This study presents preliminary outcomes for a problem-solving court improvement model, the Miami Child Well-Being Court (Miami-CWBC), which makes evidence-based clinical intervention and integration of the treating clinician's... more
This study presents preliminary outcomes for a problem-solving court improvement model, the Miami Child Well-Being Court (Miami-CWBC), which makes evidence-based clinical intervention and integration of the treating clinician's ongoing assessment and perspective central in the dependency court process. Records were reviewed for children adjudicated for maltreatment that completed treatment. Several promising findings suggest that this approach can help jurisdictions improve the lives of young children and their families' capacity to care for them.
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
The judiciary has a unique opportunity to play a central role in a coordinated community response to domestic violence and child abuse. In practice, however, most courts fail to assess for multiple forms of family violence,, which in the... more
The judiciary has a unique opportunity to play a central role in a coordinated community response to domestic violence and child abuse. In practice, however, most courts fail to assess for multiple forms of family violence,, which in the worst cases can revictimize and jeopardize the safety of both parents and children who have suffered from abuse. The Dependency Court
Research Interests:
REACHING TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN EARLIER Healing the Child in Juvenile Court CHAPTER 9 HEALING THE CHILD IN JUVENILE COURT JOY D. OSOFSKY CINDY LEDERMAN Juvenile court, perhaps ... Many years ago, Lenore Terr (1986) wrote about the baby in... more
REACHING TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN EARLIER Healing the Child in Juvenile Court CHAPTER 9 HEALING THE CHILD IN JUVENILE COURT JOY D. OSOFSKY CINDY LEDERMAN Juvenile court, perhaps ... Many years ago, Lenore Terr (1986) wrote about the baby in court. ...