Description
Book SynopsisThis book offers mental health professionals insights and recommendations for supporting children of color in the child welfare system. Race plays a pivotal role in the experiences of children in the child welfare system. Children of color are more likely to enter the system, stay in the system longer, and receive fewer services while they are in it. As a result,they are more likely to face a decline in their immediate and long-term academic and educational progress, more likely to enter the juvenile justice system, and less likely to be satisfied with counseling and other support services they receive while in out-of-home placements.
This book offers the crucial insights and key recommendations that mental health professionals need to support children of color in the child welfare system. By understanding the challenges that children of color face in the system, as well as best practices for supporting them, professionals in the child welfare system can
Table of Contents
- Understanding Challenges for Children of Color in the Child Welfare System
Gloria J. O. Carpenter and Yvette R. Harris
- Decreasing Disproportionality of Children of Color in the Child Welfare System
Patrick R. Nelson
- American Indian Children in the Child Welfare System
Kathryn D. Moon-LaPlante
- African American Children in the Child Welfare System
Brenda Jones Harden, Danielle Burns, and Karen Watkins-Lewis
- Latinx Children in the Child Welfare System
Rosanna Sanchez John
- Asian American Children in the Child Welfare System
Anh-Luu Huynh-Hohnbaum
- Multiracial Children in the Child Welfare System: Balancing Traumatic Adversity and Cultural Resilience in Therapeutic Treatment and Advocacy
Rebecca N. Ezechukwu, Destiny M. Waggoner, and Raven E. Cuellar
- Immigrant Children in the Child Welfare System
Francesca Skowronski
- Reunification and Culturally Specific Parenting Practices for Families of Color in the Child Welfare System
Brien K. Ashdown and Amanda N. Faherty
- Adoption of Children of Color From the Child Welfare System
Yvette R. Harris
Afterword: Ten Recommendations for Improving Outcomes and Experiences of Children of Color in the Child Welfare System
Yvette R. Harris and Gloria J. O. Carpenter
