January 2016

Children

What is My Next Question? Four Common Interviewer Responses

Claire Chiamulera

Scott Snider highlights common interviewer responses to children’s initial disclosures and how they can affect a child’s response.

Children

President Obama Reauthorizes Every Student Succeeds Act

Read highlights of the Every Student Succeeds Act, signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015.

Children

The State of Grandfamilies in America: 2015

Ana Beltran

A new report by Generations United—The State of Grandfamilies in America: 2015—uses laws and policies to assess how well states support grandfamilies or kinship care families.

Children

Representing Parents in Child Welfare Cases--Inside the Book with Martin Guggenheim and Vivek Sankaran

Claire Chiamulera

An inside look with the editors of the first guide to parent representation.

Children

Child Welfare Agency has No Duty to Place Children with Paternal Grandparents

Eva Klain

Appellate court ruled agency has no duty to provide for placement of dependent children with paternal grandparents who had filed civil complaint against child welfare agency alleging deprivation of federal and state constitutional rights and negligence.

Children

Ohio Trial Courts Can Allow Alleged Child Sexual Abuse Victims to Testify with Companion Dog Present

Eva J. Klain

In a case where the court permitted the prosecution to have the office’s companion dog present during the minor victim’s testimony, the appellate court found no error and ruled trial courts may allow an alleged victim to testify with a companion dog present under certain circumstances.