Social Work with Children & Families

SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN & FAMILIES Narrating Practice with Children and Adolescents

Edited by Mery F. Diaz and Benjamin Shepard

In Narrating Practice with Children and Adolescents, social workers, sociologists, researchers, and helping professionals share engaging and evocative stories of practice meant to center the young client’s story. The book considers the narratives we tell about children and adolescents and proposes counter- narratives that challenge dominant ideas.

$42.00 / £35.00 paper 978-0-231-18479-3 $120.00 / £100.00 cloth 978-0-231-18478-6 2019 384 pages 16 illus. America the Beautiful and Violent

Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago Dexter R. Voisin

Dexter R. Voisin provides a compelling and social-justice-oriented analysis of current trends in neighborhood violence in light of the historical and structural factors that have reproduced entrenched patterns of racial and economic inequality. He features the powerful voices and insights of black youth in Chicago and their parents and communities.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-18441-0 $90.00 / £74.00 cloth 978-0-231-184403 2019 312 pages 16 illus.

children affected by armed conflict

Theory, Method, and Practice

edited by Myriam Denov & Bree Akesson

Children Affected by Armed Conflict

Theory, Method, and Practice Edited by Myriam Denov and Bree Akesson

This book crosses cultures and contexts to capture a range of perspectives on the realities of armed conflict and its aftermath for children. Including war-affected children in their analyses, the contributors to this volume highlight innovative methodologies that directly involve children in the research process.

$37.00 / £32.00 paper 978-0-231-17473-2 $120.00 / £100.00 cloth 978-0-231-17472-5 2017 368 pages Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa

Edited by Gustave Nébié, Chinyere Emeka-Anuna, Felix Fofana N’Zue, and Enrique Delamonica

In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Livingstone declaration, and the UN Social Protection Floor, this book deals jointly with multidimensional child poverty and social protection in Central and Western Africa. It focuses on both extent and types of social protection coverage and assesses various child poverty trends in the region

$45.00 paper 978-3-8382-1176-3 2021 302 pages 85 illus.

IBIDEM PRESS

School-Linked Services

Promoting Equity for Children, Families, and Communities Laura R. Bronstein and Susan E. Mason Foreword by Jane Quinn

The evidence-based strategies in this volume close the achievement gap among students from all sociological backgrounds. Designed according to local needs assessments, they provide the services, programs, initiatives, and relationships that are crucial for children’s success in school and life.

$42.00 / £35.00 paper 978-0-231-16095-7 $135.00 / £112.00 cloth 978-0-231-16094-0 2016 336 pages Critical Issues in Child Welfare

Joan Foster Shireman

This work begins with the issues facing at-risk children and families and then describes the intricacies of the child-welfare system and the role of protective services, family preservation, out-of-home care, foster care, adoption, and services for adolescents.

$85.00 / £70.00 cloth 978-0-231-16078-0 2015 368 pages

FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL WORK KNOWLEDGE SERIES

CHILD WELFARE

for the 21st Century

A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs, 2d Ed.

G ERALD P. M ALL on • P EG M C C AR tt H E ss, E DI to R s

Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century

A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs Second editon Edited by Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess

Recognized scholars, practitioners, and policy makers discuss meaningful engagement with families, particularly Latino families; health care for children and youth, including mental health care; effective practices with LGBT youth and their families; placement stability; foster parent recruitment and retention; and the challenges of working with immigrant children, youth, and families.

$115.00 / £95.00 cloth 978-0-231-15180-1 2014 776 pages

AFRICAN AMERICAN

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN CHILD WELFARE

Ramona W. Denby and Carla M. Curtis ultural Adaptation C of Services African American Children and Families in Child Welfare

Cultural Adaptation of Services Ramona Denby and Carla M. Curtis

This text proposes corrective action to improve the institutional care of African American children and their families, calling attention to the specific needs of this population and the historical, social, and political factors that have shaped its experience within the child-welfare system. The authors critique policy and research and suggest culturally targeted program and policy responses for more positive outcomes.

$42.00 / £35.00 paper 978-0-231-13185-8 $135.00 / £112.00 cloth 978-0-231-13184-1 2013 320 pages 13 illus.