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Social policy for children and families : a risk and resilience perspective /

Social policy for children and families : a risk and resilience perspective / - Third edition. - vii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A risk and resilience framework for child, youth, and family policy / Jeffrey M. Jenson and Mark W. Fraser -- Antipoverty policies and programs for children and families / Trina R. Williams Shanks and Sandra K. Danziger -- Child welfare policies and programs / Peter J. Pecora and Markell Harrison-Jackson -- Education policy for children, youth and families / Andy J. Frey, Myrna R. Mandlawitz, Armon R. Perry, and Hill M. Walker -- Child mental health policy : promise without fulfillment? / Mary E. Fraser and Paul Lanier -- Health policy for children and youth / Kathleen A. Rounds, William J. Hall, and Guadalupe V. Huitron -- Policies and programs for children and youth with disabilities / Susan L. Parish, Alison W. Saville, Jamie G. Swaine, and Leah Igdalsky -- Policies and programs for adolescent substance abuse / Elizabeth K. Anthony, Jeffrey M. Jenson, and Matthew O. Howard -- Juvenile justice policies and programs / William H. Barton -- Toward the integration of child, youth, and family policy: applying principles of risk, resilience, and ecological theory / Jeffrey M. Jenson and Mark W. Fraser.

The papers in this book argue that a public health framework rooted in ecological theory and based on principles of risk, protection and resilience is a useful conceptual model for the design of social policy across the various areas of child welfare and recommendations for implementation are offered.

9781483344553 9781483344553: £45.99 148334455X

2014048506


Children--Government policy--United States.
Child welfare--United States.
Youth--Government policy--United States.
Family policy--United States.
Developmental psychology.
Child development.

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