California Child Welfare Less Likely to Note Lack of Attachment as a Risk Factor for Children
A small 2015 study examined how child welfare workers in England, Norway, and California (USA) assessed emotional bonding as a risk factor for children. The California workers were significantly less likely to note this as a risk factor than the workers in England or Norway. This difference is likely due to the education, and assessment tools used by each child welfare system. In California, the Structured Decision Making (SDM) risk assessment tool, which only has a single q