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Navigating The Child Welfare System: An Exploratory Study Of Families' Experiences, Lianne Fuino Estefan
Navigating The Child Welfare System: An Exploratory Study Of Families' Experiences, Lianne Fuino Estefan
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Growing up in a family environment that includes child maltreatment can result in an array of negative consequences for children, including health, behavioral, developmental, and social difficulties, and these consequences can persist over the lifetime. Families who have come to the attention of child welfare services for child maltreatment are at particularly high risk for experiencing multiple concurrent problems, including intimate partner violence, substance abuse, and mental health issues, as well as other family challenges. It is essential to intervene effectively with this population. However, there are few qualitative studies of parent experiences in the child welfare system through which …