Child welfare workers need basic training regarding the neurology of trauma and the factors that will promote brain resilience. Absent this training, children may continue to be placed in inappropriate homes that are not ...

To use the vernacular, is CPS sometimes taking children out of the frying pan and consciously placing them into the fire?

When Child Protective Services becomes involved in a case in which either the parent and/or child may have psychiatric issues, how well trained and prepared are they to make informed, reasonable decisions about removal?

Attorneys can help ensure that health and education professionals meet the required standard of care in treating and educating children born with NAS. In this way, attorneys are both patient and client advocates.

Social workers are often overworked and underpaid. Nonetheless, they must make time to practice to be prepared for court.

This article explores the need for personality profiling when hiring Child Protective Services (CPS) investigators. It begins by looking at the use of profiling when hiring law enforcement officials as an analogy. The ...

Of the legal theories pursued against state departments of human services and their child welfare agencies,1 “failure to train” theories are often pled but rarely prevail. The theory is often raised in boilerplate ...

"There are many considerations before making a decision to file an emergent appeal."