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catalog contributor b7508572.
catalog created "c1994.".
catalog date "1994".
catalog date "c1994.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and indexes.".
catalog description "Trends and recommendations for the next decade.".
catalog description "pt. I. Examining child abuse and child welfare caseloads and careers. 1. Understanding pathways to permanency : Toward dynamic data ; Our approach to the study of pathways and placements ; The future of permanency planning -- 2. Growth in child abuse reports and child welfare services caseloads : Reform of California child welfare services ; Trends in California's emergency response dispositions ; Trends in California's family maintenance caseload ; Trends in California's foster care caseload ; Comparison of trends ; Modeling the number of child abuse reports ; Time series results ; Summary and implications ; The simulations ; Summary, policy, and practice implications ; Appendix -- 3. From child abuse report to child welfare services : Sample selection and characteristics ; The referral process ; Types and sources of referrals ; Referrals: number and length of time between referrals ; Disposition reasons ; Summary and policy objectives ; Notes -- pt. II. Analyzing foster care. 4. Rethinking and researching length of stay in foster care : Previous research on duration of foster care ; Cross-sectional point-in-time studies ; Retrospective or longitudinal studies using non-event-history methods ; Event-history analysis of length of stay in foster care ; Conclusion Notes -- 5. Reunification from kinship and nonkinship foster care : A proportional-hazards model ; Kinship care: just another placement option, or something completely different? ; Summary ; Notes -- 6. Factors associated with entrance to group care : Sample and method ; First placement in group care ; Later placement in group care ; Summary ; Notes -- 7. Time to adoption : Odds of adoption ; Odds of timely adoption and adoption legislation ; Discussion --".
catalog description "pt. III. Child and placement characteristics. 8. Specialized foster care: a home for children with special needs : Who is the professional foster parent? ; Why be a specialized foster parent? ; Length of stay in the field ; Satisfaction with the experience ; A look at specialized foster care agencies ; Discussion -- 9. Kinship care: rights and responsibilities, services and standards / with Barbara Needell : The evolution of kin placement ; Study format ; Demographic characteristics of caregivers ; The path toward placement ; Characteristics ; Discussion ; Summary ; Notes -- 10. Group care for children : A survey of group care providers ; The future of group care ; Discussion ; Summary -- 11. Similarities and differences in the characteristics of children in out-of-home care : A comparative look at children in out-of-home care ; Discussion ; Notes -- pt. IV. Implications. 12. Trends and recommendations for the next decade : Child abuse reports continue to spiral upward ; Child abuse assessments are the most common child welfare service ; Child welfare services become increasingly articulated and accountable ; Child welfare services are focusing on infants and young children ; Kinship foster care swells ; Foster care is getting harder to enter and harder to leave ; Special-needs adoption gains and loses prominence ; Guardianship will expand ; Integration of family preservation, assessment and referral ; The length of foster care is rising again ; The expansion of shared family care ; The information and outcome age are dawning ; Rationalizing out-of-home care ; Independent living skills programs will evolve ; Specialized foster care will expand ; Conclusions.".
catalog extent "xiii, 297 p. :".
catalog identifier "0202360857 (cloth : alk. paper)".
catalog identifier "0202360865 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
catalog isPartOf "Modern applications of social work".
catalog issued "1994".
catalog issued "c1994.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York : Aldine de Gruyter,".
catalog spatial "United States.".
catalog subject "362.7/3/0973 20".
catalog subject "Adoption United States.".
catalog subject "Child welfare United States.".
catalog subject "Foster home care United States.".
catalog subject "HV741 .F84 1994".
catalog tableOfContents "Trends and recommendations for the next decade.".
catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Examining child abuse and child welfare caseloads and careers. 1. Understanding pathways to permanency : Toward dynamic data ; Our approach to the study of pathways and placements ; The future of permanency planning -- 2. Growth in child abuse reports and child welfare services caseloads : Reform of California child welfare services ; Trends in California's emergency response dispositions ; Trends in California's family maintenance caseload ; Trends in California's foster care caseload ; Comparison of trends ; Modeling the number of child abuse reports ; Time series results ; Summary and implications ; The simulations ; Summary, policy, and practice implications ; Appendix -- 3. From child abuse report to child welfare services : Sample selection and characteristics ; The referral process ; Types and sources of referrals ; Referrals: number and length of time between referrals ; Disposition reasons ; Summary and policy objectives ; Notes -- pt. II. Analyzing foster care. 4. Rethinking and researching length of stay in foster care : Previous research on duration of foster care ; Cross-sectional point-in-time studies ; Retrospective or longitudinal studies using non-event-history methods ; Event-history analysis of length of stay in foster care ; Conclusion Notes -- 5. Reunification from kinship and nonkinship foster care : A proportional-hazards model ; Kinship care: just another placement option, or something completely different? ; Summary ; Notes -- 6. Factors associated with entrance to group care : Sample and method ; First placement in group care ; Later placement in group care ; Summary ; Notes -- 7. Time to adoption : Odds of adoption ; Odds of timely adoption and adoption legislation ; Discussion --".
catalog tableOfContents "pt. III. Child and placement characteristics. 8. Specialized foster care: a home for children with special needs : Who is the professional foster parent? ; Why be a specialized foster parent? ; Length of stay in the field ; Satisfaction with the experience ; A look at specialized foster care agencies ; Discussion -- 9. Kinship care: rights and responsibilities, services and standards / with Barbara Needell : The evolution of kin placement ; Study format ; Demographic characteristics of caregivers ; The path toward placement ; Characteristics ; Discussion ; Summary ; Notes -- 10. Group care for children : A survey of group care providers ; The future of group care ; Discussion ; Summary -- 11. Similarities and differences in the characteristics of children in out-of-home care : A comparative look at children in out-of-home care ; Discussion ; Notes -- pt. IV. Implications. 12. Trends and recommendations for the next decade : Child abuse reports continue to spiral upward ; Child abuse assessments are the most common child welfare service ; Child welfare services become increasingly articulated and accountable ; Child welfare services are focusing on infants and young children ; Kinship foster care swells ; Foster care is getting harder to enter and harder to leave ; Special-needs adoption gains and loses prominence ; Guardianship will expand ; Integration of family preservation, assessment and referral ; The length of foster care is rising again ; The expansion of shared family care ; The information and outcome age are dawning ; Rationalizing out-of-home care ; Independent living skills programs will evolve ; Specialized foster care will expand ; Conclusions.".
catalog title "From child abuse to permanency planning : child welfare services pathways and placements / Richard P. Barth ... [et al.].".
catalog type "text".