"Helping vulnerable children develop their full potential is an attractive idea with broad commonsense appeal. However, child well-being is a broad concept, and the legislative mmandate for it is not clear. This volume asserts that finding a place for well-being on the list of results established to manage the child welfare system is not as easy as it first appears. The overall thrust of this argument is that policy should be evidence-based, and the available evidence is the primary focus this book."--Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and the Environment

"No single book can solve the riddle of child welfare services, but this book takes the discourse to the next level. It contains the musings of some of the field's best thinkers and reminds us of what we do not know. Beyond Common Sense represents the next stage in the evolution of child welfare services. The authors challenge the field to improve the lives of children and families by promoting the integration of developmental and evidentiary considerations into the very fabric of services provision. They offer a broad set of prevention and treatment options with varying levels of treatment effectiveness. They make timely and worthwhile policy suggestions. Indeed, the complicated world of child protective services, where child safety must be balanced with consideration of parental rights, requires moving Beyond Common Sense."--Aron Shlonsky, Social Service Review

"Helping vulnerable children develop their full potential is an attractive idea with broad commonsense appeal. However, child well-being is a broad concept, and the legislative mmandate for it is not clear. This volume asserts that finding a place for well-being on the list of results established to manage the child welfare system is not as easy as it first appears. The overall thrust of this argument is that policy should be evidence-based, and the available evidence is the primary focus this book."--"Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and the Environment" --This text refers to the hardcover edition.