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Overview
Incorporating cutting-edge research, the authors of this multidisciplinary text offer new evidence that a public health framework based on ecological theory and principles of risk and resilience is essential for the successful design of social policy. Contributing authors apply the editors’ conceptual model across the substantive domains of child welfare, education, mental health, health, developmental disabilities, substance use, juvenile justice, and now poverty.
This is an ideal core text for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses entitled Social Policy, Advanced Social Policy, or Social Work with Children and Families in departments of social work, family studies, human services, sociology, public health, or psychology. It is also a vital resource for elected officials, policy makers, and others interested in the evolution of policies aimed at preventing problem behaviors and supporting children and families.
Praise for the First Edition of Social Policy for Children and Families
“What a book! A must read for those who provide services to at-risk children and their families…. The application of the public health framework to programs and policies adds value to the usual suspects of perspectives/frameworks drawn upon by the social work profession…. The authors boldly call for the triangulation of relevant theories and models of risk and resilience, and make a major contribution to social work research by advocating for the translation of empirical evidence into practical application.”— Paula Allen-Meares, University of Michigan School of Social Work
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Jeffrey M. Jenson, Ph.D., is the Bridge Professor of Children, Youth, and Families at the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver. He is principal investigator of the Youth Matters Denver Public Schools Prevention Project, a randomized group trial assessing the effects of a structured curriculum on aggression and substance use among elementary school students in 28 Denver public schools. Dr. Jenson has written numerous articles and chapters on topics pertaining to adolescent substance abuse and juvenile delinquency. His 1999 book, Youth Violence: Current Research and Recent Practice Innovations, examines advances in understanding, preventing, and treating aggression and violence among children and adolescents. Dr. Jenson received the University of Denver Distinguished Scholar Award in 2003.
Mark W. Fraser, Ph.D., holds the John A. Tate Distinguished Professorship for Children in Need at the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has written numerous chapters and articles on risk and resilience, child behavior, child and family services, and research methods. With colleagues, he is the co-author or editor of eight books. These include Families in Crisis, a study of intensive family-centered services, and Evaluating Family-Based Services, a text on methods for family research. In Risk and Resilience in Childhood, he and his colleagues describe resilience-based perspectives for child maltreatment, school dropout, substance abuse, violence, unwanted pregnancy, and other social problems. In Making Choices, Dr. Fraser and his co-authors outline a program to help children build enduring social relationships with peers and adults. In The Context of Youth Violence, he explores violence from the perspective of resilience, risk, and protection, and in Intervention with Children and Adolescents, Fraser and his colleagues review advances in intervention knowledge for social and health problems. His award-winning text, Social Policy for Children and Families, reviews the bases for public policy in child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, developmental disabilities, and health. His most recent book, Intervention Research: Developing Social Programs, describes five steps in the design and development of evidence-based programs.
Table of Contents
Foreword to the First Edition - Mark Udall Foreword to the Second Edition Introduction
1. A Risk and Resilience Framework for Child, Youth, and Family Policy - Jeffrey M. Jenson and Mark W. Fraser
2. Antipoverty Policies and Programs for Families and Children - Trina R. Williams Shanks and Sandra K. Danziger
3. Child Welfare Policies and Programs - Peter J. Pecora and Markell Harrison-Jackson
4.Education Policy for Children, Youth, and Families - Andy J. Frey, Hill M. Walker, and Armon R. Perry
5. Child Mental Health Policy: Promise Without Fulfillment? - Mary E. Fraser
6.Health Policy for Children and Youth - Kathleen A. Rounds and Thomas C. Ormsby
7. Policies and Programs for Children and Youth With Disabilities - Susan L. Parish, Alison I. Whisnant, and Jamie G. Swaine
8. Policies and Programs for Adolescent Substance Abuse - Jeffrey M. Jenson, Elizabeth K. Anthony, and Matthew O. Howard
9. Juvenile Justice Policies and Programs - William H. Barton
10. Toward the Integration of Child, Youth, and Family Policy: Applying Principles of Risk Resilience, and Ecological Theory - Jeffrey M. Jenson and Mark W. Fraser About the Editors About the Authors A Risk and Resilience Framework for Child, Youth and Family Policy - Jeffrey Jenson, Mark Fraser Anti-Poverty Policies and Programs for Families and Children - Trina Williams Shank, Sandra Danziger Child Mental Health Policy: Promise Without Fulfillment? - Mary Fraser Child Welfare Policies and Programs - Peter Pecora, Markell Harrison-Jackson Education Policy for Children, Youth and Families - Andy Frey, Hill Walker, Armon Perry Health Policy for Children and Youth - Katherine Rounds, Thomas Ormsby Juvenile Justice Policies and Programs - William Barton Policies and Programs for Children and Youth With Disabilities - Susan Parish, Alison Whisnant, Jamie Swaine Toward the Integration of Child, Youth, and Family Policy: Applying Principles of Risk, Resilience, and Ecological Theory - Jeffrey Jenson, Mark Fraser