Madelyn Freundlich
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Madelyn Freundlich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Madelyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Freundlich |
| SIGNATURE | FREUNDLICH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Adoption Competent Clinical Practice: Defining Its Meaning and Development
The need for adoption competent mental health services has been well documented. However, the term "adoption-competent" has lacked a standardized, broadly accepted definition. This article reports findings from two related studies. The first examines how adoption competencies are demonstrated in practice by clinicians participating in an evidence-informed adoption competency training program. The second is an online survey designed to determine w…
The pivotal role of child welfare supervisors in implementing an agency's practice model
Dual relationships in child welfare practice: A framework for ethical decision making
You're all grown up now: Termination of foster care support at age 18
This article considers the repercussions of discharging youth from foster care at age 18 based on recent research demonstrating that youth at this age are not developmentally prepared to live independently and have a continued need for strong social scaffolding during emerging adulthood. Drawing upon recent research findings, we make recommendations for changes to state and federal policy that provide youth transitioning from foster care an exten…
Achieving permanency for youth in foster care: Assessing and strengthening emotional security
For some youth in foster care, the closest family or family‐like relationships are with the foster parents with whom they have lived for extended periods of time. Nonetheless, child welfare agencies often do not explore these relationships and the potential they may hold for youth for legal permanence through adoption or guardianship. Recognizing that social workers often lack resources to help them initiate permanency conversations, Casey Family…
Broadening the Array of Services: Integrating Legal and Social Work Services for Youth and Families
The Community Justice and Legal Assistance Clinic (CJLA) is a unique community-based legal clinic developed through a partnership between a law school and a child and family service agency embedded within a low-income community. This article describes the development of this clinic through a community assessment process; its unique multidisciplinary features; the services provided to clients in three of the agency's service areas; the benefits of…
Websites Featuring Children Waiting for Adoption: A Cross-Country Review
With the growth in the number of children in government systems who are in need of adoptive families, the USA, Canada and the Russian Federation have implemented national internet-based photolisting programmes. In their examination of these website programmes, Madelyn Freundlich, Sarah Gerstenzang and Meredith Holtan found similarities but also unique features that may reflect social and cultural factors, level of government support and length of…
Preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living
This paper reports on findings from a qualitative study that focused on the quality and adequacy of preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living. This study, conducted in New York, NY, USA, explored the extent to which youth feel prepared to leave care and the opportunities they are given to participate in planning and decision‐making regarding issues that personally affect their future. Interviews were conducted with profession…
The meaning of permanency in child welfare: Multiple stakeholder perspectives
A Critical Assessment of Concurrent Planning in New York State
Many states are implementing concurrent planning as a means to expedite permanency planning for children in foster care; however, the parameters for this strategy vary significantly and the research regarding outcomes is sparse. This qualitative study sought to examine the experiences of child welfare experts, parents, foster parents and caseworkers regarding concurrent planning in New York State. The findings indicate that although concurrent pl…
A Return to Orphanages
Planning for permanency for youth in congregate care
Gay and Lesbian Youth in Foster Care: Meeting Their Placement and Service Needs
Although the number of youth in foster care who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (GLBTQ) is not known, these youth have a range of unique placement and services needs that are often not well addressed. In a qualitative study conducted by Children's Rights and partnering legal organizations in New York City, the experiences of youth in congregate care settings (group and residential treatment centers) were examined, includin…
Embryo Adoption”: Are We Ready for This New Frontier
(2002). “Embryo Adoption”: Are We Ready for This New Frontier? Adoption Quarterly: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1-5
Class Action Litigation: Judicial Reform of Child Welfare Systems in the United States
Marcia Robinson Lowry, Madelyn Freundlich and Sarah Gerstenzang examine the use of class action litigation as a strategy to reform child welfare systems in the United States. They describe the historical roots of the use of class action litigation to reform service systems and the development of this strategy specifically in relation to child welfare systems. They examine the debate about the value of class action litigation as a mechanism for re…
Ethical Issues in Adoption
As part of its remit to critically evaluate adoption policy and practice, the Evan B Donaldson Adoption Institute, based in New York, recently held a major international conference on the role of ethics in adoption. In collaboration with former Institute Director Madelyn Freundlich, Rena Phillips reports on some of the conference discussions and debates around four key ethical issues in adoption: secrecy and openness; the role of race, culture an…
Supply and Demand: The Forces Shaping the Future of Infant Adoption
