Spring 2014 CW360°—Attending to Well-Being in Child Welfare
Editors: Traci LaLiberte, PhD, Tracy Crudo, MSW, LISW, & Heidi Ombisa Skallet, MSW
This issue of CW360° is dedicated to exploring holistic views of well-being with a strong emphasis on addressing unresolved trauma as a key to better outcomes for children, youth, and families. Throughout this publication you will find research, policy, and practice strategies that reflect the emerging aspects of this work today.
Articles include a summary of well-being frameworks, research, and definitions found in both research and practice as well as an overview of current federal initiatives and grants to address well-being among children in the child welfare system; practice models to address child and family well-being; examples of collaboration and cross-system partnerships; and perspectives from the field.
