Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice. The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations. The format of each volume is similar: each Standard isnumbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.
Child Welfare League of America Standards of Excellence for Child Day Care Services
Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice. The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations. The format of each volume is similar: each Standard isnumbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice. The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations. The format of each volume is similar: each Standard isnumbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.
Child Welfare League of America Standards of Excellence for Residential Group Care Services
Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice.The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations.The format of each volume is similar: each Standard is numbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice.The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations.The format of each volume is similar: each Standard is numbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.
Child Day Care
Author: Bruce Hershfield
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412819473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
With more parents in the work force today than ever before, child day care has become an essential element of family life. In the mid-1990s, over 60 percent of employed mothers with children under the age of six worked full time; over 20 percent of mothers in the work force were their family's sole wage earner; and over one million single fathers had children under the age of 18. More than half of all children under age six have parents in the work force, and the mothers of 54 percent of these children are working. This vital compendium makes it clear that comprehensive child care services are not only important to economic well being, but are a vital part of the continuum of child welfare as such. The purpose of child day care is to supplement and enhance the care, attention to developmental needs, and the protection that children receive from their parents. Child Day Care is an effort to define a nurturing environment that cultivates the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social potential of the child as it helps all family members pursue their own individual and collective goals. The fifteen essays in Child Day Care encompass these and other vital matters. Chapters linking child day care and child welfare, child poverty, welfare reform and training, are presented because they are timely and critical if child day care is to remain a viable service to support and strengthen families in an era of high participation in the working force. The effectiveness of specifically designed day care programs for specialized populations and purposes is discussed in several chapters. In addition, several others examine current theories and innovations that may change the future of child day care services_not only in the United States, but worldwide. As the editors make clear, all too often the goals of child day care are high, but the quality of the actual services provided are not. This cutting-edge volume seeks to redress this situation. Among the contributors are such well known figures as Sheila Kammerman, Alfred J. Kahn, Martha G. Roditti, Marcia K. Meyers, Barbara Fink, Diane Trister Dodge, and Richard Fiene.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412819473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
With more parents in the work force today than ever before, child day care has become an essential element of family life. In the mid-1990s, over 60 percent of employed mothers with children under the age of six worked full time; over 20 percent of mothers in the work force were their family's sole wage earner; and over one million single fathers had children under the age of 18. More than half of all children under age six have parents in the work force, and the mothers of 54 percent of these children are working. This vital compendium makes it clear that comprehensive child care services are not only important to economic well being, but are a vital part of the continuum of child welfare as such. The purpose of child day care is to supplement and enhance the care, attention to developmental needs, and the protection that children receive from their parents. Child Day Care is an effort to define a nurturing environment that cultivates the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social potential of the child as it helps all family members pursue their own individual and collective goals. The fifteen essays in Child Day Care encompass these and other vital matters. Chapters linking child day care and child welfare, child poverty, welfare reform and training, are presented because they are timely and critical if child day care is to remain a viable service to support and strengthen families in an era of high participation in the working force. The effectiveness of specifically designed day care programs for specialized populations and purposes is discussed in several chapters. In addition, several others examine current theories and innovations that may change the future of child day care services_not only in the United States, but worldwide. As the editors make clear, all too often the goals of child day care are high, but the quality of the actual services provided are not. This cutting-edge volume seeks to redress this situation. Among the contributors are such well known figures as Sheila Kammerman, Alfred J. Kahn, Martha G. Roditti, Marcia K. Meyers, Barbara Fink, Diane Trister Dodge, and Richard Fiene.
CWLA Standards of Excellence for the Management and Governance of Child Welfare Organizations
Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"This volume presents the management and governance components of child welfare practice that apply across the field. As the other volumes of CWLA's standards are revised and updated, this volume will serve as a replacement for CWLA Standards for Organization and Administration for All Child Welfare Services; in the interim, it supplements and goes beyond the concepts presented in that volume."--Page xiii.
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
"This volume presents the management and governance components of child welfare practice that apply across the field. As the other volumes of CWLA's standards are revised and updated, this volume will serve as a replacement for CWLA Standards for Organization and Administration for All Child Welfare Services; in the interim, it supplements and goes beyond the concepts presented in that volume."--Page xiii.
CWLA Standards of Excellence for Services for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Pregnant Adolescents, and Young Parents
Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This revised edition discusses how to use the standards and differentiation of Child Welfare League of America's (CWLA) Standards of Excellence and the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children's Standards for Accreditation. An introduction to the CWLA's standards discusses the following issues relating to teen pregnancy: physiological changes, familial and societal changes, sexual abuse, and poverty. Educational and economic implications of adolescent childbearing, service emphasis and sexuality education issues relating to service delivery, and the role of families and the community in preventing adolescent pregnancy are also examined. Chapter 1 explains the framework for the standards and the subsequent chapters explain specific standards relating to adolescent pregnancy prevention (chapter 2), comprehensive community-based service delivery systems (chapter 3), social work and support services (chapter 4), health care services (chapter 5), and residential services (chapter 6). (Contains 82 references and an index.) (MKA)
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This revised edition discusses how to use the standards and differentiation of Child Welfare League of America's (CWLA) Standards of Excellence and the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children's Standards for Accreditation. An introduction to the CWLA's standards discusses the following issues relating to teen pregnancy: physiological changes, familial and societal changes, sexual abuse, and poverty. Educational and economic implications of adolescent childbearing, service emphasis and sexuality education issues relating to service delivery, and the role of families and the community in preventing adolescent pregnancy are also examined. Chapter 1 explains the framework for the standards and the subsequent chapters explain specific standards relating to adolescent pregnancy prevention (chapter 2), comprehensive community-based service delivery systems (chapter 3), social work and support services (chapter 4), health care services (chapter 5), and residential services (chapter 6). (Contains 82 references and an index.) (MKA)
Children '98, America's Promise
Standards of Excellence for Family Foster Care Service
Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice. The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations. The format of each volume is similar: each Standard is numbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Since the inception of its program of Standards development, CWLA has formulated a series of Standards based on current knowledge, the developmental needs of children, and tested ways of meeting these needs effectively. The preparation of Standards involves an examination of current practices and the assumptions on which they are based; a survey of professional literature and standards developed by other groups; and a study of the most recent scientific findings of social work and related fields, such as child development, education, mental health, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and sociology, as they bear on child welfare practice. The final formulation of each Standards volume follows extended discussion of principles and issues by committees of experts in each service, the drafting of a preliminary statement, and a critical review by CWLA member agencies and representatives of related professions and other national organizations. The format of each volume is similar: each Standard is numbered, with subsumed elaboration, and is also cross-referenced and indexed. Standards volumes are three-hole punched, with their own cover/divider and identifying tab, and are packaged individually. Binders are available for purchase separately.
