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| Reporting and Screening | |
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| How Do I Decide Whether to Accept a Report for a Child Protective Services Investigation? | |
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| What Criteria Are Most Critical to Determine the Urgency of the Child Protective Services Response? | |
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| What Is Neglect? | |
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| What Is Physical Abuse? | |
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| What Is Sexual Abuse? | |
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| What Is Psychological Maltreatment? | |
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| Engagement | |
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| How Do I Connect with Children at Different Developmental Levels? | |
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| How Do I Develop a Helping Alliance with the Family? | |
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| What Principles and Approaches Can I Use to Engage Clients across Culture? | |
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| How Can I Use Authority Effectively and Engage Family Members? | |
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| How Do I Manage Difficult Encounters with the Family? | |
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| How Do I Respond to Feelings (Mine and My Client's)? | |
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| Interviewing | |
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| How Do I Interview Young Children about Suspected Sexual Abuse? | |
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| How Do I Interview Older Children and Adolescents about Sexual Abuse? | |
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| What Tools Are Appropriate to Facilitate Interviews with Children? | |
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| How Do I Interview a Child about Alleged Physical Abuse? | |
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| How Do I Interview Non-Maltreating Parents and Caregivers? | |
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| How Do I Interview the Alleged Perpetrator? | |
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| What Kinds of Questions in My Initial Assessment Interviews Will Generate Solutions and Enhance Safety? | |
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| Initial Assessment - General | |
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| How Do I Differentiate Culturally Based Practices from Child Maltreatment? | |
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| How Should Child Protective Services and Law Enforcement Coordinate the Initial Assessment and Investigation? | |
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| How Do I Screen Caregivers' Use and Abuse of and Dependence on Alcohol and Other Drugs and Its Effects on Parenting? | |
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| How Do I Screen Caregivers if I Suspect that They May Be Dangerous to Themselves or Their Children? | |
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| How Do I Decide Whether to Substantiate the Report? | |
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| Initial Assessment - Neglect | |
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| How Do I Determine if a Child Has Been Neglected? | |
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| How Do I Determine if it is Medical Neglect? | |
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| How Do I Determine Whether a Child's Nutritional Needs Are Not Being Met? | |
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| What Is Inadequate Supervision? | |
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| How Do I Assess Neglect among At-Risk Adolescents? | |
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| Initial Assessment - Physical Abuse | |
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| How Do I Determine Whether a Child Has Been Physically Abused? | |
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| What Medical Evaluation Is Needed When Physical Abuse Is Suspected? | |
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| How Do I Interpret Medical Tests for Physical Abuse? | |
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| What Conditions May Be Mistaken for Physical Abuse? | |
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| What Are the Tell-Tale Differences between Abusive and Non-Inflicted Injuries? | |
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| What Is Shaken Baby Syndrome? | |
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| How Do I Assess Possible Histories of Physical Abuse Among Assaultive Adolescents? | |
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| Initial Assessment - Sexual Abuse | |
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| How Do I Determine if a Child Has Been Sexually Abused? | |
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| What Developmental Factors Should Be Considered in Interpreting a Child's Disclosure of Sexual Abuse? | |
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| How Should I Interpret Sexualized Behavior in Children? | |
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| The Medical Evaluation for Possible Child Sexual Abuse | |
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| When Is It Needed, Who Should Do It, How Should One Prepare for It, and What Will Be Done? | |
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| How Do I Interpret Laboratory Results for Sexually Transmitted Diseases? | |
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| How do I interpret Results of a Child Sexual Abuse Examination? What Conditions May Be Mistaken for Sexual Abuse? | |
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| How Do I Evaluate Suspected Sexual Abuse in the Adolescent Female? | |
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| When Does Sexual Play Suggest a Problem? | |
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| Initial Assessment - Psychological Maltreatment | |
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| How Do I Determine Whether a Child Has Been Psychologically Maltreated? | |
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| Under What Circumstances Is a Child Who Witnesses Violence Experiencing Psychological Maltreatment? | |
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| Initial Assessment - Risk Assessment and Safety Evaluation | |
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| How Do I Assess Risk and Safety? | |
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| How Do I Consider Cultural Factors When Assessing Risk and Safety? | |
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| How Do I Assure a Maltreated Child's Safety in the Home? | |
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| How Do I Protect Children When There Is a History of Domestic Violence in the Family? | |
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| How Do I Protect Children When Caregivers Have Chemical-Dependency Problems? | |
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| How Do I Protect Children from Hazardous Home Conditions and Other Poverty-Related Conditions? | |
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| When Do Family Preservation Services Make Sense, and When Should Other Permanency Plans Be Explored? | |
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| How Do I Decide Whether to Remove the Offender or to Remove the Child? | |
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| How Do I Assess Risk of Maltreatment in Foster Care and Kinship Care? | |
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| Family Assessment - Emphasis On The Child | |
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| How Do I Assess Child and Youth Behavior? | |
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| How Do I Assess Child and Youth Development? | |
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| How Do I Assess Child and Youth Emotional State? | |
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| How Do I Recognize and Assess Common or Important Mental Health Problems in Children? | |
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| What Preventive Pediatric and Dental Care Should Children and Youth Receive? | |
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| How Do I Assess a Child's Health Status? | |
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| How Should I Assess a Child's Social Support System? | |
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| How Do I Assess a Child's Behavior Related to Separation and Visitation? | |
