Enactment of Alaska's new Children's Code, a breakthrough in welfare legislation for children, was achieved after years of struggle involving professional and public forces. (Author/SE)

Examines 1992 Suter versus Artist M. decision of U.S. Supreme Court, in which the court ruled that private individuals could not sue to enforce the provisions of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980. The act requires that reasonable efforts be made to preserve and strengthen families by preventing placements and reuniting placed…

Describes effective parole appeal process for juvenile offenders, set up administratively by the Minnesota Department of Corrections in 1974. (MS)

Discusses issues of children's rights, child advocacy, and prevention of traumatic effects of separation and placement on children. Emphasizes that there is a wide gap between knowledge of prevention of trauma and actual practice. (DP)

Explains the state legislative process and suggests ways in which children's advocates can work for passage of progressive child welfare laws at the state level. (BR)

Presents an advocacy practice model which analyzes and interrelates the components of the process. Lists 12 major variables in case advocacy together with 10 key questions which may guide the advocate's decision-making process and shape advocacy activities. (BR)

Application of the principle of normalization in services for the mentally retarded is beset by important problems in both theory and practice. In the trend toward deinstitutionalization, there should be careful programming for adequate new facilities before discarding old facilities. (MS)

Evaluated effectiveness of court-appointed special advocates (CASAs) in achieving positive outcomes for children in the child welfare system, using data from court and CASA program files on 200 children. Found that CASAs may have reduced the number of placements and court continuances children experienced. More services were provided to children…

Describes the background and operation of Connecticut's review procedure to enable foster parents to challenge plans to remove children from their homes. This appeal procedure may be unique in its use of a neutral advocate for the child. (BR)

Discusses a network of child advocacy councils in Israel in relation to child advocacy efforts in the United States. Describes the Jerusalem Children's Council and the work of its Ombudsman for Children. (RJC)

This article, excerpted from a study of the Massachusetts Committee on Children and Youth, explores ways to provide legal protection for drug-addicted infants, and co ncludes that there is a striking need for a central reporting system for all infants born to drug-addicted women. (CS)

Describes the way in which six major private organizations in South Carolina were instrumental in setting up three major welfare programs and in establishing a new state office of child advocacy. (GO)

A discussion of the rights and needs of adolescents. (BRT)

Describes the development, responsibilities, and achievements of the office of the Ombudsman for Children in Norway. (RJC)