Time to Care
Author: Joan Lombardi
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781592137749
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A blue print for improving child care in America.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781592137749
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A blue print for improving child care in America.
CWLA Standards of Excellence for Kinship Care Services
Author: Child Welfare League of America
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This handbook presents standards for kinship foster care services. The handbook begins with introductory sections describing standards development, detailing how to use the standards, and differentiating standards of excellence; Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc. (COA) standards for accreditation; and state licensing procedures. The formal introduction describes the growth of kinship care as a child welfare service, the characteristics of such care, and principles for best practice in kinship care. Chapter 1 then defines kinship care, presents kinship care as a child welfare service, and outlines its goals. The chapter also delineates roles, rights, and responsibilities of the child welfare agency, parents, and kinship caregiver in such care. Chapter 2 details standards related to social work practice methods in informal and formal kinship care, including the assessment process and permanency planning. Chapter 3 presents a framework for providing supports and services for kinship families and includes standards related to services for parents with children in formal kinship care, for children, and for kinship caregivers. Chapter 4 presents an organizational framework for delivering kinship care services and includes standards related to staffing, organizational support, educational support for caregivers, staff training, recordkeeping and data systems, evaluation and research, and financial supports for services. Chapter 5 details standards related to community-based support for kinship care services, focusing on the role of various community members. (Contains 161 references.) (KB)
Publisher: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This handbook presents standards for kinship foster care services. The handbook begins with introductory sections describing standards development, detailing how to use the standards, and differentiating standards of excellence; Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc. (COA) standards for accreditation; and state licensing procedures. The formal introduction describes the growth of kinship care as a child welfare service, the characteristics of such care, and principles for best practice in kinship care. Chapter 1 then defines kinship care, presents kinship care as a child welfare service, and outlines its goals. The chapter also delineates roles, rights, and responsibilities of the child welfare agency, parents, and kinship caregiver in such care. Chapter 2 details standards related to social work practice methods in informal and formal kinship care, including the assessment process and permanency planning. Chapter 3 presents a framework for providing supports and services for kinship families and includes standards related to services for parents with children in formal kinship care, for children, and for kinship caregivers. Chapter 4 presents an organizational framework for delivering kinship care services and includes standards related to staffing, organizational support, educational support for caregivers, staff training, recordkeeping and data systems, evaluation and research, and financial supports for services. Chapter 5 details standards related to community-based support for kinship care services, focusing on the role of various community members. (Contains 161 references.) (KB)
School-Age Child Care
Author: Michael Allenson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313390819
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Families need child care more in the 1990s than ever before. Those hours surrounding school time are particularly troublesome for working parents. In this new edition of a pioneering work, Seligson and Allenson explore the challenges that child care providers will encounter as the 21st century approaches. The authors skillfully balance a practical business operations text with an investigation into the meaning of social obligation. The central theme of partnership in offering care underscores each of the 12 chapters. These general planning elements form guidelines designing and managing a caring program for children aged 5-12. Topics covered include administration, curriculum, legal issues, budgeting, and assessment. Careful consideration is given to an outline for human resources development. The authors take an in-depth look at the day-to-day operation of a center--detailing concerns from behavioral and medical to scheduling and transportation. The concept of a child care professionalism which reflects respect, partnership, and caring, is sustained throughout this practical manual. An important contribution to the research and practice of child care, this volume draws providers and practitioners together in a process of self-reflection in order to effectively respond to the needs of today's--and tomorrow's--families.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313390819
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Families need child care more in the 1990s than ever before. Those hours surrounding school time are particularly troublesome for working parents. In this new edition of a pioneering work, Seligson and Allenson explore the challenges that child care providers will encounter as the 21st century approaches. The authors skillfully balance a practical business operations text with an investigation into the meaning of social obligation. The central theme of partnership in offering care underscores each of the 12 chapters. These general planning elements form guidelines designing and managing a caring program for children aged 5-12. Topics covered include administration, curriculum, legal issues, budgeting, and assessment. Careful consideration is given to an outline for human resources development. The authors take an in-depth look at the day-to-day operation of a center--detailing concerns from behavioral and medical to scheduling and transportation. The concept of a child care professionalism which reflects respect, partnership, and caring, is sustained throughout this practical manual. An important contribution to the research and practice of child care, this volume draws providers and practitioners together in a process of self-reflection in order to effectively respond to the needs of today's--and tomorrow's--families.