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Title:

From child abuse to permanency planning : child welfare services pathways and placements / Richard P. Barth ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Aldine de Gruyter,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xiii, 297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Foster home care--United States.
Adoption--United States.
Child welfare--United States.

Other Authors:

Barth, Richard P., 1952-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and indexes.

Contents:

Understanding pathways to permanency -- Growth in child abuse reports and child welfare services caseloads -- From child abuse report to child welfare services -- Rethinking and researching length of stay in foster care -- Reunification from kinship and nonkinship foster care -- Factors associated with entrance to group care -- Time to adoption -- Specialized foster care: a home for children with special needs -- Kinship care: rights and responsibilities, services and standards -- Group care for children -- Similarities and differences in the characteristics of children in out-of-
home care --
Trends and recommendations for the next decade.

Series:

Modern applications of social work

ISBN:

9780202360867 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0202360865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780202360850 (cloth : alk. paper)
0202360857 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)28928203

LCCN:

93037377

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)