Child Protection Services

2008 May
A Brief History of Child Safety Intervention

2008 April
A Child Is Fearful of the Home Situation

2008 March
A Child Has Exceptional Needs

2008 February
Caregivers Lack Parenting Knowledge, Skills, and/or Motivation Necessary to Assure a Child’s Safety

2008 January
When Living Conditions Seriously Endanger a Child’s Physical Health

2007 December
Caregivers Intend to Seriously Hurt the Child

2007 November
Caregivers Who Are Threatening or Fearful They Will Severely Harm a Child or Request Placement

2007 October
The Absence of Basic Resources as a Threat

2007 September
A Parent or Caregiver Peceives A Child In Extremely Negative Terms

2007 August
Caregivers Who Are Out of Control

2007 July
Violence Of Any Kind In A Home Is A Threat To A Child’s Safety

2007 June
No Adult in the Home Is Performing Parenting Responsibilities That Assures Child Safety

2007 May
The Safety Decision

2007 April
When Children Are In Danger

2007 March
Where Is The Proof

2007 February
Evidence For A Safe Home

2007 January
Using Child Safety As A Basis For Case Closing

2006 December
Evaluating Progress as a Safety Decision

2006 November
Deliberate Information Gathering

2006 October
The Approach to Gathering Information, Part 2

2006 September
The Approach to Gathering Information for Safety Decision Making

2006 August
Information Gathering: The Challenge in Safety Decision Making

2006 July
Reunification: A Decision and Practice Within Provisional Safety Management

2006 June
Resolving Conflict as Part of Safety Management

2006 May
Safety Management During Ongoing CPS

2006 April
Safety Intervention and Civil Rights

2006 March
Protective Capacities

2006 February
Key Concepts in Safety Practice

2006 January
Comparing and Understanding the Differences: Risk of Maltreatment Present Danger Impending Danger

2005 December
A Safety Related Case Plan

2005 November
Integrating Caregiver Protective Capacities into Case Plans

2005 October
The Art in Conducting the Protective Capacity Assessment

2005 September
The Protective Capacity Assessment: More of a Process of Mutuality and Discovery than an Evaluation

2005 August
The Protective Capacity Assessment: Addressing Threats to Child Safety within the Case Plan

2005 July
Immediate Evaluation of the Safety Plan

2005 June
Being Prepared for Ongoing CPS Safety Management

2005 May
Provisional Safety Management

2005 April
A Safety Intervention System

2005 March
Analyzing Safety Threats

2005 February
Safety and the Legal Process Part 2: The Adjudicatory Hearing

2005 January
Safety and the Legal Process Part 1: The Temporary Custody Hearing

2004 December
Supervising the Safety Intervention Process: Part II

2004 November
Supervising the Safety Intervention Process

2004 October
The Safety Intervention Process

2004 September
Considering the Safety Threshold

2004 August
The When and Why of Safety Management

2004 July
Child Safety in Placement: The First Encounter

2004 June
Conditions for Return

2004 May
Child Placement Is a Safety Response

2004 April
Prioritization for Response from Intake: The First Safety Decision

2004 March
Safety Management within Safety Plans

2004 February
Are the People Who Participate in Safety Plans Suitable to Do So?

2004 January
Caregiver Involvement In Safety Planning

2003 December
The Safety Plan

2003 November
Judging CPS Response: A Child Safety Decision

2003 October
Creating an Immediate Protective Plan

2003 September
Applying Safety Concepts

2003 August
Violence

2003 July
Protective Capacities

2003 June
Dangerous People

2003 May
Unexplained Injuries

2003 April
The Foundation of Safety Assessment

2003 April
A Child Is Fearful of the Home Situation

2003 March
Threats to Child Safety

2003 February
The Vulnerable Child

2003 January
The Difference Between Risk and Safety

SAFETY ARTICLES ARCHIVE 2003 - PRESENT