Child Welfare Research

• National Fatherhood Group Examines Statistical Trends in U.S. Families
• Report Defines Psychological Mistreatment of Children, Describes its Consequences

• CDC Analyzes Statistics on Infant Homicides
• New Study Looks at the Well-Being of Children in the Child Welfare System
• Two Reports Aim Attention at Children in Poverty

• New Bilingual Phrase Book for Child Abuse Referrals
• Adoption Community Connects Online Through E-Magazines, Listserve
• New Child Welfare Practice Series Available Online

Strategies and Tools for Practice

• Temperament Assessments Seen as Effective Parenting and Child Abuse Prevention Tool
• Respite Care: Help for Families Who Adopt Children with Special Needs
• Promising Approaches to Meeting the Health Care Needs of Children in Foster Care

Resources

• Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project
• They're All My Children: Foster Mothering in America
• For Better and For Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families

• Silenced Angels: The Medical, Legal, and Social Aspects of Shaken Baby Syndrome
• We Are Not Alone: A Guidebook for Helping Professionals and Parents Supporting Adolescent Victims of Sexual Abuse
• Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow

• Systems of Care for Children with Emotional Disturbances

Training and Conferences

• News From the Child Welfare Training Resources (CWTR) Online Network: Guide for Clinical Social Workers in the Courtroom