Family The Duty of Competence in the 21st Century The digital age affects lawyers' ethical duties. Some quick tips to stay competent in the digital age.
Family Adoption Bonuses and Broken Adoptions Dawn Post Do adoption bonuses affect permanency for children in foster care? Some evidence shows broken adoptions may be linked to adoption bonuses.
Family Kids Whose Bond with Mother Was Disrupted Early in Life Show Changes in Brain Children who experience profound neglect have been found more prone to a behavior known as “indiscriminate friendliness,” characterized by an inappropriate willingness to approach adults, including strangers.
Family Poverty Influences Children’s Early Brain Development Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income families with slower rates of growth in two key brain structures.
Family Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Disrupts Brain Circuitry Prenatal exposure to alcohol severely disrupts major features of brain development that potentially lead to increased anxiety and poor motor function.
Family Interviewing Persons with Disabilities Julie Kenniston People with disabilities can be great witnesses. “Practitioners will need to tailor the interviewing approach to the child’s specific disability. Advance planning and efforts to meet the needs of each child will go a long way in making the interview comfortable for the child and productive for the case.
Family Report Links Maternal Depression and Child Abuse and Neglect Alanna Pawlowski A new Urban Institute report focuses on the link between maternal depression and child abuse and neglect.
Family 5 Strategies for Improving Child Well-being Claire Chiamulera Barbara Lanford shares 5 strategies for investing in well-being of children in foster care.
Family Foster Parenting Does Not Prevent De Facto Parent Status Scott Trowbridge While foster parenting will not normally give rise to de facto status, mother’s treatment of partner as parent outside that relationship, showed she, not the state, consented to establish partner as having parental rights.
Family Reunification Orders Required For Incarcerated Parent Scott Trowbridge Trial court erred in finding specific reunification orders were not required before terminating parental rights for failure to rehabilitate.