Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

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Volume 31, issue 12, 2009

Intervention in juvenile delinquency: Danger of iatrogenic effects? pp. 1217-1221

Mathys Cécile and Michel Born

Ongoing and online: Children and youth's perceptions of cyber bullying pp. 1222-1228

Faye Mishna, Michael Saini and Steven Solomon

Ambiguous loss of home: The experience of familial (im)permanence among young adults with foster care backgrounds pp. 1229-1239

Gina Miranda Samuels

Contextual pathways to Latino child welfare involvement: A theoretical model located in the intersections of place, culture, and socio-structural factors pp. 1240-1250

Antonio Garcia

Analysis of factors involved in the social inclusion process of young people fostered in residential care institutions pp. 1251-1257

Josefina Sala Roca, Mercè Jariot García, Andreu Villalba Biarnés and Montserrat Rodríguez

Pacific Islander American students: Caught between a rock and a hard place? pp. 1258-1263

Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi

The racial divide among American children in poverty: Reassessing the importance of neighborhood pp. 1264-1271

Brett Drake and Mark R. Rank

A bioecological analysis of risk and protective factors associated with early sexual intercourse of young adolescents pp. 1272-1282

Tina Jordahl and Brenda J. Lohman

Street children and their helpers: An actor-oriented approach pp. 1283-1288

Bernardo Turnbull, Raquel Hernández and Miguel Reyes

Context-specific mental health services for children in foster care pp. 1289-1297

Sonya J. Leathers, Marc S. Atkins, Jill E. Spielfogel, Lorri S. McMeel, Julia M. Wesley and Rafe Davis

Predictors of running away from out-of-home care pp. 1298-1306

Mark E. Courtney and Andrew Zinn

Beyond the norm: Extraordinary relationships in youth mentoring pp. 1307-1313

Paula J. Pedersen, Sandy Woolum, Blair Gagne and Matthew Coleman

Adolescent pregnancy prevention: Choosing an effective program that fits pp. 1314-1320

Mary Beth Harris and Jane G. Allgood

Community factors influencing the prevalence of homeless youth services pp. 1321-1329

Nicole Esparza

A multivariate analysis of training, education, and readiness for public child welfare practice pp. 1330-1336

Todd Franke, Sofya Bagdasaryan and Walter Furman

Examining families' perceptions of intensive in-home services: A mixed methods study pp. 1337-1345

Cynthia A. Lietz

The prevention of child maltreatment recidivism through the Solution-Based Casework model of child welfare practice pp. 1346-1351

Becky F. Antle, Anita P. Barbee, Dana N. Christensen and Dana J. Sullivan

Volume 31, issue 11, 2009

Cultural competence and evidence-based practice: Best friends, strangers, or arch rivals? pp. 1147-1149

Susan J. Wells and Harold E. Briggs

Disproportionality in education and employment outcomes of adult foster care alumni pp. 1150-1159

Marian S. Harris, Lovie J. Jackson, Kirk O'Brien and Peter J. Pecora

Bias, racism and evidence-based practice: The case for more focused development of the child welfare evidence base pp. 1160-1171

Susan J. Wells, Lani M. Merritt and Harold E. Briggs

The fusion of culture and science: Challenges and controversies of cultural competency and evidence-based practice with an African American family advocacy network pp. 1172-1179

Harold E. Briggs

Research with American Indian communities: The value of authentic partnerships pp. 1180-1186

John Poupart, Lannesse Baker and John Red Horse

Evidence-based practice in family group decision-making for Anglo, African American and Hispanic families pp. 1187-1191

Janess Sheets, Kim Wittenstrom, Rowena Fong, Joyce James, Michael Tecci, Donald J. Baumann and Carolyne Rodriguez

Building cultural competence: A systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of culturally sensitive interventions with ethnic minority youth pp. 1192-1198

Kelly F. Jackson

Evidence-based treatments for trauma among culturally diverse foster care youth: Treatment retention and outcomes pp. 1199-1205

Dana A. Weiner, Alison Schneider and John S. Lyons

Integrating cultural competency and empirically-based practices in child welfare services: A model based on community psychiatry field principles of health pp. 1206-1213

