Social policy for children and families : a risk and resilience perspective /
Contributor(s): Jenson, Jeffrey M [editor.] | Fraser, Mark W [editor.].
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2016Edition: Third edition.Description: vii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781483344553; 9781483344553:; 148334455X.Subject(s): Children -- Government policy -- United States | Child welfare -- United States | Youth -- Government policy -- United States | Family policy -- United States | Developmental psychology | Child developmentDDC classification: 362.825610973| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.