Culturally Competent Public Child Welfare Practice (SW 360K Child Abuse and Neglect)

Culturally Competent Public Child Welfare Practice (SW 360K Child Abuse and Neglect) by Samantrai, Krishna. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780534370558.

This text presents a model of practice that stems from the goodness-of-fit between the childs needs (physical, developmental, social-emotional) and the parents ability to adequately meet those needs according to the prevailing norms of society. Samantrai integrates policy, human behavior theories, issues in practice, skills of practice, multiculturalism, child abuse and neglect, and she develops and refines these concepts into the skills specifically needed by those working in public child welfare.