The adoption of infants and very young children will be affected in the future by a range of forces that affect the supply and demand sides of adoption. Demographic trends and social, technological, and economic factors bearing on adoption seeking and relinquish-ment will be critical factors. These forces will have important implications for adoption policy and practice and warrant careful consideration in relation to both infant adoption and the…
Achieving permanency for youth in foster care: Assessing and strengthening emotional security
For some youth in foster care, the closest family or family‐like relationships are with the foster parents with whom they have lived for extended periods of time. Nonetheless, child welfare agencies often do not explore these relationships and the potential they may hold for youth for legal permanence through adoption or guardianship. Recognizing that social workers often lack resources to help them initiate permanency conversations, Casey Family…
Adoption Competent Clinical Practice: Defining Its Meaning and Development
The need for adoption competent mental health services has been well documented. However, the term "adoption-competent" has lacked a standardized, broadly accepted definition. This article reports findings from two related studies. The first examines how adoption competencies are demonstrated in practice by clinicians participating in an evidence-informed adoption competency training program. The second is an online survey designed to determine w…
The meaning of permanency in child welfare: Multiple stakeholder perspectives
Gay and Lesbian Youth in Foster Care: Meeting Their Placement and Service Needs
Although the number of youth in foster care who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (GLBTQ) is not known, these youth have a range of unique placement and services needs that are often not well addressed. In a qualitative study conducted by Children's Rights and partnering legal organizations in New York City, the experiences of youth in congregate care settings (group and residential treatment centers) were examined, includin…
The pivotal role of child welfare supervisors in implementing an agency's practice model
Preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living
This paper reports on findings from a qualitative study that focused on the quality and adequacy of preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living. This study, conducted in New York, NY, USA, explored the extent to which youth feel prepared to leave care and the opportunities they are given to participate in planning and decision‐making regarding issues that personally affect their future. Interviews were conducted with profession…
Planning for permanency for youth in congregate care
Supply and Demand: The Forces Shaping the Future of Infant Adoption
The adoption of infants and very young children will be affected in the future by a range of forces that affect the supply and demand sides of adoption. Demographic trends and social, technological, and economic factors bearing on adoption seeking and relinquish-ment will be critical factors. These forces will have important implications for adoption policy and practice and warrant careful consideration in relation to both infant adoption and the…
A Critical Assessment of Concurrent Planning in New York State
Many states are implementing concurrent planning as a means to expedite permanency planning for children in foster care; however, the parameters for this strategy vary significantly and the research regarding outcomes is sparse. This qualitative study sought to examine the experiences of child welfare experts, parents, foster parents and caseworkers regarding concurrent planning in New York State. The findings indicate that although concurrent pl…
Broadening the Array of Services: Integrating Legal and Social Work Services for Youth and Families
The Community Justice and Legal Assistance Clinic (CJLA) is a unique community-based legal clinic developed through a partnership between a law school and a child and family service agency embedded within a low-income community. This article describes the development of this clinic through a community assessment process; its unique multidisciplinary features; the services provided to clients in three of the agency's service areas; the benefits of…
A Return to Orphanages
Embryo Adoption”: Are We Ready for This New Frontier
(2002). “Embryo Adoption”: Are We Ready for This New Frontier? Adoption Quarterly: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1-5
Class Action Litigation: Judicial Reform of Child Welfare Systems in the United States
Marcia Robinson Lowry, Madelyn Freundlich and Sarah Gerstenzang examine the use of class action litigation as a strategy to reform child welfare systems in the United States. They describe the historical roots of the use of class action litigation to reform service systems and the development of this strategy specifically in relation to child welfare systems. They examine the debate about the value of class action litigation as a mechanism for re…
Ethical Issues in Adoption
As part of its remit to critically evaluate adoption policy and practice, the Evan B Donaldson Adoption Institute, based in New York, recently held a major international conference on the role of ethics in adoption. In collaboration with former Institute Director Madelyn Freundlich, Rena Phillips reports on some of the conference discussions and debates around four key ethical issues in adoption: secrecy and openness; the role of race, culture an…
Supply and Demand: The Forces Shaping the Future of Infant Adoption
The adoption of infants and very young children will be affected in the future by a range of forces that affect the supply and demand sides of adoption. Demographic trends and social, technological, and economic factors bearing on adoption seeking and relinquish-ment will be critical factors. These forces will have important implications for adoption policy and practice and warrant careful consideration in relation to both infant adoption and the…
