Social Policy for Children and Families

Jeffrey M. Jenson, PhD, is the Philip D. and Eleanor G. Winn Professor for Children and Youth at Risk in the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver. His research focuses on the application of a public health approach to preventing child and adolescent health and behavior problems and on the evaluation of preventive interventions aimed at promoting positive youth development. Dr. Jenson has published seven books and numerous articles and chapters on topics of prevention and child and adolescent development. His 2014 book (with K. Bender), Preventing Child and Adolescent Problem Behavior: Evidence-based Strategies In Schools, Families, and Communities (Oxford University Press) is a comprehensive review of empirical evidence pertaining to the efficacy of universal, selected, and indicated preventive interventions for children and youth. Dr. Jenson has received several awards for his scholarship, including the Aaron Rosen Award from the Society for Social Work and Research. He is the recipient of Distinguished Scholar and University Lecturer awards from the University of Denver and is a former editor-in-chief of the journal, Social Work Research. Dr. Jenson is a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and the Society for Social Work and Research. Mark W. Fraser, PhD, holds the Tate Distinguished Professorship at the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina where he serves as associate dean for research. He has won numerous awards for research and teaching, including the Aaron Rosen Award and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research. His work focuses on risk and resilience, child behavior, child and family services, and research methods. Dr. Fraser has published widely, and, in addition to Social Policy for Children and Families, is the co-author or editor of eight books. These include Families in Crisis, a study of intensive family-centered services, and Evaluating Family-Based Services, a text on methods for family research. In Risk and Resilience in Childhood, he and his colleagues describe resilience-based perspectives for child maltreatment, substance abuse, and other social problems. In Making Choices, Dr. Fraser and his co-authors outline a program to help children build sustaining social relationships. In The Context of Youth Violence, he explores violence from the perspective of resilience, risk, and protection, and in Intervention with Children and Adolescents, Dr. Fraser and his colleagues review advances in intervention knowledge for social and health problems. Intervention Research: Developing Social Programs describes the design and development of social programs. His most recent book is Propensity Score Analysis: Statistical Methods and Applications. Dr. Fraser serves as editor of the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. He is a fellow of the National Academies of Practice and the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

Foreword to the First Edition - Mark Udall Foreword to the Second Edition Introduction 1. A Risk and Resilience Framework for Child, Youth, and Family Policy - Jeffrey M. Jenson and Mark W. Fraser 2. Antipoverty Policies and Programs for Families and Children - Trina R. Williams Shanks and Sandra K. Danziger 3. Child Welfare Policies and Programs - Peter J. Pecora and Markell Harrison-Jackson 4.Education Policy for Children, Youth, and Families - Andy J. Frey, Hill M. Walker, and Armon R. Perry 5. Child Mental Health Policy: Promise Without Fulfillment? - Mary E. Fraser 6.Health Policy for Children and Youth - Kathleen A. Rounds and Thomas C. Ormsby 7. Policies and Programs for Children and Youth With Disabilities - Susan L. Parish, Alison I. Whisnant, and Jamie G. Swaine 8. Policies and Programs for Adolescent Substance Abuse - Jeffrey M. Jenson, Elizabeth K. Anthony, and Matthew O. Howard 9. Juvenile Justice Policies and Programs - William H. Barton 10. Toward the Integration of Child, Youth, and Family Policy: Applying Principles of Risk Resilience, and Ecological Theory - Jeffrey M. Jenson and Mark W. Fraser About the Editors About the Authors A Risk and Resilience Framework for Child, Youth and Family Policy - Jeffrey Jenson, Mark Fraser Anti-Poverty Policies and Programs for Families and Children - Trina Williams Shank, Sandra Danziger Child Mental Health Policy: Promise Without Fulfillment? - Mary Fraser Child Welfare Policies and Programs - Peter Pecora, Markell Harrison-Jackson Education Policy for Children, Youth and Families - Andy Frey, Hill Walker, Armon Perry Health Policy for Children and Youth - Katherine Rounds, Thomas Ormsby Juvenile Justice Policies and Programs - William Barton Policies and Programs for Children and Youth With Disabilities - Susan Parish, Alison Whisnant, Jamie Swaine Toward the Integration of Child, Youth, and Family Policy: Applying Principles of Risk, Resilience, and Ecological Theory - Jeffrey Jenson, Mark Fraser