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Title:
Critical issues in child welfare / Joan Foster Shireman.
Author:
Shireman, Joan F.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Call Number:
HV713 .S46 2015
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780231160780
Series:
Foundations of social work knowledge

Foundations of social work knowledge.
Physical Description:
xi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
General Note:
Three of the chapters have a coauthor who joins Joan Foster Shireman.
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction: social work and child welfare -- The context of child welfare services -- The child welfare services system / by Joan Foster Shireman and Katharine Cahn -- Child protective services -- Family support and child well-being / by Joan Foster Shireman and Karen Tvedt -- Crisis intervention : preservation of families for children -- Investment in foster care -- Out-of-home care for children with special needs -- Adoption -- Youth in transition / by Joan Foster Shireman and Miranda Cunningham -- Concluding thoughts -- Appendix: internet resources -- About the contributors -- Index.
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