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| Document Title: | The Use of Safety and Risk Assessments in Child Protection Cases |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Abstract: | Discusses State laws and policies that provide guidance to caseworkers for conducting safety and risk assessments of families and children who are the subjects of child abuse and neglect reports. Other issues discussed include safety planning, assessments of family strengths and needs, ongoing assessments over the life of the case, and assessments required for reunification or case closure. |
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| Document Title: | Longitudinal Analysis of Need-Service Matching for Substance-Involved Parents in the Child Welfare System. |
| Personal Author: | Lin, Yu-An.,Hedeker, Donald.,Ryan, Joseph P.,Marsh, Jeanne C. |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Abstract: | Objective: The study documents the impact of the need-service gap (client did not receive the service they need) on family reunification status among substance-involved parents in the child welfare system. Methods: With a sample of 271 substance-involved parents involved with the Illinois foster care system, we used a longitudinal Poisson model to identify the group by time effect on the expected need-service gap between reunified and not-reunified parents. Results: Two major findings emerge: (1) when working with recovery coaches, the trend of substance-involved parents’ need-service gap declined over time, and (2) the expected rate of the need-service gap was not significantly...more |
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| Document Title: | Reunification In Foster Care: Influences On Decision-Making. |
| Personal Author: | Carvalho, Joao M.,Delgado, Paulo.,Pinto, Vania S.,Benbenishty, Rami., |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Abstract: | An important goal of out of home care is to prepare the family and child for reunification. Practitioners are often required to make the decision whether to reunify a foster child with their biological family. This study examines this complex reunification decision in Portugal. Using the Judgments and Decisions Processes in Context model, the authors presented to Portuguese child protection workers and higher education students (n = 400) a case vignette of a child in foster care in which reunification is considered. The vignette consider two scenarios related to the child’s wish to go back or not to her biological family,...more |
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| Document Title: | The Voices of Families and Social Workers in the Family Reunification System. |
| Personal Author: | Bernal, Gladys Rocio. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | This paper discusses the findings of a research project that explored the perceptions of professional service needs from four county social workers and four parents seeking reunification at Walden Family Services in San Bernardino. This study gathered the professional perspective and personal opinions of social workers that worked closely with parents who are attempting to reunify with their children and the perspective of parents going through the process of attempting to reunify. The study found there is a discrepancy in the way that social workers and parent view their experience working with each other and the services provided. The two central...more |
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| Document Title: | A Model for Therapists to Assess Readiness for and Provide Reunification Treatment to Youth With Sexual Behavior Problems and Their Victims--The S.A.F.E.R. Model (Chapter 11 in Sexually Abuse Behavior in Youth: A Handbook of Theory, Assessment, and Treatment). |
| Personal Author: | Harris, Bert.,Campbell, Julie. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | This chapter highlights the S.A.F.E.R. (Sexual Abuse Family Evaluation for Reunification) model designed to assist therapists who are treating child sexual abuse victims and/or sexually aggressive youth around the process of family reunification. Levels of reunification are discussed, as well as systemic influences on reunification, issues with the juvenile justice system and with the child welfare system, the evaluation process, and steps for using the S.A.F.E.R. model. 1 figure and 3 references. |
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| Document Title: | Concurrent Planning is Mandated by Law [Webpage]. |
| Corporate Author: | Advokids. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | This brief explains concurrent planning in California is mandatory for all court dependent children in out-of-home care for whom reunification services have been ordered, and that the purpose of concurrent planning is to honor the child’s attachment needs and to expedite a permanent home for the child should reunification fail. It defines concurrent planning and permanency, and describes concurrent planning law, policy, and practice. |
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| Document Title: | Risk and Protective Factors of Foster Care Reentry: An Examination of the Literature. |
