INTENSIVE INTERVENTION FOR MALTREATED INFANTS AND TODDLERS IN FOSTER-CARE

This article concerns custody of young children in foster care. The au thors describe an intensive intervention program for maltreated infant s and their parents. A multidisciplinary team works to provide integra ted and coherent assessments and treatments for maltreated infants and toddlers placed in foster care. The article begins by describing the legal context of the program, and then outlines the process of assessm ents, involvement with complex systems-especially the legal and child welfare systems-and the interventions provided. Finally, the authors a ddress complex struggles with which clinicians in the program must gra pple, including ethical dilemmas and countertransference as experience d within this unique context.