Kathleen Kelley Reardon is professor of management at the University of Southern California Marshall School where she has served on the preventive medicine faculty. She is the author of seven books, including the Amazon Best Seller, The Secret Handshake and It’s All Politics about how politics impacts the careers of individuals and missions of organizations. She is the author of Persuasion in Practice (Sage) and three-time Harvard Business Review author– her latest article is “Courage At Work.” She was co-principal investigator and author on the feasibility study that launched Starbright later chaired by Steven Spielberg and conjoined with Starlight. Dr. Reardon was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Mortar Board, received her Ph.D. “With Distinction” from UMASS, Amherst, and has been a political analyst with The Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com). Christopher Noblet is a professional writer and editor. He is currently co-authoring a book on strategies for patients to obtain excellent healthcare. He has worked as a journalist, newspaper editor, speechwriter for the Chairman of Transamerica Life Companies, book editor, and in public affairs, marketing and public relations. His BA and MA degrees are from the University of Connecticut and an MBA degree from the Marshall Business School at the University of Southern California.

• Foreword: These Are Our Kids as Well as Theirs (By Peter Samuelson and Sherry Quirk)Foreword (By Robert C. Fellmeth)Foreword (By Charles D. Gill)PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Keepers of the Plan2. The Best Interests of the Child3. Lost in the System: Confidentiality and Secrecy4. A Brief History of Child Custody Issues Related to Abuse and Neglect5. Silenced by the Law6. Foster Care Today7. Caseworker and Police Challenges--Who You Gonna Call?8. The Politics of Child Abuse and NeglectAppendixIndexAbout the Authors

Kathleen Kelley Reardon is professor of management at the University of Southern California Marshall School where she has served on the preventive medicine faculty. She is the author of seven books, including the Amazon Best Seller, The Secret Handshake and It’s All Politics about how politics impacts the careers of individuals and missions of organizations. She is the author of Persuasion in Practice (Sage) and three-time Harvard Business Review author– her latest article is “Courage At Work.” She was co-principal investigator and author on the feasibility study that launched Starbright later chaired by Steven Spielberg and conjoined with Starlight. Dr. Reardon was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Mortar Board, received her Ph.D. “With Distinction” from UMASS, Amherst, and has been a political analyst with The Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com). Christopher Noblet is a professional writer and editor. He is currently co-authoring a book on strategies for patients to obtain excellent healthcare. He has worked as a journalist, newspaper editor, speechwriter for the Chairman of Transamerica Life Companies, book editor, and in public affairs, marketing and public relations. His BA and MA degrees are from the University of Connecticut and an MBA degree from the Marshall Business School at the University of Southern California.

• Foreword: These Are Our Kids as Well as Theirs (By Peter Samuelson and Sherry Quirk)Foreword (By Robert C. Fellmeth)Foreword (By Charles D. Gill)PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Keepers of the Plan2. The Best Interests of the Child3. Lost in the System: Confidentiality and Secrecy4. A Brief History of Child Custody Issues Related to Abuse and Neglect5. Silenced by the Law6. Foster Care Today7. Caseworker and Police Challenges--Who You Gonna Call?8. The Politics of Child Abuse and NeglectAppendixIndexAbout the Authors

Kathleen Kelley Reardon is professor of management at the University of Southern California Marshall School where she has served on the preventive medicine faculty. She is the author of seven books, including the Amazon Best Seller, The Secret Handshake and It’s All Politics about how politics impacts the careers of individuals and missions of organizations. She is the author of Persuasion in Practice (Sage) and three-time Harvard Business Review author– her latest article is “Courage At Work.” She was co-principal investigator and author on the feasibility study that launched Starbright later chaired by Steven Spielberg and conjoined with Starlight. Dr. Reardon was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Mortar Board, received her Ph.D. “With Distinction” from UMASS, Amherst, and has been a political analyst with The Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com). Christopher Noblet is a professional writer and editor. He is currently co-authoring a book on strategies for patients to obtain excellent healthcare. He has worked as a journalist, newspaper editor, speechwriter for the Chairman of Transamerica Life Companies, book editor, and in public affairs, marketing and public relations. His BA and MA degrees are from the University of Connecticut and an MBA degree from the Marshall Business School at the University of Southern California.

• Foreword: These Are Our Kids as Well as Theirs (By Peter Samuelson and Sherry Quirk)Foreword (By Robert C. Fellmeth)Foreword (By Charles D. Gill)PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Keepers of the Plan2. The Best Interests of the Child3. Lost in the System: Confidentiality and Secrecy4. A Brief History of Child Custody Issues Related to Abuse and Neglect5. Silenced by the Law6. Foster Care Today7. Caseworker and Police Challenges--Who You Gonna Call?8. The Politics of Child Abuse and NeglectAppendixIndexAbout the Authors