Defining and strengthening child well-being in child protection

Jones, Annette Semanchin; LaLiberte, Traci; Piescher, Kristine

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.05.001

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“…Measuring child well-being. Child well-being broadly encompasses social, emotional, cognitive and behavioral functioning, and physical health (Semanchin Jones, LaLiberte, & Piescher, 2015) and comprises the third mandate of the child welfare system. The federal government has acknowledged that achieving safety and permanency does not mean that child well-being is also achieved (Administration for Children & Families, 2012b).…”

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Foster Care: How We Can, and Should, Do More for Maltreated Children

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Gershoff

2020

Social Policy Report

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Foster care provides round-the-clock substitute care for nearly 700,000 U.S. children who are temporarily or permanently separated from their family of origin each year. Each state manages its own foster care system according to federal regulations. Despite numerous large-scale federal policy reforms over the past several decades, substantial concerns remain about the experiences and outcomes of children in the foster care system. The most recent effort to reform foster care, the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018, attempts to both reduce the use of foster care and increase the quality of care. In this report, we review how policy has shaped the experiences and outcomes of children in foster care, where policy has succeeded, and where it falls short of achieving its goals. We then identify opportunities for federal and state policy to better support the safety, health, and well-being of children in foster care.

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Foster Care: How We Can, and Should, Do More for Maltreated Children

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Gershoff

2020

Social Policy Report

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“…The UN Child's Rights Convention, ratified by Romania no.18 law (Parlamentul României, 1990), requires state authorities to provide the necessary protection and care for the child's welfare, the imperative being reiterated also by the scientific society Hart & Glaser, 2011;Jones, LaLiberte, & Piescher, 2015).…”

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School Bullying with a Severe Consequence. Case Report and Literature Review

Fulga

Ciubara

Ciubară

2020

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This paper presents a fully documented rare case of school bullying in which one of bullies has suffered traumatic injuries which were incompatible with life. The authors present judicial, social, clinical, morphological, somatic and mental medical data. The data from specialized literature of high scientific quality is analyzed, the aim being to improve the prediction and prophylaxis of the phenomenon.

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“…17 Results from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being 18 found that approximately 33% of foster care placement services and 59% of family preservation services are contracted out to private agencies. Therapeutic services for children and their family members are routinely contracted and there is an emphasized need for services to align with the focus on the well-being of children and families; 19 yet, research aimed at understanding the experiences of contracted therapeutic service providers (TSPs) in their work with child welfare populations is limited.…”

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Exploring the Experiences of Child Welfare-Focused Therapeutic Service Providers

Colvin

Thompson

2019

J Behav Health Serv Res

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The importance of mental and behavioral health for child welfare clients is well-documented; yet, little is known about the challenges therapeutic service providers (TSPs) experience working in child welfare practice. To explore this topic, five focus groups were conducted with 40 TSPs in a contracted mental and behavioral health agency and data were analyzed following an inductive thematic process. Eleven primary challenges were identified, including the difficulty of navigating numerous involved parties, an overwhelmed work environment, legal intersections common to child welfare cases, unrealistic agency expectations, and heighten case complexity when working with child welfare populations. Findings are organized across system, agency, and client levels and add to the understanding of TSP perspectives working with child welfare. Targeted interventions are discussed, such as efforts to promote realistic expectations and training strategies, as well as directions for future research to improve the intersection between child welfare and mental and behavioral health.

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Defining and strengthening child well-being in child protection

Cited by 30 publications

References 40 publications

Foster Care: How We Can, and Should, Do More for Maltreated Children

Foster Care: How We Can, and Should, Do More for Maltreated Children

School Bullying with a Severe Consequence. Case Report and Literature Review

Exploring the Experiences of Child Welfare-Focused Therapeutic Service Providers

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