... removed from his or her home, whether to provide additional supports to a family, and how to engage with a family to facilitate positive change for a child. These everyday decisions can dramatically affect the lives of children and their families. Increasingly, child protection practice has turned to objective or evidence-based knowledge to augment the effectiveness, accountability, and ... decisions (Stokes, & Schmidt, 2012). The impact of child maltreatment is far greater than its immediate, visible effects. Abuse and neglect are associated with short and long-term consequences that ...

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