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Broken Three Times - A Story of Child Abuse in America (Hardcover)
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Broken Three Times - A Story of Child Abuse in America (Hardcover)
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Broken Three Times is a narrative nonfiction book that chronicles
one family's travails through the child welfare system. While this
is the story of one family, it typifies countless others who get
lost in the system. Each chapter of the family's story provides a
launching point for discussing contemporary policy and practice,
while it presents scientific updates relevant for understanding
risk and promoting resilience in maltreated children, and improving
the child welfare system. Emerging insights from genetics and
neuroscience research are also reviewed. The book begins with
snapshots from the mother's abusive childhood, which sets the stage
for discussing trauma-informed systems of care initiatives. These
programs include efforts to train professionals on the effects of
trauma, implement universal screening of trauma experiences, and
disseminate evidence-based treatments to address trauma-related
psychiatric problems. The book then fast-forwards to the family's
first involvement with Connecticut protective services when the
children are eleven and ten. After a brief investigation, the
family's case is closed, and despite their many needs, the family
is not provided links to any ongoing supportive services. This
chapter is then followed by a brief discussion of differential
response programs. Like many unconfirmed cases, the family is
re-referred to protective services within months of the initial
case closing, and after a lengthy second investigation, the
children are removed from their mother's care. Over the next five
years we see the children pass through nearly twenty placements,
while their mother continually relapses on crack and moves from one
violent relationship to the next. The prevalence of substance abuse
and domestic violence problems in families referred to protective
services are also reviewed, together with a range of other issues
relevant to improving the child welfare system and the outcomes of
the children it serves. Over the course of the decade that is
covered in the book's primary narrative, the child welfare system
has started a process of significant reform. Trauma-informed
systems of care, differential response teams, and strengthening of
community-based mental health and addiction services are just a few
trends that have begun to transform the system and improve the
trajectory of children entering care in many jurisdictions.
Judgment is still out on whether these changes will last and will
prove effective, but stories like the one that forms the heart of
Broken Three Times us of the complexity of the issues involved with
child welfare. This book will hopefully provide readers with some
ideas about concrete steps to take to improve practice, gaps in our
knowledge, and a deepening appreciation of the value of
incorporating broad perspectives into this work - from neurobiology
to social policy.
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