Carl C. Bell, Susan J. Wells and Lani M. Merritt

Volume 31, issue 10, 2009

The international association: Origins, history, and development pp. 1069-1073

Cinzia Canali, Anthony N. Maluccio, Tiziano Vecchiato and Marianne Berry

Alumni of educational residential settings in Israel: A cultural perspective pp. 1074-1079

Anat Zeira

Different ecological perspectives for evaluating residential care outcomes: Which window for the black box? pp. 1080-1085

Laura Palareti and Chiara Berti

Enhancing outcomes for children and young people: The potential of multi-layered interventions pp. 1086-1091

Jackie Sanders, Robyn Munford and Bruce Maden

Children's wellbeing in care: Evidence from a longitudinal study of outcomes pp. 1092-1100

Elizabeth Fernandez

Using racial disproportionality and disparity indicators to measure child welfare outcomes pp. 1101-1106

Clare Tilbury and June Thoburn

Child fatality or serious injury through maltreatment: Making sense of outcomes pp. 1107-1112

Marian Brandon

Patterns of instability: Moves within the care system, their reasons, contexts and consequences pp. 1113-1118

Harriet Ward

Adoption as a solution to intractable parenting problems: Evidence from two English studies pp. 1119-1126

David Quinton and Julie Selwyn

Toward a theory of change in community-based practice with youth: A case-study exploration pp. 1127-1134

Robert J. Chaskin

A better path to permanency for children in out-of-home care pp. 1135-1143

Barbara A. Pine, Robin Spath, Gail B. Werrbach, Cary E. Jenson and Benjamin Kerman

Volume 31, issue 9, 2009

Young adult outcomes and mental health problems among transition age youth investigated for maltreatment during adolescence pp. 947-956

Dannia Southerland, Cecilia E. Casanueva and Heather Ringeisen

Causal relationships between background characteristics, service utilization, satisfaction, and service outcomes (school performance): A path analysis pp. 957-962

Jeong Woong Cheon

Wealth, race/ethnicity, and children's educational outcomes pp. 963-971

Neeraj Kaushal and Lenna Nepomnyaschy

Child welfare workers go to court: The impact of race, gender, and education on the comfort with legal issues pp. 972-977

Kathleen Coulborn Faller, Marguerite Grabarek and Frank Vandervort

Income and child development pp. 978-989

Lawrence M. Berger, Christina Paxson and Jane Waldfogel

Sexual risk behaviors among youth in the child welfare system pp. 990-1000

Sigrid James, Susanne B. Montgomery, Laurel K. Leslie and Jinjin Zhang

Incorporating human sexuality content into a positive youth development framework: Implications for community prevention pp. 1001-1009

Katherine E. Romeo and Michele A. Kelley

Nonresident father support and reunification outcomes for children in foster care pp. 1010-1018

Karin E. Malm and Erica H. Zielewski

Benefits of cultural matching in foster care pp. 1019-1024

Jason D. Brown, Natalie George, Jennifer Sintzel and David St. Arnault

Rates and correlates of recurrent psychiatric crisis episodes among children and adolescents in state custody pp. 1025-1029

Jung Min Park, David S. Mandell and John S. Lyons

Supporting the emotional and psychological well being of sexual minority youth: Youth ideas for action pp. 1030-1041

Tamara S. Davis, Susan Saltzburg and Chris R. Locke

Exploring the impact of racial and ethnic differences in the emotional and behavioral responses of maltreated youth: Implications for culturally competent services pp. 1042-1048

Schnavia Smith Hatcher, Tina Maschi, Keith Morgen and Ivory A. Toldson

Caregiving environment and socio-emotional development of foster-placed FASD-children pp. 1049-1056

Anne M. Koponen, Mirjam Kalland and Ilona Autti-Rämö

Adolescents' perspectives on relationships with grandparents: The contribution of adolescent, grandparent, and parent-grandparent relationship variables pp. 1057-1066

Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz, Jo-Pei Tan and Ann Buchanan

