Identifying Young Maltreated Children with Developmental Delays

• Published in: Child Protection p. 34
• Main Authors: STEVEN A. ROSENBERG, ELLIOTT G. SMITH, ARNOLD LEVINSON
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Brookings Institution Press 01.10.2007
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Behavioral sciences; Child abuse; Child molestation; Child neglect; Child welfare; Child welfare services; Children; Computer programming; Computer science; Crimes against the person; Criminal law; Criminal offenses; Developmental delay; Developmental milestones; Developmental psychology; Developmental psychology theories; Families; Family members; Foster children; Foster home care; Government; Government services; High level languages; Human populations; Human societies; Law; Parents; Persons; Political science; Population studies; Programming in C; Programming languages; Psychology; Public welfare; Sexual assault; Sexual misconduct; Sexual offenses; Social institutions; Social research & statistics; Social sciences; Social services; Social welfare; Sociology; USA
• ISBN: 0815735138; 9780815735137

Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was designed as an interagency program for the coordination of efforts within and across community and governmental agencies to address the needs of infants and toddlers with developmental delays and their families. Child welfare agencies are among the entities expected to be involved in these interagency efforts. Child welfare programs are responsible, under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), for ensuring the safety and well-being of children who are maltreated by providing child protective services (CPS) and foster care services. Recent changes in federal legislation have mandated greater