Child Welfare Research

• Pediatricians Urged: Stay Alert to Link Between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse

• Justice Bureau Examines Rates of Violence Against Women
• Legislators Group Focusing on Community-Based Child Protection
• CDC Funds Demonstration Projects to Prevent Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence

• Way Cleared in Oregon for Access to Adoption Records
• Legislative Updates
• Congress Convenes Research Briefing on Early Childhood Intervention Programs

• Social Workers Can Draw from New Online Resource

Strategies and Tools for Practice

• State Agency, Children's Museum Forge Partnership to Strengthen Family Visitation
• HHS Electronic Management Tool Kit for Fatherhood Projects Now Available

Resources

• Report Ranks Nations by Status of Mothers, Children
• New Website Focuses on Family Group Decision Making
• Handbook for Child Protection Practice

• Group Work With Sexually Abused Children: A Practitioner's Guide
• Children Birth to Three in Foster Care: Protecting Children
• A Place to Call Home: Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Foster Care

• The Legal System and What To Do When Your Child is in Foster Care: Guidebook for Parents
• Children's Defense Fund Congressional Workbook
• Resolving Childhood Trauma: A Long-Term Study of Abuse Survivors

• States at Work: Implementing the Adoption and Safe Families Act, Parts 1-3

Training and Conferences

• Online Workshop Guides Prevention Professionals through the Internet
• Training Institute Planned for Mental Health Professionals Serving Child Victims and Witnesses