Preventive approaches to child welfare

Editorial Notes

Preventive Approaches to Child Welfare

Within the last several years an emerging emphasis on prevention has combined with an interest in the ecological perspective on child development. The articles in this topic issue illustrate this shift away from a deficit approach to service delivery toward a preventive and broadly focused interventive stategy. The studies reported herein indicate the promise of this innovative orientation. With this issue we conclude our first year of publication. This has been an exciting year for all of us involved with the Journal. At this juncture I would like to extend a note of sincere appreciation us organize and

to the numerous individuals who have helped bring about CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. At Cornell University the early thinking regarding the Journal received encouragement from Ray C. Rist,

Stanley L. Witkin, Robert McGinnis, Scott Long and Richard Campbell. Later at the University of Oregon, Richard J. Hill, former editor of SOCZOMETRY, provided timely and rather substantial advice that led toward a broader vision. The advice of Norm Sundberg and Ed Weeks was also timely and helpful. The REVIEW has found a welcome home base at The Lila Acheson Wallace School of Community Service and Public Affairs. 349

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Fortune

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Herb

Staulcup

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Book Review section. Their performance can be assessed by Unquestionably, Ricky and Herb reading the book reviews. have done superb work. Although Ricky will continue until the end of Volume Two, the Book Review Office will move with Herb to The National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse. At Washington University the faculty and administration have been particularly supportive. Shanti Khinduka, Paul Stuart, Ron Feldman, Robert Pierce, Lois Pierce, Mike Sherraden, Ralph Pumphrey, Arlene Stiffman, Nola Proctor, and David Gillespie have assisted with the REVIEW. Laya Firestone-Seghi, Harry Goldwater and Pat Wong of the Children and Youth Services Research Group have assisted with the editorial tasks. At Pergamon Press Robert Miranda has been most supportive. His commitment and support of CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW has never wavered. James Alexander of the Journals Division has provided the behind-thescenes effort which enhances the quality of publication. For 1980 several new Associate Editors will be-joining us. They include: Donald Brieland (University of Illinois) Urie Bronfenbrenner (Cornell University) Judith Cassetty (University of Texas) David Fanshel (Columbia University) Peter Forsythe (Edna McConnel Clark Foundation) Shirley Jenkins (Columbia University) Victor Pike (Oregon Children Service Division) Martin Rein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Ann W. Shyne (Child Welfare League of- America) Edward Zigler (Yale University) I would like to close with a special note of thanks to the additional reviewers who have helped us during this first year:

Thanks Stephan Michael Ken

Aigner Baizerman

Bietler

Dan Benardot Martin Bloom Donald Brieland William Butterfield Steven Caldwell Derral Cheatwood Larry Cohen Emory L. Cowen David Cronin Sheldon Danziger Henry P. David Joseph A. Durlak Jeffrey Edleson Claire Etaugh B. I. Fagot David Fanshel Leah Gold Fein Ron Feldman Joel Fischer Eliot Friedson Neil Gilbert Lewayne D. Gilchrist David Denise

Gillespie Geofrey-Pinn

Thomas L. Good Richard M. Grinnell Richard Hall Elaine Handler Travis Hirschi David Horenstein William C. Horner Carl Hostika Anthony Ishisaka Richard E. Isralowitz Stuart

Kirk

to Reviewers John Leslie Scott

I. Kitsuse Leighninger Long

Ira Lourie Henry Maas David Mann Nazeen Mayadas Brenda McGowan Aaron McNeese William J. O’Donnell Kristie Olson Larry Pierce Robert Porter Paul Power Enola Proctor Bill Prosser Ralph Pumphrey Richard Rehberg Alan Rosenbaum William B. Sanders Fredericka Santos Steven P. Schinke George Sharwell Mike Sherraden Ann W. Shyne Arlene Stiffman Paul Stuart Elizabeth Timberlake E. Paul Torrence Ron Tosland J. Patrick Turbett Ed Weeks Robert Wenkert John Wodarski Julie Zatz Duncan Lindsey Editor