Download or read book Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health written by Edilma L. Yearwood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has shown that a range of adult psychiatric disorders and mental health problems originate at an early age, yet the psychiatric symptoms of an increasing number of children and adolescents are going unrecognized and untreated—there are simply not enough child psychiatric providers to meet this steadily rising demand. It is vital that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and primary care practitioners take active roles in assessing behavioral health presentations and work collaboratively with families and other healthcare professionals to ensure that all children and adolescents receive appropriate treatment. Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health helps APRNs address the mental health needs of this vulnerable population, providing practical guidance on assessment guidelines, intervention and treatment strategies, indications for consultation, collaboration, referral, and more. Now in its second edition, this comprehensive and timely resource has been fully updated to include DSM-5 criteria and the latest guidance on assessing, diagnosing, and treating the most common behavioral health issues facing young people. New and expanded chapters cover topics including eating disorders, bullying and victimization, LGBTQ identity issues, and conducting research with high-risk children and adolescents. Edited and written by a team of accomplished child psychiatric and primary care practitioners, this authoritative volume: Provides state-of-the-art knowledge about specific psychiatric and behavioral health issues in multiple care settings Reviews the clinical manifestation and etiology of behavioral disorders, risk and management issues, and implications for practice, research, and education Offers approaches for interviewing children and adolescents, and strategies for integrating physical and psychiatric screening Discusses special topics such as legal and ethical issues, cultural influences, the needs of immigrant children, and child and adolescent mental health policy Features a new companion website containing clinical case studies to apply concepts from the chapters Designed to specifically address the issues faced by APRNs, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health is essential reading for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, particularly those working in family, pediatric, community health, psychiatric, and mental health settings. *Second Place in the Child Health Category, 2021 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards*

Download or read book Foster the Family written by Jamie C. Finn and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are great rewards that come along with being a foster parent, yet there are also great challenges that can leave you feeling depleted, alone, and discouraged. The many burdens of a foster parent's day--hurting children, struggling biological parents, and a broken system--are only compounded by the many burdens of a foster parent's heart--confusion, anxiety, heartache, anger, and fear. With the compassion and insight of a fellow foster parent, Jamie C. Finn helps you see your struggles through the lens of the gospel, bringing biblical truths to bear on your unique everyday realities. In these short, easy-to-read chapters, you'll find honest, personal stories and practical lessons that provide encouragement and direction from God's Word as you walk the journey of foster parenting.

Download or read book Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse written by Kevin Browne and published by . This book was released on 1988-11-28 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers have been compiled to examine the phenomenon of child abuse and neglect and to provide a broad overview for the professional careworker on such subjects as recognizing early signs of abuse in children of pre-school age, intervention and treatment in the home environment.

Download or read book Foster Care written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preventing Out of home Placement written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Caring for Children in Out of Home Placement written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by . This book was released on with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How well do county agencies comply with Minnesota's foster care and adoption policies? What fiscal incentives &/or what sanctions might be offered to improve current practices? These and related questions were reviewed by a special advisory committee which met in 1993 and 1994 to study ways to improve the State's foster care and adoption policies and practices. Initially, the group identified a wide range of critical issues, many of which pose special challenges for practitioners. "Kinship Care" has some characteristics which differ from traditional foster care. What are the practical implications of this? Data privacy restrictions seem to impede communication with other family members who report they have a hard time trying to get into the current system.

Download or read book Foster Children in a Life Course Perspective written by David Fanshel and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Out of state Placement of Children written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Child Outcomes in Out of home Placement written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite widespread preferences for kinship care as an alternative to non-relative foster care, limited evidence is available to determine whether kinship care produces superior outcomes for children. Specifically, this dissertation focuses on safety, stability, and well-being. Paper 1 uses statewide administrative data to estimate the association between placement type and experiencing a maltreatment investigation or substantiation in out-of-home care. Results suggest that informal kinship placements have the highest overall risk of maltreatment, whereas risk of maltreatment in formal kinship care or non-relative foster care is roughly equivalent. However, the monthly risk of maltreatment is lowest in informal kinship care because these placements tend to endure longer before maltreatment occurs. Paper 2 also uses statewide administrative data, this time to compare stability outcomes for children in either non-relative foster care or formal kinship care. Results suggest that children in non-relative foster care have a higher risk of changing placements than children in formal kinship care. However, the majority of this difference is due to children in non-relative foster care moving to more desirable arrangements, such as kinship care. Paper 3 uses the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being to estimate the effect of placement type on children's academic, behavioral, and health outcomes. Results suggest that children who spend more time in kinship care experience fewer improvements in reading and cognitive ability scores than children who spend most of their out-of-home care time in non-relative foster care. They also experience somewhat larger behavioral improvements. Effects are concentrated among children who entered care with more behavioral, cognitive, and health deficits.