Volume 31, issue 8, 2009

Gender differences in intake characteristics and behavior change among children in families receiving parent management training pp. 823-830

John Kjøbli and Terje Ogden

Developmental effects of exposure to Intimate Partner Violence in early childhood: A review of the literature pp. 831-839

Georgia L. Carpenter and Ann M. Stacks

Prediction of placement into out-of-home care for American Indian/Alaskan Natives compared to non-Indians pp. 840-846

Vernon B. Carter

Twenty years of foster care in Spain: Profiles, patterns and outcomes pp. 847-853

Jorge F. del Valle, Mónica López, Carme Montserrat and Amaia Bravo

TANF status, ethnicity, and early school success pp. 854-863

Sung Seek Moon, Rebecca L. Hegar and Jaimie Page

Supporting low-income families with young children: Patterns and correlates of service use pp. 864-872

Julie Spielberger and Sandra J. Lyons

Child safety measure as a proxy for child maltreatment: Preliminary evidence for the potential and validity of using ICD-9 coded hospital discharge data at the community level pp. 873-878

Asher Ben-Arieh and James McDonell

Voices of parent advocates within the systems of care model of service delivery pp. 879-884

Michelle R. Munson, David Hussey, Chris Stormann and Teresa King

Are girls really becoming more delinquent? Testing the gender convergence hypothesis by race and ethnicity, 1976-2005 pp. 885-895

Sara Goodkind, John M. Wallace, Jeffrey J. Shook, Jerald Bachman and Patrick O'Malley

Multidisciplinary assessment of child maltreatment: A multi-site pilot descriptive analysis of the Florida Child Protection Team model pp. 896-902

Jason F. Jent, Melissa T. Merrick, Susan K. Dandes, Walter F. Lambert, Mike L. Haney and Nicole M. Cano

The implementation and expansion of SAFE: Frontline responses and the transfer of technology to practice pp. 903-910

Thomas M. Crea, Richard P. Barth, Laura K. Chintapalli and Rachel L. Buchanan

Analysis of intercountry adoption policy and regulations: The case of Korea pp. 911-918

Soohyun Kim and Carrie Jefferson Smith

Effectiveness and limitations of the Earned Income Tax Credit for reducing child poverty in the United States pp. 919-926

Mary Keegan Eamon, Chi-Fang Wu and Saijun Zhang

Child abuse potential: Correlates with child maltreatment rates and structural measures of neighborhoods pp. 927-934

Darcey H. Merritt

Fathers and child maltreatment: A research agenda based on evolutionary theory and behavioral biology research pp. 935-945

David J. Herring

Volume 31, issue 7, 2009

Adult recall of childhood psychological maltreatment: Definitional strategies and challenges pp. 703-714

Amy J.L. Baker

Challenges to practice and knowledge in child welfare social work: From the 'social' to the 'informational'? pp. 715-721

Nigel Parton

Needs and outcomes for low income youth in special education: Variations by emotional disturbance diagnosis and child welfare contact pp. 722-731

Madeline Y. Lee and Melissa Jonson-Reid

A review of services and interventions for runaway and homeless youth: Moving forward pp. 732-742

Natasha Slesnick, Pushpanjali Dashora, Amber Letcher, Gizem Erdem and Julianne Serovich

Influencing policy for youth transitioning from care: Defining problems, crafting solutions, and assessing politics pp. 743-751

Mary Elizabeth Collins and Cassandra Clay

Factors associated with foster carer well-being, satisfaction and intention to continue providing out-of-home care pp. 752-760

Rachel Whenan, Melissa Oxlad and Kurt Lushington

Type-specific intergenerational transmission of neglectful and physically abusive parenting behaviors among young parents pp. 761-767

Jinseok Kim

Delayed placement: An analysis of the interstate compact for the placement of children in West Virginia pp. 768-774

Corey J. Colyer

Latino children of immigrants in the child welfare system: Prevalence, characteristics, and risk pp. 775-783

Alan J. Dettlaff, Ilze Earner and Susan D. Phillips

Parenting and the home environment provided by grandmothers of children in the child welfare system pp. 784-796

