Family preservation services : research and evaluation

Foreword - David Fanshel PART ONE: EMPIRICAL STUDIES Client Outcomes and Issues for Program Design - Peter J Pecora, Mark W Fraser and David A Haapala Family Preservation Services as an Alternative to Out-of-Home Placement of Adolescents - Ira M Schwartz, Philip Au Claire and Linda Harris the Hennepin County Experience Evaluating the Impact of Family Preservation Programs in New Jersey - Leonard H Feldman Populations and Outcomes in Five Family Preservation Programs - Kristine Nelson Previously Placed Neglected Children - Ying-Ying T Yuan and David L Struckman-Johnson Placement Outcomes PART TWO: CONCEPTUAL AND POLICY ISSUES Context and Structure of Family Preservation Practice - Martha Dore Implications for Research Defining the Target Population for Family Preservation Services - Elizabeth M Tracey Measuring Outcomes - Mary Ann Jones From Chicago to Little Egypt - John R Schuerman, Tina Rzepnicki and Julia Littell Lessons from an Evaluation of a Family Preservation Program The Public Policy Implications of Family Preservation - Douglas W Nelson Family Preservation Services - Susan Yelton and Robert Friedman their Role within the Children's Mental Health System