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Abandoned infants
Abuse (See Child abuse, Sexual abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse.)
Accountability
Accreditation
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
Adolescents (See also Teens, Youth.)
Adopted adults
Adopted children
Adoption agency
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
Adoption assistance (See also Adoption subsidy.)
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (PL-96-272)
Adoption disruption/dissolution
Adoption exchanges
Adoption incentives
Adoption Month
Adoption Opportunities grants
Adoption planning
Adoption records (See also Vital records and Birth records.)
Adoption services
Adoption subsidy (See also Adoption assistance.)
Adoption support
Adoptive families
Adoptive parent support groups
Adult survivors
Agency culture
Agency management
Agency oversight
Alcohol-related birth disorders (See Fetal alcohol syndrome.)
Alternative response (See also Differential response.)
American Indians
Assessment
Attachment
Background checks (See also Criminal background checks.)
Behavioral disorders
Behavioral health
Best interests of the child
Birth families
Birth father
Birth mother
Birth parent support groups
Birth records (Also see Vital records and Adoption records.)
Bonding
Brain development
Case management
Case review
Caseload
Casework practice
Casework processes
Caseworker safety
Central registry
Chafee (John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program)
Child abuse
Child abuse and neglect prevention
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month
Child abuse fatalities
Child abuse laws (See State statutes.)
Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
Child abuse reporting
Child abuse victims
Child advocacy centers
Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs)
Childcare
Child development
Child emotional abuse (See Emotional abuse.)
Child maltreatment
Child neglect
Child physical abuse (See Physical abuse.)
Child protection
Child Protective Services
Child sexual abuse (See Sexual abuse.)
Child trauma
Child welfare practice models
Child welfare policies
Child welfare reform
Child welfare system
Child welfare training
Child welfare workforce
Child witnesses of family violence
Children of incarcerated parents
Children's Bureau
Citizen review
Client rights
Co-occurring family problems
Collaboration
Community-based services
Community engagement
Community involvement
Community of practice
Community partnerships
Competency-based training
Concurrent planning
Conferences
Confidentiality
Corporal punishment
Costs of adopting
Counseling (See also Mental health.)
Court-appointed special advocate (CASA)
Courts
Criminal background checks
Crisis intervention
Cultural competence
Culture
Curricula
Customary adoption
Cycle of abuse
Data
Data (use of)
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
Defining child abuse and neglect
Developmental stages
Differential response (See also Alternative response.)
Disabilities
Disaster preparedness
Disaster response
Discipline
Disparate outcomes (See Disproportionality.)
Disproportionality
Disruption
Dissolution
Diversity
Domestic adoption
Domestic violence
Domestic violence services
Drug abuse (See Substance abuse.)
Early childhood
Education
Educational neglect
Emotional abuse
Emotional neglect
Empowerment
Employer-provided adoption benefits
Engagement (See Community engagement, Family engagement, Youth engagement.)
Ethical practice
Ethnic groups (See Culture, Cultural competence.)
Evaluation
Evaluation approaches
Evaluation data
Evidence-based practice