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The Tender Years: Toward Developmentally-Sensitive Child Welfare Services for Very Young Children (Child Welfare - a Series in Child Welfare Practice, Policy and Research)
The Tender Years Toward DevelopmentallySensitive Child Welfare Services for Very Young Children - Child Welfare - a Series in Child Welfare Practice, Policy and Research Author:Jill Duerr Berrick, Barbara Needell, Richard P. Barth, Melissa Jonson-Reid Based on a significant body of evidence regarding young children's unique affective, physical, and cognitive development, The Tender Years illuminates the interrelationship of child welfare practice, child development outcomes, and public policy. The authors offer a fundamental framework for decision-making in child welfare and recommend specifi... more »c changes in policy and practice aimed at moving the system toward greater developmental sensitivity.« less