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Allen Rubin, Ph.D. is the Kantambu Latting College Professorship for Leadership and Change at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. He is the author of a number of best-selling titles in social work research and the past president of the Society for Social Work and Research. He has served as the a consulting editor for seven professional journals and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. 

Preface xv

Acknowledgements xvii

About the Editor xix

About the Contributors xxi

PART I INTRODUCTION 1

Chapter 1 Introduction: Overview of Child Welfare Services and Empirical Support 3
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PART II PROGRAMS FOR TREATING PARENTS AND CHILDREN REFERRED TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES (CPS) 9

Chapter 2 The Incredible Years: Evidence-Based Parenting and Child Programs for Families Involved in the Child Welfare System 11
Carolyn Webster-Stratton and M. Jamila Reid

Chapter 3 Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect 31
Cynthia Cupit Swenson and Cindy M. Schaeffer

Chapter 4 Implementing Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) 43
Rena Gold and Cynthia V. Healey

PART III INTERVENTIONS FOR MALTREATED CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS WHO MAY BE IN OR OUT OF THE CPS SYSTEM 59

Chapter 5 Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Implementing and Sustaining a Treatment Program for Families of Young Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorders 61
Larissa N. Niec, Sheila Eyberg, and Rhea M. Chase

Chapter 6 The Coping Power Program: Child Welfare Applications 71
John E. Lochman, Caroline L. Boxmeyer, Nicole P. Powell, Rachel E. Baden, Sara L. Stromeyer, and Jessica A. Minney

Chapter 7 Coping Cat: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Childhood Anxiety Disorders 91
Shannon E. Hourigan, Cara A. Settipani, Michael A. Southam-Gerow, and Philip C. Kendall

Chapter 8 The Theraplay Treatment Program: Description and Implementation of Attachment-Based Play for Children and Caregivers 105
Dafna Lender, Phyllis B. Booth, and Sandra Lindaman

PART IV TRAUMA-FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS 121

Chapter 9 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children 123
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Chapter 10 EMDR for the Treatment of Children in the Child Welfare System Who Have Been Traumatized by Abuse and Neglect 141
Robbie Adler-Tapia

PART V INTERVENTIONS FOR PARENTS OR CHILDREN WITH INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE INVOLVEMENT 161

Chapter 11 Project Support: Reducing Conduct Problems of Children in Violent Families 163
Laura Minze, Renee McDonald, and Ernest N. Jouriles

Chapter 12 Dissemination and Implementation of Child-Parent Psychotherapy: Collaboration With Community Programs 177
Miriam Hernandez Dimmler, Lisa Gutierrez Wang, Patricia Van Horn, and Alicia F. Lieberman

PART VI INTERVENTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE-ABUSING PARENTS 191

Chapter 13 Global Goals and Specific Skills: Integrating Motivational Interviewing Into Child Welfare Practice 193
Melinda Hohman and Bill James

Chapter 14 Maternal Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Effective Case Management With High-Risk Mothers and Their Children 207
Therese Grant

PART VII OTHER PROGRAMS FOR CPS AND OTHER HIGH-RISK PARENTS 223

Chapter 15 The HOMEBUILDERSj Model of Intensive Family-Preservation Services 225
Charlotte L. Booth and Shelley E. Leavitt

Chapter 16 Using 1-2-3 Magic in Child Welfare 243
Thomas W. Phelan

Chapter 17 SafeCare: Application of an Evidence-Based Program to Prevent Child Maltreatment 259
Anna Edwards-Gaura, Daniel J. Whitaker, John R. Lutzker, Shannon Self-Brown, and Ericka Lewis

Chapter 18 Parenting Wisely: Enhancing Wise Practice for Service Providers 273
Robert E. Pushak and Donald A. Gordon

Chapter 19 The Nurturing Parenting Programs: Preventing and Treating Child Abuse and Neglect 285
Stephen J. Bavolek and Rhenda Hotard Hodnett

PART VIII AN EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH 295

Chapter 20 Parenting and Child Maltreatment as Public Health Issues: Implications From the Triple P System of Intervention 297
Matthew R. Sanders, Ronald J. Prinz, and Cheri Shapiro

Appendix A: Empirical Support for the Programs and Interventions in This Volume 313
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Appendix B: The Evidence-Based Practice Process 329
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Author Index 339

Subject Index 344

"This volume represents an important step in the diffusion of evidence-based practices and programs to child welfare stakeholders. Although child maltreatment has serious deleterious consequences for children, families, and society, the child welfare system has been slow to embrace evidence-based practices. Dr. Rubin is commended for compiling a comprehensive collection, with chapters authored by many leading treatment developers and researchers, of those interventions and programs that have demonstrated effectiveness or are among the most promising in the field."
—Scott, Henggeler, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director, Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina

"At long last, a welcomed and timely resource is available that identifies effective evidence-based intervention programs for at-risk and abusing and neglecting families. It is well written and organized to inform child welfare practitioners, therapists and mental health professionals about prevention and intervention programs specific to problems and needs of individuals, families, and communities. This book should become a standard reference and resource for students, agency administrators, and practicing professionals."
—Alberta J. Ellett, Ph.D., Director & PI of the UGA School of Social Work Child Welfare Education Program, University of Georgia, School of Social Work

"Allen Rubin has edited an impressive collection of original chapters authored by experts in the field of child maltreatment, into a comprehensive summary of empirically supported interventions. Topics are exceptionally diverse, ranging from directly treating abused children, family work, therapy with children exposed to parental domestic violence and substance abuse, and parent training programs. All the structured programs with high levels of empirical support are included, making this an invaluable resource for all providers of services in the area of child maltreatment. This would also make an excellent primary textbook for courses focused on child maltreatment."
—Bruce A. Thyer, Ph.D., LCSW, BCBA, Editor, Research on Social Work Practice College of Social Work Florida State University