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| Research article summary (published 27 Feb 2002): |
Overcoming hopelessness and social isolation: the ENGAGE model for working with neglecting families toward permanence.
Full Abstract
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) mandates policies designed to increase the frequency and speed with which permanency is achieved for children in the child welfare system. ASFA's focus is on child safety, permanency, and well-being. The expectation that parents correct neglectful conditions within specified time frames places an increased ethical responsibility on child welfare staff. Carrying out this responsibility requires vigorous and innovative approaches to engaging and working with neglectful families. Drawing on a well-established conceptual framework for understanding the determinants of effective parenting, the authors derive the ENGAGE (Engagement, Needs assessment, Goal setting, Assessment of progress, Goal achievement, Ending work) model for achieving permanency within the policy structure. The model incorporates creative client engagement, assessment of family needs, mutual goal setting, the goal achievement process, termination, and aftercare.
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Author information
Author/s: Petras, Donna D (DD); Massat, Carol Rippey (CR); Essex, Elizabeth Lehr (EL);
Affiliation: Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60607, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Review
Journal: Child welfare (Child Welfare), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2002 Mar-Apr; vol 81 (issue 2) : pp 225-48
Dates: Created 2002/05/16; Completed 2002/11/14; Revised 2005/11/16;
PMID: 12014467, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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