With insight and emotion, Be My Baby dramatizes the deeply felt bonds and life-affirming experiences that are at the heart of an adoptive family. Told through the voices of adoptive parents, their ch
This invaluable resource is a self-study curriculum designed for small child care businesses. It offers over 50 best practices developed by industry innovators to raise the level of professionalism
Home Truths About Child Sexual Abuse brings together the findings of research and clinical work by leading figures in the UK and USA. It makes visible the prevalence of sexual abuse and exploitation o
Wooden (sociology and coordinator of the Criminal Justice and Corrections program at California State Polytechnic U., Pomona) and Blazak (sociology, Portland State U.) define what is normal and devian
Delgado (social work, Boston U.) reflects on the theoretical and practical aspects of social work programs for U.S. urban youth. After an introductory section detailing some of the problems facing you
Fourteen-year-old Ann Cassidy has a secret, but she can't keep it any longer. The nightmares, the flashbacks, the false guilt-she has to tell someone. When Ann finally reveals the horror of her childh
Fourteen-year-old Jennie's life is turning upside down. Her father has walked out, and her anguished mother seeks solace in pills. Her best friend practically abandons her to be with a boyfriend. It
Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted by families whose racial or ethnic background differed from their own, the debate over transraci
Supporting Families provides a practical, in-depth examination of a large scale, privately funded initiative designed to assist families before child protective services needed to be involved. The au
Adopt a more effective approach to temporary and long-term residential care! Presenting the voices of staff, parents, and residents, Family-Centered Services in Residential Treatment: New Approaches f
Adoption is a hot topic--played out in the news and on TV talk shows, in advice columns and tell-all tales--but for the 25 million Americans who are members of the adoption triad of adoptees, adoptive
This book is based on the life accounts of 244 children of minority ethnic origin who were in need of permanent family placement, and who were placed with predominantly white foster carers and adopter
A portrait of two important black social scientists and a broader history of race relations, this important work captures the vitality and chaos of post-war politics in New York, recasting the story o
The first book to approach child welfare from a gay- and lesbian-affirming perspective, "Let's Get This Straight" uncovers and challenges the pervasive presence of "heterocentrism" within the social w
Leading scholars examine the educational experiences of homeless children in the US, Brazil, and Cuba, focusing on formal and informal educational programs and offering policy recommendations for chan
