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Vaughan-Eden, Viola; Vandervort, Frank E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Ronald Hughes and his colleagues have written a groundbreaking article on child welfare's use of differential response. Their research addresses the matter from a "lessons learned" and "ways to improve" approach. Our comments focused on three key issues: (1) the importance of evidence-based practice; (2) the recognition…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Samuels, Bryan; Brown, Brett Vaughn – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
In their critique of differential response (DR), Hughes and colleagues raise a number of important issues that are central to broader efforts at the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) including the need for greater reliance on evidence-based practice in child welfare, more rigorous evaluation methodologies, and a robust set of…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Fluke, John D.; Merkel-Holguin, Lisa; Schene, Patricia – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
This is a response to the document by Hughes et al. in this issue that offers a critique of the status of differential response (DR). We find the document to be helpful in intent, but do not find that it reflects scientifically sound methods, and contains many mischaracterizations of the status, impetus, research, and evaluation of DR to date. We…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Drake, Brett – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
This article is a response to "Issues in Differential Response", a review of the current evidence pertaining to differential response (DR) programs in child protective services (CPS). In my view, the Hughes, Rycus, Saunders-Adams, Hughes, and Hughes article suffers from several weaknesses. First, DR programs are critiqued as if they were…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Loman, L. Anthony; Siegel, Gary L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
The Hughes et al. paper is critiqued generally and in specific areas. The weak nature of the authors' empirical work is discussed along with their enigmatic writing and vague and incorrect use of references, and their simultaneous use of sweeping statements of opinion and narrow analytical focus. This review examines the authors' errors…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Ellett, Alberta J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
This article is an invited commentary and analysis of the authors' completed systematic evaluation of Child Protective Services (CPS) differential response (DR) models. I write this commentary based on 25 years of public child welfare experience followed by 13 years as a social work professor and researcher. In their review of DR, the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Winokur, Marc A.; Gabel, George – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
This reaction article highlights areas of agreement and disagreement with the study conducted by Hughes, Rycus, Saunders-Adams, Hughes, and Hughes on the current state of research and practice in differential response (DR). Overall, we agree with several of the arguments put forth by Hughes et al. regarding the limitations of DR research and the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Hughes, Ronald C.; Rycus, Judith S. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
In this article, the authors responded to nine commentaries by 17 contributors to their article, "Issues in Differential Response." The authors found that a majority of the respondents agreed with the major conclusions of "Issues in Differential Response." However, there were varying degrees of disagreement regarding the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Gomm, Andy – Journal of Early Intervention, 2006
Comments on an article by Dunst and Bruder. Twenty years ago, amendments to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 99-457, 1986) included language that required each state early intervention system to ensure that families had access to a case manager. The article by the authors and the study conducted as part of the Research and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Models, State Agencies, Family Needs
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Hausman, Bonnie S.; Weiss, Heather B. – Community Education Journal, 1988
Discusses the Minnesota Early Childhood Family Education program and the Missouri Parents as Teachers program as examples of state-sponsored family education programs. Argues that such programs should use the school as the most approppriate setting for family support and education. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Parent Education
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Boruch, Robert F. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1981
The focus is on problems and issues common to both social program evaluation and to evaluation in physical sciences, engineering, medicine, and commerce. Problems discussed include: program implementation; anticipation of success or failure; evaluation data quality; reliability and validity; evaluation design; access to data; data confidentiality;…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Confidentiality, Engineering, Evaluation Methods
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Usher, Charles L.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1995
Suggests that systemic child welfare reforms must ultimately encompass all systems that serve vulnerable families and children. Argues that in addition to developing new approaches to service, current reform initiatives should also demonstrate the feasibility of using existing data for longitudinal analyses that are critical to evaluating…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Evaluation Criteria, Family Programs
Sallee, Alvin L.; Hoffman, Kay – 1988
This paper presents a model for rural social service outreach programs, based upon the following: (1) an explanation of various resource systems and how they are related to outreach services; (2) current economic and social conditions of rural areas; (3) rural client systems; (4) the relationship of the agricultural extension model to rural…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Reynolds, William Bradford – 1983
In these remarks, the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, discusses the current Administration's policy and enforcement efforts on civil rights for the handicapped, particularly the blind. First, Reynolds stresses that the Administration's commitment to the principle of nondiscrimination in all areas…
Descriptors: Blindness, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Disabilities
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Sink, David – Phylon, 1982
The Indian Child Welfare Act places responsibility for implementing Indian welfare legislation onto Indian tribes themselves, rather than on the government bureaucracy. Successful implementation poses challenges concerning the establishment of comprehensive tribal courts, in view of sociocultural and environmental factors that have affected the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Welfare, Family Programs, Federal Indian Relationship
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