| Personal Author: | Jones, Annette S.,LaLiberte, Traci. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | Reunification with family is a primary goal in child welfare. However, some children re-enter foster care after reunification, which disrupts the continuity of their care and can impact their cognitive and social development. Using an ecological framework, this systematic review of the literature highlights the risk and protective factors of reentry. Key risk factors included child emotional and behavioral challenges, parental substance abuse, and short lengths of stay in foster care. Protective factors included placement with kin, social support, effective implementation of risk and safety assessments, and targeted pre- and post-reunification services. Understanding who is at greater risk and identifying points...more |
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| Document Title: | Assessing the Needs of Reunified Families from Foster Care: A Parent Perspective. |
| Personal Author: | Stephens, Tricia.,Parchment, Tyrone.,Gopalan, Geetha.,Burton, Geraldine.,Ortiz, Aida.,Brantley, Taishawn.,Martinez, Selestina.,McKay, Mary. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | Post-reunification supports and services for families following foster care involvement are both scarce and underutilized.As a result, families find themselves lacking supports during the critical period of reunification. With reunification failing approximately one-third of the time, additional knowledge is needed to develop more appropriate services that better support reunifying families. This qualitative study explored post-reunification needs from the parent perspective. Six parents participated in two Community Cafés and one focus group, providing their perspectives of the challenges and successes experienced during their reunification processes. Results indicate that barriers to accessing existing services were fueled by fears of new child maltreatment claims...more |
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| Document Title: | Reunification Is Not Enough: Assessing the Needs of Unaccompanied Migrant Youth. |
| Personal Author: | Jani, Jayshree S. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | Unaccompanied migrant youth enter the United States daily to escape violence, political oppression, extreme poverty, and chronic instability in their native countries, or as victims of human trafficking. While some research has investigated why they leave their home countries, very little is known about what happens to them after they begin the process of community integration. The research reported in this article sought to understand how sponsors of children with no postrelease services access and use community services during their first year of integration into a new U.S. community. Findings highlight the need for a nuanced understanding of family reunification and...more |
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| Document Title: | Child Safety: What Judges and Lawyers Need to Know (Chapter 15 in Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and State Agencies in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases. 3rd Ed.) |
| Personal Author: | Lund, Therese R.,Renne, Jennifer. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | Intended for judges and attorneys, this chapter summarizes key aspects regarding child safety by presenting tools to logically and methodically assess the threat of danger facing a child, the child’s vulnerability, and the protective capacities of the parent. It also distinguishes between safety plans and case plans and explores whether it is possible to remove the danger and not the child. Finally, guidance is provided on how to determine when it is safe to return a child. 11 references. |
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| Document Title: | Spotlight on Safety and Decision-Making (Special Issue of Children's Bureau Express). |
| Corporate Author: | United States. Children's Bureau. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | Read about the two domains recently added to the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale for General and Reunification Services, how predictive risk modeling can ameliorate the shortcomings of the current approaches to risk assessment and decision-making used by child protective services, and the Children's Bureau's Child Welfare Virtual Expo Learning Experience and its resources to help improve the quality of assessments and best practices for data-informed decision-making. (Author abstract) |
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| Document Title: | Foster Care Reentry: A Survival Analysis Assessing Differences Across Permanency Type. |
| Personal Author: | Smith Goering, Emily.,Shaw, Terry V. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | Foster care reentry is an important factor for evaluating the overall success of permanency. Rates of reentry are typically only measured for 12-months and are often evaluated only for children who exit foster care to reunification and not across exit types, also known as ‘permanency types’. This study examined the odds of reentry across multiple common permanency types for a cohort of 8107 children who achieved permanency between 2009 and 2013. Overall, 14% of children reentered care within 18-months with an average time to reentry of 6.36 months. A Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to assess differences in reentry across permanency...more |
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| Document Title: | Foster Care Assessment: An Exploratory Study of the Placement Assessment Process in Flanders and the Netherlands. |
