Treating Families and Children in the Child Protective System Strategies for Systemic Advocacy and Family Healing

Name: Treating Families and Children in the Child Protective System Strategies for Systemic Advocacy and Family Healing
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ISBN: 9780415948708

ISBN-10: 0415948703

ISBN-13: 9780415948708

Edition: 2004

Authors: Wes Crenshaw

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Treating Families and Children in the Child Protective Systemis a journey through the praxis and culture of CPS, mapped by therapists working with the clients it is intended to serve. Using theory, strategies and compelling case studies, the author argues that child abuse and neglect are ultimate forms of family injustice and that no intervention can succeed if it does not restore justice to the relationship between victims and offenders. Instead, CPS often supplants the natural family with foster care, thus avoiding these issues and in many cases creating an entirely new level of injustice for child and family. While at times helpful, family preservation strategies typically focus on case…

Book details

List price: $72.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/25/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 298
Size: 7.91" wide x 9.45" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Series editor's foreword


Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Turning points



Justice themes in family therapy



Curative factors and obstacles to change



Contrition, forgiveness, and the restoration of justice




The power of apology



I never heard you cry before



Navigating the child protective system



Family-friendly therapy and evaluation : priorities and process



Tracks and strategies in the foster care crisis



You can't fight the system



Defending September



Ringing the bell : integrating contrition into an existing program of treatment for offenders and victims of abuse




Epilogue


References


Index