Parenting Assessments in Child Welfare Cases: A Practical Guide

by John Pearce and Terry Pezzot-Pearce

Book Overview

Recommendations of child protection workers to remove children from a home environment they perceive to be unsafe have frequently been challenged, legally and otherwise, and have raised scepticism about the criteria used in advising such a drastic measure. Parenting Assessments in Child Welfare Cases seeks to clarify these procedures, offering a model that facilitates comprehensive assessments and useful and viable recommendations that benefit children...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802086543
• ISBN13: 9780802086549
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher