Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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What Hillary Rodham Clinton really said about children's rights and child policy pp. 473-483: Duncan Lindsey and Rosemary Sarri
Out-of-home maltreatment: An analysis of risk in various settings for children pp. 485-492: J. William Spencer and Dean D. Knudsen
Factors associated with child abuse and neglect in residential care settings pp. 493-517: Edward R. Blatt
Regulating behavior management practices in residential treatment facilities pp. 519-539: Louise Murray and Gary Sefchik
Effectiveness of a skills training program for residential child care workers pp. 541-552: F. Margot Edens and Gertrude N. Smit

Child age and outcome correlates in intensive family preservation services pp. 389-406: Howard I. Bath, Cheryl A. Richey and David A. Haapala
Including birth families in foster care: A Canadian-British comparison pp. 407-425: Sally E. Palmer
Keeping homeless families together: Examining their needs pp. 427-438: Frederick A. DiBlasio and John R. Belcher
Professional decisions made by social workers regarding infant-mother attachment pp. 439-459: Nina Koren-Karie and Abraham Sagi

Introduction pp. 213-217: Rosemary C. Sarri and Janet Finn
Child welfare policy and practice: Rethinking the history of our certainties pp. 219-236: Rosemary Sarri and Janet Finn
Alternatives for girls: a community development model for homeless and high-risk girls and young women pp. 237-252: Amanda L. Good
Neighbors: A neglected resourse pp. 253-272: Eileen Gambrill and Gary Paquin
Community context and dropout rates pp. 273-288: Josefina Figueira-McDonough
A functional approach to reorganizing family and child welfare interventions pp. 289-303: Leroy H. Pelton
Adolescents in foster care: Factors affecting the worker youth relationship pp. 305-322: Alfreda P. Iglehart
Political status, citizenship and dependency: The children of the United States insular areas pp. 323-345: Vivian Dames
Children of the streets of Mexico pp. 347-362: Felipe Peralta
Of problems and perspectives: Predicting the use of mental health services by parents of urban youth pp. 363-378: Kathleen J. Pottick, Paul Lerman and Margaret Micchelli

Demonstration and evaluation strategies pp. 1-18: Douglas J. Besharov and Karen Baehler
Family radicals pp. 19-26: Norman A. Polansky, James M. Gaudin and Allie C. Kilpatrick
Conditions of risk for substitute care pp. 27-36: Mark F. Testa
Homebuilders and family preservation pp. 37-47: Peter Forsythe
Foster care as a two-tiered system pp. 49-60: David Fanshel
Adoption and other permanency considerations pp. 61-66: William Pierce
Child abuse and neglect treatment demonstrations pp. 67-76: Jean I. Layzer and Barbara D. Goodson
Assessing family preservation programs pp. 77-97: Peter H. Rossi
Choosing and measuring interventions pp. 99-118: Gordon Berlin
Assessing the condition of children pp. 119-136: Nicholas Zill and Mary Jo Coiro
Quasi-experimental designs pp. 137-144: D. Lee Bawden and Freya L. Sonenstein
Random assignment pp. 145-156: Charles E. Metcalf and Craig Thornton
Establishing the design pp. 157-165: Michael E. Lamb and Kathleen J. Sternberg
Strategies for evaluation pp. 167-191: Peter H. Rossi
Implementation issues pp. 193-206: John R. Schuerman, Tina L. Rzepnicki, Julia H. Littell and Stephen Budde
Epilogue pp. 207-209: Phoebe Cottingham

Research on special needs adoption pp. 317-321: Richard P. Barth
Adoption of drug-exposed children pp. 323-342: Richard P. Barth
Behavioral problems of special needs adopted children pp. 343-361: James A. Rosenthal and Victor Groze
Adopted children with developmental disabilities: Post-placement family functioning pp. 363-377: Laraine Masters Glidden
The practice of open adoption:Findings from a study of 1396 adoptive families pp. 379-395: Marianne Berry
The concept of attachment: Applications to adoption pp. 397-412: Daniel Johnson and Edith Fein
Post-adoption needs of families adopting children with developmental disabilities pp. 413-424: Maureen O. Marcenko and Linda K. Smith
Assessing the role of agency services in reducing adoption disruptions pp. 425-438: Thomas P. McDonald, Alice A. Lieberman, Susan Partridge and Helaine Hornby

The assessment of imminence of risk of placement: Lessons from a family preservation program pp. 239-256: Marianne Berry
Unequal treatment of AFDC children by the federal government pp. 257-269: Martha N. Ozawa
A study of depressive characteristics in behaviorally disordered children and adolescents pp. 271-286: Paula Allen-Meares
Involving fathers in social services pp. 287-300: Amnon Lazar, Abraham Sagi and Mark W. Fraser
Recognizing child abuse: A guide for the concerned: Author Douglas J. Besharov New York: The Free Press, 1990,270 + xv pp.$12.95 pp. 301-304: Deborah Daro and Rosina M. Becerra
Review of recognizing child abuse pp. 304-305: Rosina M. Becerra
Response to Deborah Daro and Rosina Becerra pp. 306-309: Douglas J. Besharov

Social services and adolescents pp. 141-144: Michael Sherraden and Margaret Sherrard Sherraden
Social service by university students in Mexico: Thoughts for the United States pp. 145-170: Margaret Sherrard Sherraden and Michael Sherraden
Stress and coping in adolescence: A comparative study of pregnant adolescents and substance abusing adolescents pp. 171-182: Diane de Anda, Mitra Javidi, Susan Jefford, Robert Komorowski and Richard Yanez
Societal deprivation, the underclass and family deterioration in Baltimore: A structural analysis pp. 183-197: Howard A. Palley and Jay Fisher
Factors associated with adaptation of youths discharged from residential treatment pp. 199-216: Kathleen Wells, Elizabeth Wyatt and Stevan Hobfoll
Symposium review of for reasons of poverty: A critical analysis of the public child welfare system in the United States: Author Leroy H. Pelton, New York: Praeger, 1989 pp. 217-222: Malcolm Bush
Review of for reasons of poverty pp. 223-229: Jeanne Giovannoni
Response to Malcolm Bush and Jeanne Giovannoni pp. 230-234: Leroy H. Pelton

Child welfare policy and practice pp. 1-5: Kathleen Coulborn Faller
Basis of income support for children: A time for change pp. 7-27: Martha N. Ozawa
Quality control in child abuse prevention programs pp. 29-39: John Poertner, Peggy B. Smith and Janie Fields
Interpersonal skill training to enhance social support among women at risk for child maltreatment pp. 41-59: Cheryl A. Richey, Madeline L. Lovell and Kathy Reid
Sexual abuse prevention training for preschoolers: Implications for moral development pp. 61-75: Jill Duerr Berrick
The correlates of success/failure in brief and intensive family treatment: Implications for family preservation services pp. 77-99: Wanda M. Spaid and Mark Fraser
What happens to sexually abused children identified by child protective services? pp. 101-111: Kathleen Coulborn Faller
Utilization of health care by foster children: Application of a theoretical model pp. 113-129: Terri Combs-Orme, Robin G. Chernoff and Valarie A. Kager