Melissa M. Dolan, Cecilia Casanueva, Keith R. Smith and Robert H. Bradley

Maltreated children's emerging well-being in Japanese state care pp. 797-806

Sachiko Bamba and Wendy Haight

Factors related to adolescents' seeking help from social workers in mental health settings pp. 807-812

Tyrone C. Cheng

"What! What kind of apology is this?": The nature of apology in victim offender mediation pp. 813-820

Jung Jin Choi and Margaret Severson

Volume 31, issue 6, 2009

Responding to child sexual abuse in the United States and Kenya: Child protection and children's rights pp. 601-608

Jane Mildred and Carol A. Plummer

Shorter time-lines, yet higher hurdles: Mexican families' access to child welfare mandated services pp. 609-616

Cecilia Ayón

Multiple child maltreatment recurrence relative to single recurrence and no recurrence pp. 617-624

Hwa-ok Bae, Phyllis L. Solomon and Richard J. Gelles

Equal opportunity for all? Parental economic resources and children's educational attainment pp. 625-634

Yunju Nam and Jin Huang

Child abuse as a complex and wicked problem: Reflecting on policy developments in the United Kingdom in working with children and families with multiple problems pp. 635-641

John Devaney and Trevor Spratt

Social adaptation and communicative competence in children in care pp. 642-648

Juan Manuel Moreno Manso and Ma Elena García-Baamonde Sánchez y Macarena Blázquez Alonso

Prevalence and characteristics of depression and substance use in a U.S. child welfare sample pp. 649-653

Heather D. Orton, Paula D. Riggs and Anne M. Libby

Adjustment of school-aged children and adolescents growing up in at-risk families: Relationships between family variables and individual, relational and school adjustment pp. 654-661

L. Jiménez, M. Dekovic and V. Hidalgo

Perceptions of readiness to leave care among adolescents in foster care in Israel pp. 662-669

Rami Benbenishty and Miriam Schiff

Kinship care and sibling placement: Child behavior, family relationships, and school outcomes pp. 670-679

Rebecca L. Hegar and James A. Rosenthal

Matched savings accounts: A study of youths' perceptions of program and account design pp. 680-687

Edward Scanlon, Andrea Buford and Kenneth Dawn

Addressing disproportionality and disparity in child welfare: Evaluation of an anti-racism training for community service providers pp. 688-696

Lisa M. Johnson, Becky F. Antle and Anita P. Barbee

A reply to Mark Testa's rejoinder concerning national foster care population trends pp. 697-698

Leroy H. Pelton

Effective child protection, Eileen Munro, (second edition), SAGE Publication Ltd., London, 2008, 176 pp., ISBN: 978-1-4129-4695-7 pbk pp. 699-700

Tonino Esposito

Volume 31, issue 5, 2009

Collaboration between child welfare agencies and domestic violence service providers: Relationship with child welfare policies and practices for addressing domestic violence pp. 497-505

Duren Banks, Andrea L. Hazen, Jeffrey H. Coben, Kathleen Wang and Janet D. Griffith

Evaluating contract agency performance in achieving reunification pp. 506-512

Fred Wulczyn, Lijun Chen and Britany Orlebeke

Interorganizational disparities in foster care service provision pp. 513-525

Bowen McBeath and William Meezan

Parenting education and support policies and their consequences in selected OECD countries pp. 526-532

Boaz Shulruf, Claire O'Loughlin and Hilary Tolley

The relationship between non-resident fathers' social networks and social capital and the establishment of child support orders pp. 533-540

Jason T. Castillo

Effects of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Preschoolers (MTFC-P) on reducing permanent placement failures among children with placement instability pp. 541-546

Philip A. Fisher, Hyoun K. Kim and Katherine C. Pears

Individual and organizational factors in job retention in Kentucky's child welfare agency pp. 547-554

Pamela A. Yankeelov, Anita P. Barbee, Dana Sullivan and Becky F. Antle

Overcoming challenges to implementing and evaluating evidence-based interventions in child welfare: A matter of necessity pp. 555-562

