ERIC Number: EJ772509
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jul
Pages: 10
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1532-8759
Maltreated Children in Schools: The Interface of School Social Work and Child Welfare
Jonson-Reid, Melissa; Kim, Jiyoung; Barolak, Michael; Citerman, Barbara; Laudel, Cindy; Essma, Angie; Fezzi, Nancy; Green, Deborah; Kontak, Dot; Mueller, Nancy; Thomas, Cheryl
Children & Schools, v29 n3 p182-191 Jul 2007
Research has documented the educational difficulties that maltreated children face. No work exists, however, that examines how maltreated children are provided services by school social workers or how these services overlap and interface with services provided by child welfare. This article attempts to fill that gap by presenting data from the 2000-01 school year recorded by school social workers in two large suburban school districts. Children with maltreatment issues comprised a significant proportion of the caseload, and community agency collaboration was lowest for children with child welfare workers. Maltreated children had more referrals for academic and behavioral problems than other children on the school social work caseload. Younger children with maltreatment issues who were also involved in child welfare had lower likelihood of positive case dispositions, but this fact was offset by collaboration between the school social worker and the outside agency worker. Implications for collaboration between school social workers and child welfare social workers are discussed.
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Social Work, Child Welfare, School Social Workers, Child Abuse, Agency Cooperation, High Risk Students, Behavior Problems, Low Achievement, Age Differences, Correlation
National Association of Social Workers (NASW). 750 First Street NE Suite 700, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-227-3590; e-mail: press@naswdc.org; Web site: http://www.naswpress.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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