Working With Children and Families Separated by Incarceration: A Handbook for Child Welfare Agencies
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0878687831
ISBN 13
9780878687831
Category
Reference
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Pages
137
Subject
Child Abuse Prevention
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Description
More then 1.6M children in this country have a parent in prison, and much larger number have experienced the incarceration of a parent at some point in their lives. As a result, these children endure traumatic separations from their parents and erratic shifts from one caregiver to another. This handbook discusses the effects of parental incarceration, and the need for community services to support and preserve families. It also outlines child welfare practice needs and provides practice suggestions in areas such as child protection, temporary placement in out-of-home care, permanency planning, and family reunification.
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