Ethical Issues in Adoption
As part of its remit to critically evaluate adoption policy and practice, the Evan B Donaldson Adoption Institute, based in New York, recently held a major international conference on the role of ethics in adoption. In collaboration with former Institute Director Madelyn Freundlich, Rena Phillips reports on some of the conference discussions and debates around four key ethical issues in adoption: secrecy and openness; the role of race, culture an…
Embryo Adoption”: Are We Ready for This New Frontier
(2002). “Embryo Adoption”: Are We Ready for This New Frontier? Adoption Quarterly: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1-5
Class Action Litigation: Judicial Reform of Child Welfare Systems in the United States
Marcia Robinson Lowry, Madelyn Freundlich and Sarah Gerstenzang examine the use of class action litigation as a strategy to reform child welfare systems in the United States. They describe the historical roots of the use of class action litigation to reform service systems and the development of this strategy specifically in relation to child welfare systems. They examine the debate about the value of class action litigation as a mechanism for re…
Gay and Lesbian Youth in Foster Care: Meeting Their Placement and Service Needs
Although the number of youth in foster care who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (GLBTQ) is not known, these youth have a range of unique placement and services needs that are often not well addressed. In a qualitative study conducted by Children's Rights and partnering legal organizations in New York City, the experiences of youth in congregate care settings (group and residential treatment centers) were examined, includin…
A Critical Assessment of Concurrent Planning in New York State
Many states are implementing concurrent planning as a means to expedite permanency planning for children in foster care; however, the parameters for this strategy vary significantly and the research regarding outcomes is sparse. This qualitative study sought to examine the experiences of child welfare experts, parents, foster parents and caseworkers regarding concurrent planning in New York State. The findings indicate that although concurrent pl…
A Return to Orphanages
Planning for permanency for youth in congregate care
Preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living
This paper reports on findings from a qualitative study that focused on the quality and adequacy of preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living. This study, conducted in New York, NY, USA, explored the extent to which youth feel prepared to leave care and the opportunities they are given to participate in planning and decision‐making regarding issues that personally affect their future. Interviews were conducted with profession…
The meaning of permanency in child welfare: Multiple stakeholder perspectives
Websites Featuring Children Waiting for Adoption: A Cross-Country Review
With the growth in the number of children in government systems who are in need of adoptive families, the USA, Canada and the Russian Federation have implemented national internet-based photolisting programmes. In their examination of these website programmes, Madelyn Freundlich, Sarah Gerstenzang and Meredith Holtan found similarities but also unique features that may reflect social and cultural factors, level of government support and length of…
Achieving permanency for youth in foster care: Assessing and strengthening emotional security
For some youth in foster care, the closest family or family‐like relationships are with the foster parents with whom they have lived for extended periods of time. Nonetheless, child welfare agencies often do not explore these relationships and the potential they may hold for youth for legal permanence through adoption or guardianship. Recognizing that social workers often lack resources to help them initiate permanency conversations, Casey Family…
Broadening the Array of Services: Integrating Legal and Social Work Services for Youth and Families
The Community Justice and Legal Assistance Clinic (CJLA) is a unique community-based legal clinic developed through a partnership between a law school and a child and family service agency embedded within a low-income community. This article describes the development of this clinic through a community assessment process; its unique multidisciplinary features; the services provided to clients in three of the agency's service areas; the benefits of…
You're all grown up now: Termination of foster care support at age 18
This article considers the repercussions of discharging youth from foster care at age 18 based on recent research demonstrating that youth at this age are not developmentally prepared to live independently and have a continued need for strong social scaffolding during emerging adulthood. Drawing upon recent research findings, we make recommendations for changes to state and federal policy that provide youth transitioning from foster care an exten…
Dual relationships in child welfare practice: A framework for ethical decision making
The pivotal role of child welfare supervisors in implementing an agency's practice model
Adoption Competent Clinical Practice: Defining Its Meaning and Development
The need for adoption competent mental health services has been well documented. However, the term "adoption-competent" has lacked a standardized, broadly accepted definition. This article reports findings from two related studies. The first examines how adoption competencies are demonstrated in practice by clinicians participating in an evidence-informed adoption competency training program. The second is an online survey designed to determine w…
Child Welfare and Adoption (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Political science (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Nursing (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Foster care (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Public relations (7 works)