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| Family Assessment - Emphasis on Parents/Caregivers | |
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| How Do I Assess a Caregiver's Personal History and Its Meaning for Practice? | |
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| How Do I Assess a Caregiver's Parenting Attitudes, Knowledge and Level of Functioning? | |
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| How Do I Assess the Care of Children with Major Medical Problems? | |
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| How Do I Assess the Caregiver's Strengths and Treatment Needs? | |
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| How Do I Assess a Caregiver's Motivation and Readiness to Change? | |
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| What Do I Need to Know about Care Needs and Parenting Capacity in Caregivers with HIV or AIDS? | |
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| Family Assessment - Emphasis on Families | |
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| How Do I Assess the Strengths in Families? | |
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| How Do I Conduct an Ethnographic Interview to Learn about the Family's Culture? | |
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| How Do I Assess Family Functioning? | |
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| How Do I Assess a Parent-Child Relationship? | |
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| How Do I Assess the Treatment Needs of Children Affected by Domestic Violence? | |
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| How Do I Assess the Likelihood of an Intervention Succeeding? | |
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| Service Planning | |
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| How Do I Match Risks to Client Outcomes? | |
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| What Outcomes Are Relevant for Intervention? | |
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| What Is Strengths-Based Service Planning? | |
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| How Do I Develop Measurable Goals and Objectives That Match Client Intervention Outcomes? | |
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| What Is Concurrent Placement Planning and How Do I Do It? | |
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| How Do I Use Family Meetings to Develop Optimal Service Plans? | |
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| How Do I Involve Fathers? | |
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| How Do I Develop a Collaborative Intervention Plan with the Kinship Network? | |
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| What Do I Need to Know to Plan Effectively across Child Welfare Programs? | |
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| Intervention - Emphasis On The Child | |
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| What Types of Mental Health Treatment Should Be Considered for Maltreated Children? | |
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| What Are Effective Strategies to Address Common Behavior Problems? | |
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| How Do I Help Children Adjust to Out-of-Home Care Placement? | |
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| How Do I Help Children Maintain Their Cultural Identity When They Are Placed in Out-of-Home Care? | |
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| What Kinds of Pediatric Care Should Abused and Neglected Children Receive? | |
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| Intervention - Emphasis On The Parent or Caregiver | |
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| How Can Parenting Be Enhanced? | |
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| What Interventions Are Available for Nonabusive Parents? | |
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| How Can I Help Parents and Caregivers Develop Social Skills and Make Positive Connections to the Community? | |
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| What Treatment Is Recommended for Sexual Abuse Perpetrators? | |
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| What Treatment Is Recommended to Address Physically Abusive Behaviors? | |
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| What Is the Most Effective Treatment for Depression? | |
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| What Interventions Are Most Effective in Addressing Domestic Violence? | |
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| What Are the Treatment Options for Parents with Alcohol or Other Drug Problems? | |
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| Intervention - Emphasis On The Family | |
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| What Do I Need to Know about Family Therapy? | |
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| How Can I Support Biological Families after a Child Has Been Removed from Their Care? | |
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| How Do I Facilitate Visits between Foster Children and Their Biological Families That Support the Goals and Objectives of Intervention? | |
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| How Do I Build Families' Financial Management Skills? | |
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| How Can I Best Manage the Intervention Process When Multiple Service Providers Are Involved? | |
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| What Is 'Family to Family' and How Does It Support Permanency for Children? | |
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| Foster and Kinship Caregivers | |
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| What Are Their Support and Intervention Needs? | |
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| What Are the Unique Roles of Religious Institutions in Supporting and Strengthening Families? | |
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| Evaluation and Closure | |
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| How Do We Measure Risk Reduction? | |
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| When Is Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption the Best Permanency Option? | |
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| When Can a Child Be Safely Reunited with His or Her Family? | |
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| Preparing Youth for Independent Living | |
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| What Are the Best Methods for Reaching Self-Sufficiency? | |
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| How Do I Prepare Families for Case Closure? | |
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| Legal and Ethical Issues | |
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| What Rights Do My Clients Have to Information in Their Case Records? | |
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| How Do I Avoid Being Sued? | |
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| What Is the Role of the Caseworker in Juvenile Court? | |
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| How Do I Feel Comfortable Testifying in Court? | |
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| How Do I Help Children Be Comfortable in the Legal System and Improve Their Competency as Witnesses? | |
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| Why Is Communicating with Lawyers so Important and so Difficult? | |
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| How Do I Work Effectively with Guardians Ad litem , Court-Appointed Special Advocates and Citizen of Professional Case Review Panels? | |
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| Child Protection Practice - Special Issues for The Practitioner | |
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| What Are the Core Competencies for Practitioners in Child Welfare Agencies? | |
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| How Do I Protect My Personal Safety in the Community? | |
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| How Do I Prevent Burnout? | |
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| How Can Critical Thinking Contribute to Informed Decisions? | |
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| What Can I Do to Cope with the Death or Serious Injury of a Child on My Caseload? | |
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| How Do I Balance Common Sense, Personal Values and Agency Constraints? | |
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| How Do I Use the Case Record to Guide Intervention and Provide Accountability? | |
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