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.

In this book, the nation's top child welfare attorneys explain:

• The role and duties of attorneys in child welfare cases—from initiating court action to reunification or termination and adoption.
• How to prepare for trial, examine witnesses, present expert testimony, and make and meet objections.
• Important federal legislation and constitutional law concerning the relationship among parents, children, and the state.
• The complex child welfare court process—step by step.
• The role of all parties in achieving safety, permanence, and well-being for children.

"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).