Broken Three Times is a story about child abuse in America. It begins with snapshots from a mother's abusive childhood, then fast-forwards to her family's first involvement with Connecticut protective services when her children are eleven and ten. After a brief investigation, the family's case is closed, and despite their many needs, they are not provided links to any ongoing supportive services. 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. Each chapter of the book provides a launching point for discussing state-of-the-art policy, practice, and scientific updates relevant for understanding risk, promoting resilience, and improving the child welfare system. This book will provide readers with some information about innovations and recent improvements in the system, concrete steps to take to enhance practice, ongoing gaps in our knowledge, and a deepening appreciation of the value of incorporating broad perspectives into this work--from neurobiology to social policy.

Auteur

Joan Kaufman, PhD, received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Yale University where she was on faculty in the Department of Psychiatry from 1998-2015. She is currently Director of Research at the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress at Kennedy Krieger Institute, and has joint faculty appointments in Psychiatry and the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins.

Contenu

Table of Contents: Prologue Chapter 1: The Snoopy Snow Cone Machine: 1975 Chapter 2: The First Investigation: 2000 Chapter 3: The Second Investigation: 2001 Chapter 4: After the Children's First Placement: 2 Days in out-of-home care Chapter 5: The Children's Second Placement: 3 Days in out-of-home care Chapter 6: Living with the Olsens: 59 Days in out-of-home care Chapter 7: Five Placements in Five Weeks: 291 Days in out-of-home care Chapter 8: Looking for a Home without a Dog that Bites: 399 in out-of-home care Chapter 9: An Inch from Death: 448 Days in out-of-home care Chapter 10: Without a Family: 571 Days in out-of-home care Chapter 11: No More Goody Two Shoes: 1,148 Days in out-of-home care Chapter 12: Turning Eighteen: 1,614 Days in out-of-home care Chapter 13: Epilogue Chapter 14: Lessons Learned