Download or read book From Evidence to Outcomes in Child Welfare written by Aron Shlonsky and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited work offers a framework that organizes and develops the types of evidence needed at key decision points in child welfare.

Download or read book Family Visiting in Out of home Care written by Peg McCartt Hess and published by CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America). This book was released on 1988 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning visits and making them meaningful for children in foster care and their parents are critically important to families and to case outcome. This guide helps social workers develop visiting plans that facilitate the achievement of case goals and decrease the length of time children spend in foster care, while encouraging a professional commitment to maintaining relationships between children in placement and their parents.

Download or read book Out of home Placement of Children written by Kerry Kinney Fine and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Child s Journey Through Placement written by Vera I Fahlberg and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children who are cared for in an out of home placement are in need of support and stability. This classic text offers information and advice for professionals and carers on how to help these children, who will often have attachment difficulties. Vera I. Fahlberg, M.D. shares her experience and expertise, outlining the significance of attachment and separation, the developmental stages specific to adoptive children and providing guidance on minimizing the trauma of moves. The book also features practical advice on case planning, managing behavior and direct work with children, and throughout are case studies and exercises which provide opportunities for further learning. A readable, compassionate and practical text, A Child’s Journey Through Placement provides the foundation, the resources, and the tools to help students, professionals, parents and others who care to support children on their journey through placement to adulthood.

Download or read book From Child Abuse to Foster Care written by Richard P. Barth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two million child abuse reports are filed annually on behalf of children in the United States. Each of the reported children becomes a concern, at least temporarily, of the professional who files the report, and each family is assessed by additional professionals. A substantial number of children in these families will subsequently enter foster care. Until now, the relationships between the performance of our child welfare system and the growth and outcomes of foster care have not been understood. In an effort to clarify them, Barth and his colleagues have synthesized the results of their longitudinal study in California of the paths taken by children after the initial abuse report: foster care, a return to their homes, or placement for adoption. Because of the outcomes of child welfare services in California have national significance, this is far more than a regional study. It provides a comprehensive picture of children's experiences in the child welfare system and a gauge of the effectiveness of that system. The policy implications of the California study have bearing on major federal and state initiatives to prevent child abuse and reduce unnecessary foster and group home care.

Download or read book Child Welfare Revisited written by Joyce Everett and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are there proportionally more African American children in foster care than white children? Why are white children often readily adoptable, while African American children are difficult to place? Are these imbalances an indication of institutional racism or merely a coincidence? In this revised and expanded edition of the classic volume, Child Welfare, twenty-one educators call attention to racial disparities in the child welfare system by demonstrating how practices that are successful for white children are often not similarly successful for African American children. Moreover, contributors insist that policymakers and care providers look at African American family life and child-development from a culturally-based Africentric perspective. Such a perspective, the book argues, can serve as a catalyst for creativity and innovation in the formulation of policies and practices aimed at improving the welfare of African American children. Child Welfare Revisited offers new chapters on the role of institutional racism and economics on child welfare; the effects of substance abuse, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence; and the internal strengths and challenges that are typical of African American families. Bringing together timely new developments and information, this book will continue to be essential reading for all child welfare policymakers and practitioners.

Download or read book Home Based Services for Troubled Children written by Ira M. Schwartz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is mounting interest in services to strengthen families and, if possible, to keep them together, preventing unnecessary and costly out-of-home placements. Unfortunately, although these programs are proliferating throughout the country, many are developing without the benefit of existing historical, conceptual, and scholarly data, information needed to make sound fiscal policy and programmatic decisions. This book fills this critical void, with a systematic examination of home-based services for abused, neglected, delinquent, and emotionally disturbed children and their families. With the most authoritative research on the topic to date, this book will be of interest to practitioners, policymakers, and child advocates.

Download or read book Out of Harm s Way written by Richard J. Gelles and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Despite efforts to create, revise, reform, and establish an effective child welfare system in the United States, the system continues to fail to ensure the safety and wellbeing of maltreated children. Out of Harm's Way presents four specific changes that would lead to a more effective system"--