Children and adolescents in need : a legal primer for the helping professional /

Children and adolescents in need : a legal primer for the helping professional / Virginia G. Weisz.

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The vulnerability of children becomes tragically apparent when they are neglected and abused by those persons most intimately responsible for their well-being. When parents are judged incapable of adequately providing for the critical needs of a child, the responsibility for determining "the be...

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Main Author: Weisz, Virginia G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©1995.
Subjects:
Social work with children > Law and legislation > United States.
Children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Child welfare workers > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Child welfare workers.
Children > Legal status, laws, etc.
Social work with children > Law and legislation.
United States.
Handbooks and manuals.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Who is responsible for children? The best interests of the child
  • Professional responsibility for children
  • II. When harm comes to children. Physical abuse
  • Sexual abuse
  • Substance abuse
  • Emotional abuse
  • Neglect
  • III. What are the options for remediation? Family support to prevent placement
  • The child in court
  • Foster care and guardianship
  • Termination of parental rights
  • Adoption
  • IV. Other areas of legal involvement for children. Education and children with disabilities
  • Mental health issues
  • Delinquency.

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