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Home > Substitute Care Providers: Helping Abused and Neglected Children > Substitute Care Providers: Helping Abused and Neglected Children: Preface
Substitute Care Providers: Helping Abused and Neglected Children
User Manual Series (1994)
PrefaceThe Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act was signed into law in 1974. Since that time, the Federal Government has served as a catalyst to mobilize society's social service, mental health, medical, educational, legal, and law enforcement resources to address the challenges in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. In 1977, in one of its early efforts to achieve this goal, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) developed 21 manuals (the User Manual Series) to provide guidance to professionals involved in the child protection system and to enhance community collaboration and the quality of services provided to children and families. Some manuals described professional roles and responsibilities in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child maltreatment. Other manuals in the series addressed special topics, such as adolescent abuse and neglect. Our understanding of the complex problems of child abuse and neglect has increased dramatically since the user manuals were first developed. This increased knowledge has improved our ability to intervene effectively in the lives of troubled families. Likewise, we have a better grasp of what we can do to prevent child abuse and neglect from occurring. Further, our knowledge of the unique roles key professionals can play in child protection has been more clearly defined, and a great deal has been learned about how to enhance coordination and collaboration of community agencies and professionals. Finally, we are facing today new and more serious problems in families who maltreat their children. For example, there is a significant percentage of families known to Child Protective Services (CPS) who are experiencing substance abuse problems; the first reference to drug-exposed infants appeared in the literature in 1985. Because our knowledge base has increased significantly and the state of the art of practice has improved considerably, NCCAN has updated the User Manual Series by revising many of the existing manuals and creating new manuals that address current innovations, concerns, and issues in the prevention and treatment of child maltreatment. This manual, Substitute Care Providers: Helping Abused and Neglected Children, is primarily designed for child welfare staff and provides the foundation for serving abused and neglected children who are in family foster care and adoption. As a companion to updated manuals for each profession, this manual is also intended for use by professionals involved in child protection: child protective services staff as well as law enforcement, education, mental health, legal, health care, and early childhood professionals. The manual provides information of value to foster and adoptive parents. Another manual in this series, Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Guide for Staff in Residential Institutions, focuses on substitute care in residential settings.
This material may be freely reproduced and distributed. However, when doing so, please credit Child Welfare Information Gateway. |
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