The landmark National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) study represents the first effort to gather nationally representative data, based on first-hand reports, about the well-being of children and families who encounter the child welfare system. NSCAW's findings offer an unprecedented national source of data that describe the developmental status and functional characteristics of children who come to the attention of child protective services. Much
more than a simple history of placements or length of stay in foster care, NSCAW data chart the trajectory of families across service pathways for a multi-dimensional view of their specific needs.
The NSCAW survey is longitudinal, contains direct assessments and reports about each child from multiple sources, and is designed to address questions of relations among children's characteristics and experiences, their development, their pathways through the child welfare service system, their service needs, their service receipt, and, ultimately, their well-being over time. The chapters in this rich synthesis of NSCAW data represent thoughtful and increasingly
sophisticated approaches to the problems highlighted in the study and in child welfare research in general. The authors capitalize on the longitudinal, multidimensional data to capture the experiences of
children and families from the time they are investigated by CPS though multiple follow-up points, and to consider the interdependent nature of the traditional child welfare outcomes of safety, permanence, and well-being. The topics covered not only are critical to child welfare practice and policy, but also are of compelling interest to other child service sectors such as health, mental health, education, and juvenile justice. The authors of chapters in this volume are esteemed researchers
within psychology, social work, economics, and public health. Together they represent the future of child welfare research, showcasing the potential of NSCAW as a valuable resource to the research
community and providing glimpses of how the data can be used to inform practice and policy.
The landmark National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) study represents the first effort to gather nationally representative data, based on first-hand reports, about the well-being of children and families who encounter the child welfare system. NSCAW's findings offer an unprecedented national source of data that describe the developmental status and functional characteristics of children who come to the attention of child protective services. Much
more than a simple history of placements or length of stay in foster care, NSCAW data chart the trajectory of families across service pathways for a multi-dimensional view of their specific needs.
The NSCAW survey is longitudinal, contains direct assessments and reports about each child from multiple sources, and is designed to address questions of relations among children's characteristics and experiences, their development, their pathways through the child welfare service system, their service needs, their service receipt, and, ultimately, their well-being over time. The chapters in this rich synthesis of NSCAW data represent thoughtful and increasingly
sophisticated approaches to the problems highlighted in the study and in child welfare research in general. The authors capitalize on the longitudinal, multidimensional data to capture the experiences of
children and families from the time they are investigated by CPS though multiple follow-up points, and to consider the interdependent nature of the traditional child welfare outcomes of safety, permanence, and well-being. The topics covered not only are critical to child welfare practice and policy, but also are of compelling interest to other child service sectors such as health, mental health, education, and juvenile justice. The authors of chapters in this volume are esteemed researchers
within psychology, social work, economics, and public health. Together they represent the future of child welfare research, showcasing the potential of NSCAW as a valuable resource to the research
community and providing glimpses of how the data can be used to inform practice and policy.
1. Study Design and Methods
Paul P. Biemer, Kathryn L. Dowd, and Mary Bruce Webb
Part I. Moving Toward a Developmental Framework in Child
Welfare
2. Quality of the Early Caregiving Environment and Preschool
Well-Being: An Examination of Children Entering the Child Welfare
System During Infancy
Brenda Jones Harden, Jessica Vick, Gregory Hancock, and Kevin
Wang
3. Risk and Resilience Among Children Referred to the Child Welfare
System: A Longitudinal Investigation of Child Well-Being in
Multiple Domains
Anne Shaffer, Byron Egeland, and Kevin Wang
4. Latent Classification of Physical Abuse as a Predictor of
Adolescent Functioning
Charles V. Izzo, Elliot G. Smith, John J. Eckenrode, Paul P.
Biemer, and Sharon L. Christ
5. Effects of Intimate-Partner Violence on Child
Psychopathology
William Gardner, Kelly Kelleher, and Kathleen Pajer
Part II. Child Welfare, Social Capital, and Child Well-Being
6. Comparative Safety, Stability, and Continuity of Children's
Placements in Formal and Informal Substitute Care
Mark Testa, Christina M. Bruhn, and Jesse Helton
7. The Social Capital of Youth in Foster Care: An Assessment and
Policy Implications
Matthew Stagner and Daniel Kuehn
8. Explaining Reunification and Reentry 3 Years After Placement in
Out-of-Home Care
Richard P. Barth, Shenyang Guo, Sharon L. Christ, Christina M.
Bruhn, and Rebecca L. Green
9. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Initial Child Welfare
Experience: Exploring Areas of Convergence and Divergence
Robert M. Ortega, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Mary Ruffolo, Jenell
Clarke, and Rebecca Karb
Part III. The Survey Study Design and Mental Health Services
Research
10. Patterns and Predictors of Mental Health Services Use by
Children in Contact with the Child Welfare System
Sarah McCue Horwitz, Michael S. Hurlburt, and Jinjin Zhang
11. Exits from Out-of-Home Care and Continuity of Mental Health
Service Use
John Landsverk, Michael S. Hurlburt, Laurel Leslie, Jennifer Rolls,
and Jinjin Zhang
12. Caregiver Depression, Mental Health Service Use, and Child
Outcomes
Barbara J. Burns, Sarah A. Mustillo, Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer, David
J. Kolko, Julie McCrae, Anne M. Libby, and Mary Bruce Webb
13. Organizational Climate and Service Outcomes in Child Welfare
Systems
Charles Glisson
14. Information Management, Interagency Collaboration, and Outcomes
in Child Welfare Agencies
E. Michael Foster, Rebecca Wells, and Yu Bai
Mary Bruce Webb, PhD, is Director, Division of Child and Family
Development, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation,
Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
Kathryn L. Dowd, PhD, is Senior Director, Centers for Survey
Research, Research Triangle Institute.
Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, is Associate Professor, Institute for
Child Study, Department of Human Development, University of
Maryland.
John Landsverk, PhD, is Director, Child and Adolescent Services
Research Center, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego.
Mark Testa, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director
of the Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
"Children in the U.S. Child Welfare System (CWS) are the source of
great concern, but much of that concern to date has been based on
anecdotal reports of individuals who have come in contact with the
CWS and sensationalized accounts in the media. Finally, this volume
provides a strong foundation of data that in some instances
validates pre-existing understanding and in other cases sheds new
light on challenges and opportunities. It contains a wealth of
timely
and important information and is a must-have for researchers,
policy makers, and practitioners involved with the CWS." --Philip
A. Fisher, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon and
Senior
Research Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center
"Characterized by choice of salient issues, thoughtful and rigorous
analyses, and lucid writing, Child Welfare and Child Well-Being
offers further insights from that seminal study of children who
encounter the child welfare system in the United States, the
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). Its
editors and authors are acknowledged experts in the field, and
collectively present findings on the longitudinal sequelae of
maltreatment, their
effects on child development and well-being, approaches to their
reduction, and their implications for mental health services
research. This book is a very valuable addition to the body of
studies
conducted on NSCAW, and serves the needs of all scholars,
clinicians, and policymakers concerned with mitigating the effects
of maltreatment upon vulnerable children." --Ramesh Raghavan, MD,
PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Psychiatry, Washington
University in St. Louis
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