Identifying and addressing parental trauma and behavioral health need: The role of the child welfare system

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiwen Cao ◽  
Jill A. Hoffman ◽  
Alicia C. Bunger ◽  
Kathryn Maguire-Jack ◽  
Hillary A. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Parental Trauma ◽  
Health Need

Structured well-being assessments in public child welfare: Observations across two states

2021 ◽  
pp. 251610322110046
Author(s):  
Crystal Collins-Camargo ◽  
Jessica Strolin-Goltzman ◽  
A. Nathan Verbist ◽  
Alison Krompf ◽  
Becky F. Antle
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Functional Improvement ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Case Planning ◽  
Over Time

Children entering custody within the child welfare system have been found to have high levels of trauma and significant behavioral health needs. In this paper, authors demonstrate how a structured functional well-being assessment can be used with the custody population to promote an understanding of behavioral health needs, inform case planning, and measure functional improvement over time. Specifically, this paper will: (a) briefly describe how two states implemented a common standardized assessment of functioning to inform case planning and measure well-being progress of children in the custody of a public child welfare system (b) examine what this common assessment tool reveals about the strengths and needs of children entering custody across two sites and (c) describe the magnitude of change in functional improvement measured across 6 months. This paper will contribute to the existing knowledge by sharing possible themes in functioning related to children entering custody while examining changes in functioning over time. Implications for practice, policy, and future research will be discussed.

The mental health status of Latino children in the public child welfare system: a look at the role of generation and origin

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Ayón ◽  
Judy Krysik ◽  
Karen Gerdes ◽  
David Androff ◽  
David Becerra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Latino Children ◽  
The Public ◽  
System A

scholarly journals Mental Health and School Functioning for Girls in the Child Welfare System: the Mediating Role of Future Orientation and School Engagement

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Threlfall ◽  
Wendy Auslander ◽  
Donald Gerke ◽  
Hollee McGinnis ◽  
Sarah Myers Tlapek
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
School Functioning ◽  
Mediating Role
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