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Recommended publications:

1.  Leadership In Child Protection, Gary Crow and Dan Schneider, American Foster Care Resources, Inc.  2001.  As a special 
supplement to this publication, Dan Schneider has developed a sample grant for community training using the principles of 
Leadership in Child Protection.  (click to access either the background or the sample grant).

2. The Field Guide to Child Welfare, Judith S. Rycus and Ronald C. Hughes, Child Welfare League of America, 1998.

3.  The Media, Public Relations, and Child Protection, Patti-Jo Burtnett, B.A. and Gary A. Crow, Ph.D.  This in-service training 
program for child protection professionals and foster families discusses the necessity for a direct connection between agency 
excellence, successful public relations, and effective work with the media. After reading this material, one quickly comes to the 
reality that no agency can achieve and sustain excellence within today’s highly volatile, fast moving human services environment 
without them.

4. Creating Public Value, Strategic Management in Government, Mark H. Moore, Harvard University Press, 1995.

5. Leadership without Easy Answers, Ronald Heifetz, Harvard University Press, 1994.

6. Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past by Betsy Keefer and Jayne Schooler. 
    Greenwood Publishing Co., 2000.

7.  Winning with the News Media, A Self Defense Manual When You’re the Story, Seventh Edition, Clarence Jones.