The Book that Defines the National Model! Child Welfare Law and Practice is brought to you by the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC), a nonprofit child advocacy and professional membership association dedicated to representation and protection of children in the legal system. With millions of reported cases of child maltreatment each year, this comprehensive guide provides the answers to those professionals who make child advocacy their priority.
Over the past several decades, a national model for child welfare practice has emerged. Here, a group of highly experienced NACC authors and other child welfare experts has captured and refined that model. Designed as a study guide for attorneys preparing to take the NACC child welfare law certification exam, this book also serves as a day-to-day practical guide for child advocates throughout the country, providing in-depth analysis and instruction on the multitude of issues involved in this important area of practice.
Completely revised edition! The second edition includes these new and expanded Topics:
- Indian Child Welfare Act
- Investigative interviewing of the child
- Counseling legal clients who are children
- The practice of child welfare casework
- Child safety
- Representing parents
- Federal due process
- Education goals for children in foster care
- The transition of youth from foster care to adulthood
- Plus many more!
"Top specialists in our field of child welfare have, in one volume, produced an exhaustive compendium of information to help achieve not merely competence, but exemplary practice skills. Because of the rapid changes in and increasing complexity of dependency cases, this book should find its way onto every child welfare lawyer's bookshelf."
— Howard Davidson, Director, ABA Center on Children and the Law, Washington, D.C.
NACC members are entitled to a 20% discount on "Child Welfare Law and Practice" (enter the code NACC in the shopping cart when you check out).
PART I. THE CONTEXT OF CHILD WELFARE LAW
Chapter 1: America’s Children
Chapter 2: Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Child Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 3: Mental Health and Related Professional Evaluations in Child Welfare Proceedings
Chapter 4: Child Development and the Impact of Maltreatment
Chapter 5: Investigative Interviewing of the Child
Chapter 6: Interviewing and Counseling Legal Clients Who Are Children
Chapter 7: Family Dynamics and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 8: Cultural Context in Abuse and Neglect Practice: Tips for Attorneys
PART II. LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Chapter 9: The History of Child Welfare Law
Chapter 10: Federal Child Welfare Legislation
Chapter 11: U.S. Supreme Court Cases Regarding Child Welfare
Chapter 12: The Indian Child Welfare Act
PART III. THE CHILD WELFARE LEGAL PROCESS
Chapter 13: The Practice of Child Welfare Casework: A Primer for Lawyers
Chapter 14: Child Safety: What Judges and Lawyers Need to Know
Chapter 15: Due Process of Law and Child Protection
Chapter 16: A Child’s Journey Through the Child Welfare System
Chapter 17: Interstate and International Issues
Chapter 18: Confidentiality
Chapter 19: Collateral Proceedings
Chapter 20: Immigration Issues—Representing Children Who Are Not United States Citizens
Chapter 21: Advocacy for Foster Youth in Mental Health Commitment Proceedings
Chapter 22: Education Goals for Children in Foster Care and the Role of Attorneys
Chapter 23: Foster Youth: Transitioning from Foster Care into Self-Sufficient Adulthood
Chapter 24: Non-Adversarial Case Resolution
Chapter 25: Establishing Legal Permanence for the Child
Chapter 26: Child Welfare Appellate Law and Practice
PART IV. THE ROLE AND DUTIES OF LEGAL COUNSEL
Chapter 27: Agency Attorneys and Caseworkers: Working Well Together
Chapter 28: Representing Parents in Child Welfare Cases
Chapter 29: Representing Children and Youth
PART V. COURTROOM ADVOCACY
Chapter 30: Children in Court
Chapter 31: Special Evidentiary Issues
Chapter 32: Trial Advocacy
Chapter 33: Case Assessment and Planning/Dimensions of Child Advocacy
Appendix A: NACC Recommendations for Representation of Children in Abuse and Neglect Cases
Appendix B: Resources
Founded in 1977, the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) is a nonprofit professional organization dedicated to providing high-quality legal representation for children. Its mission is to improve the lives of children and families through legal advocacy. The NACC provides training and technical assistance to attorneys and other professionals, serves as a public information and professional referral center, and engages in public policy and legislative advocacy.
Over the past several decades, a national model for child welfare practice has emerged. Here, a group of highly experienced NACC authors and other child welfare experts has captured and refined that model. Designed as a study guide for attorneys preparing to take the NACC child welfare law certification exam, this book also serves as a day-to-day practical guide for child advocates throughout the country, providing in-depth analysis and instruction on the multitude of issues involved in this important area of practice.
GENERAL EDITORS
Ann M. Haralambie, J.D., is a Certified Family Law Specialist, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization and a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney in private practice in Tucson, Arizona.
Donald N. Duquette, J.D., Clinical Professor of Law, is the founder (in 1976) and director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School.
AUTHORS
Lauren Girard Adams, J.D., Children’s Rights Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation
Susan Badeau, B.A., Casey Family Programs
Terri James Banks, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Under Sixes Program, Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Katherine Brady, J.D., Immigration Legal Resource Center in San Francisco, California
Donald C. Bross, J.D., Ph.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine, Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Howard Davidson, J.D., ABA Center on Children and the Law
Melanie Delgado, J.D., Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI)
Donald N. Duquette, J.D., University of Michigan Law School
Robert Fellmeth, J.D., University of San Diego School of Law and Children’s Advocacy Institute
Donna Furth, J.D., University of San Fransisco School of Law
Ann M. Haralambie, J.D., Certified Family Law Specialist
Karen Aileen Howze, J.D., District of Columbia Superior Court
Anne Kellogg, J.D., National Association of Counsel for Children
Kristin Kelly, J.D., American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and works on the Legal Center for Foster Care and Education
Mimi Laver, J.D., ABA Center on Children and the Law, Washington, D.C.
Steven Lubet, J.D., Bartlit Center for Trial Strategy at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois
Therese Roe Lund, M.S.W., ACTION for Child Protection and National Resource Center for Child Protective Services
Thomas D. Lyon, J.D., Ph.D., USC Gould School of Law
Kathleen McNaught, J.D., American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and Legal Center for Foster Care and Education
John E. B. Myers, J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Bernard P. Perlmutter, J.D., Children & Youth Law Clinic, University of Miami School of Law
Jennifer Renne, J.D., ABA Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
Colene Flynn Robinson, J.D., University of Colorado Law School
Vivek S. Sankaran, J.D., CWLS, Child Advocacy Law Clinic and The Detroit Center for Family Advocacy
Janet Stotland, J.D., Education Law Center (PA).
David B. Thronson, J.D., Michigan State University College of Law
Frank E. Vandervort, J.D., University of Michigan Law School
Marvin Ventrell, J.D., Juvenile Law Society (JLS) in Denver, Colorado
Format: 7x10" Softcover
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 800
ISBN: 1-932779-96-7
Publisher: Bradford Publishing Co.
