Preventing Child Maltreatment in the U.S.: The Latinx Community Perspective

ESTHER J. CALZADA is the Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion and the Leben Professor in Child and Family Behavioral Health at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a clinical child psychologist whose research focuses on parenting and early child development in Latinx families. MONICA FAULKNER is a research associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the director of the Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing. She is a licensed masters-level social worker in Texas. Her research focuses on building programs and strategies to improve child welfare programs.   CATHERINE LABRENZ is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work and is a licensed masters-level social worker in Texas. Her research focuses on building resilience to break cycles of child maltreatment.  She has worked with families involved in child welfare in Santiago, Chile. MILTON A. FUENTES is a professor of psychology at Montclair State University in New Jersey and a licensed psychologist in New Jersey and New York.  His scholarship focuses on equity, diversity and inclusion and he has authored several peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books in this area.  

Introduction
1. Contextual and Cultural Considerations for Understanding Latinx Families in the United States 
2. Understanding Child Maltreatment in the Latinx Population 
3. Trauma and Its Impact on Latinx Families 
4. Parenting and Discipline in Latinx Families 
5. Preventing Child Maltreatment among Latinx Families in the United States
6. Providing Targeted Child Maltreatment Interventions to Latinx Families 
7. Promoting Resilience and Healing in Latinx Families 
8. Conclusion: Future Directions
References
Index