Proposes a comprehensive definition of permanency planning and delineates its major components. (Author/RH)

Models of collaboration among disciplines and among agencies have been developed in the early intervention field in response to the need for service coordination for young special needs children and their families. Case management is seen as a mechanism for effectively coordinating these services, and encompasses the tasks of assessing client…

This paper examines the nature of the harm created by child abuse, both harm resulting from maltreatment itself and harm arising from professional responses to the discovery of maltreatment. The paper then explores ways of studying such harm in more detail and offers a pragmatic view of future child protection possibilities. (JDD)

This study examined the current case management system in Minnesota and the functions performed by case managers. Data were collected from 206 case managers, 66 case manager supervisors, and 60 county directors of human services agencies. The questionnaires solicited information on different aspects of case management, including training, case…

This article proposes that combining home visits with service coordination could be an effective method of determining what services are needed by families of young children with disabilities and at the same time providing intervention in the home setting. Competencies needed for this dual position of service coordinator and home visitor are…