"Child Welfare Workers: Who They Are and How They View the Child Welfare System," by Maristela Zell, Child Welfare, January / February 2006.

"Job retention in child welfare: Effects of perceived organizational support, supervisor support, and intrinsic job value," by Brenda D. Smith, Children and Youth Services Review, February 2005.

"Parental Views of In-Home Services: What Predicts Satisfaction with Child Welfare Workers," by Mimi Chapman, Claire Gibbons, Richard Barth, Julie McCrae, and the NSCAW Research Group, Child Welfare, Sept. /Oct.03.

"The effects of the ARC organizational intervention on caseworker turnover, climate, and culture in children services systems," by Charles Glisson, Denzel Dukes, Philip Green, Child Abuse and Neglect, August, 2006; "The effects of the ARC organizational intervention on caseworker turnover, climate, and culture in children's services systems," by Michael Nunno, Child Abuse and Neglect, August, 2006.

"Improving Retention Among Public Child Welfare Workers: What Can We Learn from the Insights and Experiences of Committed Survivors?" by Tonya Westbrook, Jackie Ellis, and Alberta Ellet. Administration in Social Work, Vol 30(4), 2006.

"Mandated Reporting: a policy without a reason," by Gary Melton, Child Abuse and Neglect, 29 (2005).

"Accepted CPS Referrals by Risk Group for Washington Births in 2003." Table by Laurie Cawthon, DSHS Office of Research and Data Analysis (ORDA).

"A Systems Approach to Investigating Child Abuse Deaths," by Eileen Munro, British Journal of Social Work, June 2005.

"Child Maltreatment Trends in the 1990s: Why Does Neglect Differ from Sexual and Physical Abuse," by Lisa Jones, David Finkelhor, and Stephanie Halter. Child Maltreatment, May 2006.

Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare: International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems, ed. by Nancy Freymond and Gary Cameron. University of Toronto Press (2006).

Research articles on inflicted and non-inflicted head trauma, Bechtel et al. Pediatrics, July - September 2007.

Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman, Basic Books (1992, 1997).

“Women, Trauma Histories, and Co-occurring Disorders: Assessing the Scope of the Problem,” by Joy Newmann and Jolanda Sallmann, Social Service Review, September 2004.

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, by Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz, Basic Books (2006).

"Breaking the Silence: A Candid Discussion on the Disproportionality of African American Children in Out- of - Home - Placement." A forum on the disproportionality of African American children in out of home care, co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota and its School of Social Work and the Center for Advanced Practice in Child Welfare at UM, November 2000.

"SAFE Homes: Is it worth the cost? An evaluation of a group home permanency planning program for children who first enter out - of - home care," by Allen DeSena, Robert Murphy, Heather Douglas - Palumberi, Gary Blau, Blandina Kelly, Sarah Horwitz and Joan Kaufman, Child Abuse and Neglect, 29 (2005).

"Using International Comparisons to Reflect on Permanence Options for Children in Out - Home - Care in the UK," by June Thoburn presented at the recent 'Durable Solutions' Conference for child welfare policymakers and judges in England.

"3- year Latrogenic Effects Associated with Aggregating High - Risk Adolescents in Cognitive Behavioral Preventive Interventions," by Francois Poulin, Thomas Dishion and Bert Burraston, Applied Developmental Science , 2001.

"Do Batterer Intervention Programs Serve African American and Caucasian Batterers Equally Well? An Investigation of a 26 - Week Program," by Fredrick Buttell and Michelle Carney, Research on Social Work Practice, January 2005.

The January 2004 issue of Children and Youth Services Review, with articles by A.J. Reynolds, S.Ou and W.M. Barnard.

Child Welfare Outcomes 2002: Annual Report published by the U.S. Department of Human Services, Children's Bureau; Children's Administration Performance Report 2005, published by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, and the April 25, 2006 DSHS Research and Data Analysis report titled "Children Placed in Out of Home Care."

The June 2004 issue of Child Abuse and Neglect, with most articles devoted to a randomized trial of Hawaii's Health Start home visitation program (HSP) by researchers Duggan, McFarlane, Fuddy, Burrell, Higman, Windham and Sia.

"Unintended Consequences of the Push for Accountability: The Case of National Child Welfare Performance Standards," by Mark Courtney, Barbara Needell and Fred Wulczyn, Children and Youth Services Review, December 2004.

"Parent-Training Programs in Child Welfare Services: Planning for a More Evidence-Based Approach to Serving Biological Parents," by Richard Barth et al. Research on Social Work Practice, September 2005.

"Balancing Act: Assessing Strengths in Mental Health Practice" by Dennis Saleeby, Chapter 2 in Mental Disorders in the Social Environment, pp. 36-37, ed. by Stuart Kirk, Columbia University Press, 2005.

"Disorders Versus Problems of Living in DSM: Rethinking Social Work's Relationship to Psychiatry," by Jerome C. Wakefield, Chapter 5 in Mental Disorders in the Social Environment , ed. by Stuart Kirk, Columbia University Press, 2005.

"A Prospective Investigation of Major Depression Disorder and Comorbidity in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up," by Cathy Widom, Kimberly DuMont, and Sally Czaja. Archive of General Psychology, January 2007.

"Patterns of Health Care Use That May Affect Young Children Who Are at Risk for Maltreatment," by Eron Freidlander, David Rubin, Elizabeth Alpern, David Mandell, Cindy Christian, Evaline Alessandrini, PEDIATRICS, December, 2005.

Beyond Common Sense: Child Welfare, Child Well -Being and the Evidence for Policy Reform by Fred Wulczyn, Richard Barth, Ying Ying T.Yuan, Brenda Jones Harden and John Landsverk, Aldine Transaction, 2005.