The Challenge of Permanency Planning in a Multicultural Society

The Challenge of Permanency Planning in a Multicultural Society hits home the importance of cultural knowledge, sensitivity, and skill for putting permanency and stability into the lives of at-risk children. By reading this book, you will gain a better appreciation for the role of culture in a family’s life and learn to translate this understanding into attitudes and practical skills that will enable you to work more effectively with families. You will learn how to prevent unnecessary out-of-home placements, how to judge when the time is right for reunification of parents and children, and how to know when adoption is the best choice for a child’s long-term well-being.The Challenge of Permanency Planning in a Multicultural Society addresses areas of special concern that are often overlooked in research studies and case work itself. These include the roles of fathers, issues related to adolescent sexual orientation, and the experiences of minors left on their own. From this book’s intervention strategies, model case plans, and successful programs, you will reduce the likelihood of hurting children and families through ill-informed plans and actions. You will also learn about: kinship care the Indian Child Welfare Act incorporating both parents’viewpoints into permanency planning recruiting adoptive parents and the MultiEthnic Placement Act the continuum of child welfare services minors who have immigrated to the U. S. without parents or relativesIf you let The Challenge of Permanency Planning in a Multicultural Society help you, you’ll strengthen your ability to conduct culturally sensitive assessments of families and design highly effective case plans. Child welfare workers, supervisors, trainers, and program managers will find that this resource book can help them improve their clinical skill and program development, facilitate family preservation and support, and always keep the child's interests at the forefront.

Table of Contents:
Contents Foreword Introduction: Achieving Permanency for All Children in the Child Welfare System Personal Reflections on Permanency Planning and Cultural Competency Developing Diversity Competence in Child Welfare and Permanency Planning African American Men, Child Welfare, and Permanency Planning Machismo, Fatherhood and the Latino Family: Understanding the Concept Cultural Diversity and Help-Seeking Behavior: Sources of Help and Obstacles to Support for Parents Preventing Substance Abuse from Undermining Permanency Planning: Competencies at the Intersection of Culture, Chemical Dependency, and Child Welfare Broadening Our View: Lessons from Kinship Foster Care Grandmother Caregivers in Inner-City Latino Families: A Descriptive Profile and Informal Social Supports Guide for Effectively Recruiting African-American Adoptive Families Training Child Welfare Workers to Meet the Requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act Why the Need for the Indian Child Welfare Act? Toward a Competent Child Welfare Service Delivery System for Gay and Lesbian Adolescents and Their Families Lessons Learned from Programs for Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Index Reference Notes Included