THE FIELD CENTER
for Children's Policy, Practice & Research

Field Center Research

Child-Centered, Vertically Structured, and Interdisciplinary: An Integrative Approach to Children's Policy, Practice and Research (pdf)

Improving Quality of Life in 1801 Vine Street Family Court Dependency Waiting Room, by Morgan Model, MPH Candidate, May 4, 2005 (pdf)

Law

Field Center Congressional Testimony (pdf)

Amicus Briefs

What is an "Amicus Brief" and why should the Field Center wish to file one?

Access to Mental Health Records of Others (pdf)

Court Ordered Mental Health Evaluations in Dependency Cases (pdf)

FEMA Relief for Courthouses and Other Entities (pdf)

Motion of Concerned Academics for Leave to Submit Brief Amici Curiae and Brief Amici Curiae in Support of Stay of Application of Petitioner Jessica DeBoer (pdf)

Amicus Brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court in the Matter of the Visitation of Natalie Anne Troxel and Isabelle Rose Troxel, Minors, Jennifer and Gary Troxel v. Tommie Granville

Amicus Brief submitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Support of Appellants' Appeal Seeking Reversal in the Matter of Brian B. vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education

Medical

Distinguishing Inflicted versus Accidental Abdominal Injuries
in Young Children (pdf)

Do pediatric chief residents recognize details of prepubertal
female genital anatomy: a national survey (pdf)

Initial Neurologic Presentation in Young Children Sustaining Inflicted and Unintentional Fatal Head Injuries (pdf)

Leonard Davis Institute Issue Brief, "Children's Mental Health: Recommendations for Research, Practice and Policy" (pdf)

Racial Differences in the Evaluation of Pediatric Fractures for Physical Abuse (pdf)

Social Policy & Practice

Children and the Child Welfare System (pdf)

Family Preservation and Reunification: How Effective a Social Policy? (pdf)

Treatment Resistant Families (pdf)

How Evaluation Research Can Help Reform and Improve the Child Welfare System (pdf)