| Personal Author: | Vanderfaeillie, Johan.,Damen, Harm.,Pijnenburg, Huub.,van den Bergh, Peter.,Van Holen, Frank. |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | Family foster care placement decision-making has a weak scientific underpinning. The identification of clusters of foster children (groups of foster children with similar characteristics) can help improve decision quality. In this study, we investigated if foster children could indeed be clustered, which problems were identified at the time of placement and what might be the influence of placement history. Two clusters of foster children were found: (i) young children with coinciding parental child-rearing incapacity and familial problems, and (ii) older children with child problems. At the time of placement, familial problems were more often identified in younger children with a placement...more |
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| Document Title: | Decision, Risk and Uncertainty Withdrawal or Reunification of Children and Young People in Danger. |
| Personal Author: | Ferreira, Paulo Delgado.,Carvalho, João M.S.,Pinto, Vânia S.,Martins, Teresa. |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | This study aims to better understand what influences and determines decisions in contexts characterized by complexity and uncertainty, and contributes to the development of recommendations for practice. Based on the work of Davidson-Arad and Benbenishty (2008, 2010), we intended to understand how students from higher education, in scientific areas related to professions involved in decision making processes of children and young people at risk individual care plan, would decide in the presence of a specific case with different scenarios. Participated in the study 200 university students from different regions of Portugal. We used a factorial design (2×2) that involved a questionnaire...more |
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| Document Title: | Safe Returns from Care (Chapter 11 in Clinical Practice at the Edge of Care: Developments in Working with At-Risk Children and their Families). |
| Personal Author: | Pipe, Caroline. |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | This chapter considers the usefulness of systemic theory and practice when applied to achieving positive outcomes in family rehabilitation. Risks and opportunities for change in this context are discussed, along with systemic understandings of how these might arise and be addressed in clinical practice. Ways of responding to both planned and unanticipated returns from care are described and the use of “Anticipation Dialogues” is highlighted. 34 references. |
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| Document Title: | Clinical Practice at the Edge of Care: Developments in Working with At-Risk Children and their Families. |
| Personal Author: | Smith, Laura. |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | This book brings together psychological and psychotherapeutic contributions to clinical practice with children at the edge of care and their families. Following an introduction that defines what is meant by children at the edge of care, Chapter 2 focuses on the conceptualization of assessment as an interventive activity, the theoretical and research base for taking this approach in edge-of-care practice, and recommended models and methods of interventive assessment. Chapter 3 considers the relevance of the theory and practice of systemic consultation to understanding and influencing edge-of-care contexts. Chapter 4 supports the idea that edge-of-care clinical practice can usefully include a range...more |
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| Document Title: | Reunifying Abused or Neglected children: Decision-Making and Outcomes (Special Issue: Decision-Making and Judgments in Child Maltreatment Prevention and Response). |
| Personal Author: | Biehal, Nina.,Sinclair, Ian.,Wade, Jim. |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | Little is known about decision-making regarding the reunification of children in care, or about the consequences of these decisions for the children concerned. This study compared decision-making and outcomes for 149 maltreated children in seven English authorities (68 reunified, 81 who remained in care). Children were followed up six months after their return home or, for those who were not reunified, six months after the ‘effective decision’ that they should remain in care. They were followed up again four years (on average) after the return or effective decision. Data were extracted from case files at baseline and six month follow-up and...more |
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| Document Title: | Strengths-Based and Solution-Based Family Reunification Orientation: a Collaboration with Stanislaus County. |
| Personal Author: | Stokes, Amber. |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | In collaboration with Stanislaus County, this project was developed as an orientation for parents who are entering the family reunification process to ensure their understanding of the process and to increase parent-agency collaboration to help increase the number of children who are successfully reunited with their families. The orientation is designed to provide information about the family reunification process and focus and empower participants through a strengths-based and encourage parents to set goals while learning skills to increase positive outcomes through a solution-focused approach. A psycho-educational approach within the orientation also provides an opportunity for parents to practice and develop skills...more |
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