Exploring the Needs of Children and Families who are Immigrants and Involved in Child Welfare: Using a Title IV-E Learning Community Model.

CHILD welfare workers; IMMIGRANT children; FAMILY services; IMMIGRATION policy; PROFESSIONAL education; CHILD welfare; PHILOSOPHY of education; EMIGRATION & immigration; FAMILY health; HEALTH planning; IMMIGRANTS; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL needs assessment; SUPERVISION of employees

This article discusses a novel approach to prepare child welfare professionals to serve families who are immigrants and are involved in the child welfare system. We present a case study using a Title IV-E Child Welfare Training partnership to expose child welfare supervisors to current immigration issues, identify and address the challenges faced by families who are immigrants, and the challenges in acquiring and providing appropriate services. This case study builds on prior work to advance practice with families who are immigrants via educational frameworks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Child Welfare is the property of Child Welfare League of America and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)