Becoming a child welfare professional should come with a warning: "beware - this may change you forever and can be dangerous." The change, however, may be good

Presents the tools to help child welfare practitioners and agency managers identify and provide practical and appropriate interventions.

This comprehensive reference offers a robust framework for introducing and sustaining trauma-responsive services and culture in child welfare systems. Organized

This workbook provides tools for self-assessment, guidelines and activities for addressing vicarious traumatization, and exercises to use with groups of helpers

Within a historical and contemporary context, this book examines major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its