Erin J. Maher, Lovie J. Jackson, Peter J. Pecora, Dana J. Schultz, Anita Chandra and Dionne S. Barnes-Proby

Lighthouse independent living program: Characteristics of youth served and their outcomes at discharge pp. 563-571

Mark J. Kroner and Alvin S. Mares

Youth policy and participation: An analysis of pedagogical ideals in municipal youth policy in the Netherlands pp. 572-576

Greetje Timmerman

A structural model of causal influence between aggression and psychological traits: Survey of female correctional facility in Japan pp. 577-583

Naomi Matsuura, Toshiaki Hashimoto and Motomi Toichi

Examining the facilitators and barriers faced by adoptive professionals delivering post-placement services pp. 584-593

Scott D. Ryan, Nina Nelson and Carl F. Siebert

Brief and intensive family support program to prevent emergency placements: Lessons learned from a process evaluation pp. 594-600

Christian Dagenais, Frédéric N. Brière, Geneviève Gratton and Didier Dupont

Volume 31, issue 4, 2009

The developmental-ecological approach of Japanese child welfare professionals to supporting children's social and emotional well-being: The practice of mimamori pp. 429-439

Sachiko Bamba and Wendy Haight

What happens to youth removed from parental care?: Health and economic outcomes for women with a history of out-of-home placement pp. 440-444

Renee Schneider, Nikki Baumrind, Joanne Pavao, Gary Stockdale, Paola Castelli, Gail S. Goodman and Rachel Kimerling

Trends in child welfare's focus on children's mental health and services from 1980-2004 pp. 445-450

Sonya J. Leathers, Lorri S. McMeel, Abhijit Prabhughate and Marc S. Atkins

Clinical supervision of court-referred juvenile offenders: Are juvenile referrals the least among equals? pp. 451-456

Matthew C. Leone, Nancy A. Roget and Jennifer H. Norland

Sources of resiliency among successful foster youth pp. 457-463

Michael Hass and Kelly Graydon

Solution-focused brief therapy in schools: A review of the outcome literature pp. 464-470

Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin

Re-entering foster care: Trends, evidence, and implications pp. 471-481

Sara E. Kimberlin, Elizabeth K. Anthony and Michael J. Austin

The trend in the income status of children in female-headed families: A replication and update pp. 482-488

Jiyoung Yoo and Younghee Lim

A note contesting Mark Testa's version of national foster care population trends pp. 489-490

Leroy H. Pelton

How the bear evolved into a whale: A rejoinder to Leroy Pelton's note contesting Mark Testa's version of national foster care population trends pp. 491-494

Mark F. Testa

Julia H. Littell, Jacqueline Corcoran and Vijayan Pillai, Systematic reviews and meta-analysis, Oxford University Press, New York (2008), p. 202 ISBN: 978-0-19-532654-3 pp. 495-496

Charlene Cook

Volume 31, issue 3, 2009

Environment and child well-being pp. 297-299

Bridget Freisthler and David Crampton

Parental and community level correlates of participation in out-of-school activities among children living in low income neighborhoods pp. 300-308

Claudia Coulton and Molly Irwin

Race and child maltreatment reporting: Are Blacks overrepresented? pp. 309-316

Brett Drake, Sang Moo Lee and Melissa Jonson-Reid

Neighborhood influences on young children's conduct problems and pro-social behavior: Evidence from an Australian national sample pp. 317-324

Benjamin Edwards and Leah M. Bromfield

Alcohol outlet density, parental monitoring, and adolescent deviance: A multilevel analysis pp. 325-330

Bridget Freisthler, Hilary F. Byrnes and Paul J. Gruenewald

Neighborhood structure and foster care entry risk: The role of spatial scale in defining neighborhoods pp. 331-337

Bridgette Lery

Trying to keep children out of trouble: Child characteristics, neighborhood quality, and within-household resource allocation pp. 338-345

Jennifer Romich

Environment and child well-being pp. 346-348

David S. Crampton and Bridget Freisthler

Predictors of posttraumatic stress in children and adolescents pp. 349-354

Feride Gokben Hizli, Nilgun Taskintuna, Sedat Isikli, Cengiz Kilic and Leyla Zileli

