Boston College, US, and Peter J. Pecora. 16. Residential Care in the UK, Ian Sinclair, University of York, UK, 17. Residential Care in the US, James K. Whittaker, University of Washington, US. 18. Support for Young People Leaving Care in the UK, Jim Wade, University of York, UK. 19. Support for Young People Leaving Care in the US, Kimberley A. Nollan, Research Consultant, Seattle, WA. 20. Adoption in the UK, David Quinton and Julie Selwyn, University of Bristol, UK, 21. Adoption in the US, Ruth G. McRoy, University of Texas at Austin, US. Part 5 Innovative Approaches in Schools and Community Programmes. 22. Interventions in Schools in the UK, Gillian Pugh and June Statham, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. 23. Interventions in Schools in the US, Joy G. Dryfoos, National Consultant, US, and Helen Nissani, Family Support America, US. 24. Community Programs in the UK, Gordon Jack, University of Plymouth, UK. 25. Community Programs in the US, Jacquelyn McCroskey, University of South Carolina, US. Part 6 Summary and Conclusion. 26. Effective Child Welfare Interventions - Evidence for Practice, Colette McAuley, Peter J. Pecora and Wendy Rose. References. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.
Colette McAuley is Professor of Social Work Studies and Director of the Child Well-Being Research Centre in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton. She has been researching outcomes for children and their families for the past decade and has a particular interest in the views of children and young people in vulnerable circumstances. She has published widely, with her most recent publications including Young Families Under Stress: Outcomes and Costs of Home-Start Support and Pathways and Outcomes: A Ten Year Follow-Up Study of Children who have Experienced Care.
... this is a timely and important book given the continuing debate
around evidence-based practice. It covers a wide range of services,
including foster care, adoption, innovative approaches in schools
and communities, and interventions with children who have
experience abuse or neglect... This book will be a useful addition
to the bookshelf for managers and social work practitioners... This
is an interesting book for any practitioner or student seeking an
overview of current debates about parenting young people and of
initiatives undertaken by the TSA in this field.
*Journal of Children's Services*
I think this book succeeds in many ways. It provides solid reviews
of the literature on the effectiveness of a range of child welfare
interventions from the perspectives of knowledgeable U.K and U.S
authors. There are chapters on some vital areas including
residential treatment, foster care, home visiting, and school-based
prevention programs. Several of the chapters are thought provoking,
going beyond the typical literature review format to provide some
real insight into the subject matter... this is a worthwhile book
that deserves a place on the bookshelves of service developers,
policy makers, and service researchers. It is informative and
comprehensive.
*APA Review of Books*
If you are interested in learning what is known and particularly,
what is still unknown about a comprehensive range of interventions
to improve the lives of children in all sorts of difficulties, this
is the book for you...There are consequently important lessons for
both policy-makers and service providers in this book. Once again,
the interventions that seem to be most effective work with
children, young people, and parents. They have clear goals, are
appropriately targeted and they are delivered by a well-trained and
well-supported staff. There is much valuable discussion on the
complexity of the problems that children and families face.
Workforce investment seems to be the route to making sure that
those interventions that we know form this book and others do work,
are used routinely, appropriately and with skill. We have a very
large and diverse workforce in children's social care. This book
illustrates both the need to learn more about what works, with whom
and u under what circumstances, but it also illustrates the need to
improve the frontline delivery of services now, with the best use
of the knowledge we already have. This will only be achieved by
skilled and confident practitioners who can learn from this
book.
*Children & Society*
There is a clear need to establish a knowledge of which services
for families and children work well. This book provides a
comprehensive overview of research evidence on the effectiveness of
selected child welfare interventions.
*CAFCASS*
This book illustrates both the need to learn more about what works,
with whom and under what circumstances, but it also illustrates the
need to improve the frontline delivery of services now, with the
best of the knowledge we already have. This will only be achieved
by skilled and confident practitioners who can learn from this
book.
*National Children's Bureau*
This book... provides a timely contribution to the literature aimed
at enhancing understanding of outcomes research in the UK and USA
and the importance of developing evidence-based practice. This
edited book provides comprehensive insights into the complex area
of how intervention strategies impact on children and families in
the two countries (UK and USA). The impressive list of contributors
cover wide ranging issues concerning policy and service
provision... The book is divided into six parts and manages to
interweave UK and US perspectives in paired chapters, which is a
real strength of the book. This style supports the reader in
developing real insights into research undertaken in the two
countries and facilitates a comparative analysis of wide-reaching
service provision. The reader is able to engage with early
childhood who has faced a range of abuse, fostering, adoption,
residential care and school and community programmes. Through these
areas, the authors manage to provide extensive evidence-based
discussion that can be used to inform service providers,
policy-makers and students...This book is a welcome edition and the
contributors should be congratulated on the scope and depth they
manage to achieve. Indeed, their reference list provides an
excellent resource for the research community.
*Journal of Early Childhood Research*
This publication gives an interesting insight into international
research evidence on child welfare interventions. It covers a
number of areas including general interventions for children;
interventions for vulnerable children and families; interventions
for children who have been abused or neglected; interventions for
children who have been in care, or who have been adopted; as well
as innovative approaches for schools and communities. The work
covers evidence from both the UK and US. This book provides
reliable and informative information and would be useful reading
for policy makers, practitioners and commissioners of children's
services.
*Child Right*
Twenty-six contributions from international researchers provide and
overview of selected child welfare interventions in the US and the
UK, summarizing the evidence for their effectiveness and discussing
the implications for their policy, practice and research. In the
first section, the program context for the child and family
services in each country is described. Subsequent chapters focus on
specific intervention, such as home visiting, foster family care,
school interventions and community programs.
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