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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703933803321

Titolo

Family engagement in child welfare video series

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.? ] : , : Child Welfare Information Gateway, , [2012?]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (10 video files (36 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color

Soggetti

Aid to families with dependent children programs - United States

Family services - United States

Child welfare - Services for - United States

Mentoring in social service - United States

Volunteer workers in child welfare - United States

Child welfare - United States - Citizen participation

Social service - United States - Citizen participation

Internet videos.

Educational films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Videoregistrazione

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from video series home page (viewed Jan. 22, 2014).

"Brought to you by National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care ... [which] is funded by the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under Federal contract no.: GS-23F-8062H"--Parents helping parents video, final credits screen.

Closed-captioned and open-captioned versions available.

Accompanied by two discussion guides in PDF format.

Videorecordings available in both streaming (FLV files, sd., col.) and downloadable (WMV and MOV files, sd., col.) file formats.

Nota di contenuto

Parents helping parents series. Parents helping parents -- What does it take to be a parent partner? -- Changing the culture of the agency -- Overcoming fears and resistance -- Building and sustaining the program -- Parent partners: personal stories -- Supporting kin-



caregivers series. Supporting kin-caregivers -- What does it take to be a kinship specialist? -- Overcoming fears and resistance -- Keeping families together: personal stories.

Sommario/riassunto

Describes two model parent peer programs enacted successfully in Contra Costa County, California, and Clark County, Nevada that increased child safety and family unit permanency and reduced foster care placements.