The impact of social transfers on children in female-headed households: A comparison between Korea and the United States pp. 355-363

Martha N. Ozawa, Sun-Hee Baek and Myungkook Joo

Training child protective services workers about domestic violence: Needs, strategies, and barriers pp. 364-369

Deeanna M. Button and Brian K. Payne

A qualitative examination of a state-wide initiative to empower families containing children and adolescents with behavioral health care needs pp. 370-377

Scott D. Scheer and Stephen M. Gavazzi

Children's mental health service use and maternal mental health: A path analytic model pp. 378-382

Susan G. Pfefferle and Edward L. Spitznagel

Family group decision making: A propensity score analysis to evaluate child and family services at baseline and after 36-months pp. 383-390

Elizabeth C. Weigensberg, Richard P. Barth and Shenyang Guo

Job satisfaction in a stable state child welfare workforce: Implications for staff retention pp. 391-397

Virginia C. Strand and Martha Morrison Dore

An empirical analysis of factors affecting adolescent attachment in adoptive families with homosexual and straight parents pp. 398-404

Stephen Erich, Heather Kanenberg, Kim Case, Theresa Allen and Takis Bogdanos

Kindergarten teachers' experience of reporting child abuse in Taiwan: Dancing on the edge pp. 405-409

Jui-Ying Feng, Shu-Jung Chen, Nancy C. Wilk, Wan-Ping Yang and Susan Fetzer

Fostering security? A meta-analysis of attachment in adopted children pp. 410-421

Linda van den Dries, Femmie Juffer, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

Is the overrepresentation of the poor in child welfare caseloads due to bias or need? pp. 422-427

Melissa Jonson-Reid, Brett Drake and Patricia L. Kohl

Volume 31, issue 2, 2009

What could explain the dramatic rise in out-of-home placement in Finland in the 1990s and early 2000s? pp. 177-184

Heikki Hiilamo

Toward best practice and innovation in independent living training: Experiences from the multi-site evaluation of federally-funded projects pp. 185-192

Maryann Amodeo, Mary E. Collins and Cassandra Clay

The impact of parental substance abuse on the stability of family reunifications from foster care pp. 193-198

Jody Brook and Tom McDonald

Contested cases of physical abuse: Evidentiary characteristics of modified and overturned outcomes pp. 199-205

Sunday B. Fakunmoju

Examining the psychometric properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory with a sample of child protective service workers in Korea pp. 206-210

Seung-Hwan Oh and Minhong Lee

"CPS is not a housing agency"; Housing is a CPS problem: Towards a definition and typology of housing problems in child welfare cases pp. 211-218

Corey S. Shdaimah

The social and family backgrounds of infants in South Australian out-of-home care 2000-2005: Predictors of subsequent abuse notifications pp. 219-226

Paul Delfabbro, Mignon Borgas, Nancy Rogers, Helen Jeffreys and Ros Wilson

Parents social and resource capital: Predictors of academic achievement during early childhood pp. 227-234

Bethanne M. Schlee, Ann K. Mullis and Michael Shriner

Challenges and strengths among Chafee Education and Training Voucher eligible youth: The rural service providers' perspective pp. 235-242

Melissa Wells and Sharyn Zunz

The relationship between state efforts and child support performance pp. 243-248

Chien-Chung Huang and Richard L. Edwards

Domestic violence crimes and children: A population-based investigation of direct sensory exposure and the nature of involvement pp. 249-256

Rachel A. Fusco and John W. Fantuzzo

Exploring the influence of gender on adolescents' service needs and service pathways pp. 257-264

Tina Maschi, Craig S. Schwalbe, Keith Morgen, Sandy Gibson and Nancy M. Violette

Adolescents' perspectives on placement moves and congregate settings: Complex and cumulative instabilities in out-of-home care pp. 265-273

Justeen Hyde and Nina Kammerer

Children's college aspirations and expectations: The potential role of children's development accounts (CDAs) pp. 274-283

William Elliott

The importance of friends among foster youth aging out of care: Cluster profiles of deviant peer affiliations pp. 284-291

