Child Welfare: A Multicultural Focus - Softcover

Cohen Ph.D., Neil A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205298907 ISBN 13: 9780205298907

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

This text provides the basics of child welfare, including an overview of the generalist perspective, a history of child welfare, and a discussion of child welfare services; however, it is distinguished by its multicultural approach.

 

The text includes chapters on working with diverse family systems, including African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Pacific Islander, and American Indian families. This new edition also incorporates discussion and analysis of the many changes in child welfare policy since the early 1990s, including Family Preservation, the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act, and the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. New material is also presented on child maltreatment and child welfare in rural America, kinship care, the link between the community and the family, and managed care.

Chapter contributors, in conjunction with lead author Neil Cohen, include instructors and professionals who are at the forefront of new developments in child welfare. Case examples are included throughout the text to provide topical and multicultural illustrations of the concepts presented and to aid classroom discussion.

About this title

About the Author

DENNIS J. COHEN is senior vice president and managing director of the Project Management Practice at Strategic Management Group. ROBERT J. GRAHAM has developed a consulting practice in project management and is the author of Project Management as if People Mattered and Creating an Environment for Successful Projects. Both Cohen and Graham have presented papers on this and other project management subjects at conferences of the Project Management Institute and Project World.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205298907
• ISBN 13: 9780205298907
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288