Jeffrey J. Shook, Michael G. Vaughn, Christy Litschge, Karen Kolivoski and Lisa Schelbe

Volume 31, issue 1, 2009

Gender and ethnic differences for Hispanic children referred to child protective services pp. 1-7

Mónica M. Alzate and James A. Rosenthal

Facing the challenges of children and youth with special abilities and needs on the fringes of Omani society pp. 8-15

Annemarie Profanter

The impact of early mental health services on the trajectory of externalizing behavioral problems in a sample of high-risk pre-adolescent children pp. 16-22

Richard Thompson

The impact of low- and moderate-wealth homeownership on parental attitudes and behavior: Evidence from the community advantage panel pp. 23-31

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Johanna K.P. Greeson, Yeong H. Yeo, Susanna S. Birdsong, Mathieu R. Despard and Roberto G. Quercia

A comparative study of policy approach for child protection in Goa and Singapore pp. 32-39

Murli Desai

Children with disabilities: Problems faced by foster parents pp. 40-46

Jason D. Brown and Susan Rodger

Generations of Hope Communities: An intergenerational neighborhood model of support and service pp. 47-52

Brenda Krause Eheart, David Hopping, Martha Bauman Power, Elissa Thomann Mitchell and David Racine

The beliefs of resilient African-American adolescent mothers transitioning from foster care to independent living: A case-based analysis pp. 53-62

Wendy Haight, Dayna Finet, Sachiko Bamba and Jesse Helton

Receipt of professional care coordination among families raising children with special health care needs: A multilevel analysis of state policy needs pp. 63-70

Susan L. Parish, Roderick A. Rose, Megan E. Andrews and Paul T. Shattuck

Mothers' experience of methamphetamine addiction: A case-based analysis of rural, midwestern women pp. 71-77

Wendy L. Haight, Janet D. Carter-Black and Kathryn Sheridan

Intentions to remain employed in child welfare: The role of human caring, self-efficacy beliefs, and professional organizational culture pp. 78-88

Alberta J. Ellett

Assessing candidates for adoptive parenthood. Institutional re-formulations of biographical notes pp. 89-96

Martine Noordegraaf, Carolus van Nijnatten and Ed Elbers

School climate and children's views of their rights: A multi-cultural perspective among Jewish and Arab adolescents pp. 97-103

Mona Khoury-Kassabri and Asher Ben-Arieh

Natural mentoring and psychosocial outcomes among older youth transitioning from foster care pp. 104-111

Michelle R. Munson and J. Curtis McMillen

The role of child welfare managers in promoting agency performance through experimentation pp. 112-118

Bowen McBeath, Harold E. Briggs and Eugene Aisenberg

Implementation fidelity of Team Decisionmaking pp. 119-124

Thomas M. Crea, Charles L. Usher and Judith B. Wildfire

Runaway youths in Singapore: Exploring demographics, motivations, and environments pp. 125-139

Lana Yiu Lan Khong

AdoptUsKids national photolisting service: Characteristics of listed children and length of time to placement pp. 140-154

Rosemary J. Avery, J. Butler, Ellie Bradsher Schmidt and Barbara A. Holtan

Residential education: An emerging resource for improving educational outcomes for youth in foster care? pp. 155-160

Bethany Lee and Rick P. Barth

Satisfaction with counseling among black males in transition from the foster care system pp. 161-168

Lionel D. Scott , Michelle R. Munson and Tony White

,Coercive control: How men entrap women in personal life by Evan Stark, Oxford University Press, NY (2007) 452p pp. 169-170

Angelique Jenney

Robert J. Chaskin and Jona M. Rosenfeld, Editors, Research for Action: Cross - National Perspectives on Connecting Knowledge, Policy and Practice for Children, Oxford University Press (2008) pp. 170-172

Dee Wilson

Leslie T. Foster and Brian Wharf, People, Politics and Child Welfare in British Columbia, UBC Press, Vancouver (2008) ISBN 978-0-7748-1373-0, p. 286 pp. 173-174

Kelly Gallagher-Mackay