| The child welfare challenge: Policy, practice, and research PJ Pecora, JK Whittaker, RP Barth, S Borja, W Vesneski Routledge, 2018 | 1148 | 2018 |
| Social support networks: Informal helping in the human services JK Whittaker, J Garbarino Transaction Publishers, 1983 | 511 | 1983 |
| The other 23 hours: Child-care work with emotionally disturbed children in a therapeutic milieu AE Trieschman Transaction Publishers, 1969 | 486 | 1969 |
| The social network map: Assessing social support in clinical practice EM Tracy, JK Whittaker Families in society 71 (8), 461-470, 1990 | 416 | 1990 |
| Caring for troubled children: Residential treatment in a community context JK Whittaker Transaction Publishers, 1979 | 290 | 1979 |
| Person-environment practice: The social ecology of interpersonal helping SP Kemp, JK Whittaker, EM Tracy Transaction Publishers, 1997 | 276 | 1997 |
| Therapeutic residential care for children and youth: A consensus statement of the international work group on therapeutic residential care JK Whittaker, L Holmes, JF del Valle, F Ainsworth, T Andreassen, J Anglin, ... Residential treatment for children & youth 33 (2), 89-106, 2016 | 265 | 2016 |
| Therapeutic residential care for children and youth: Developing evidence-based international practice E James Whittaker, Jorge F. del Valle, and Lisa Holmes Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014 | 191 | 2014 |
| Reaching high-risk families: Intensive family preservation in human services JK Whittaker Transaction Publishers, 1990 | 166 | 1990 |
| The ecological paradigm in child, youth, and family services: Implications for policy and practice JK Whittaker, SP Schinke, LD Gilchrist Social Service Review 60 (4), 483-503, 1986 | 126 | 1986 |
| Parental involvement in children's residential treatment: From preplacement to aftercare JM Jenson, JK Whittaker Children and Youth Services Review 9 (2), 81-100, 1987 | 118 | 1987 |
| Social treatment: An approach to interpersonal helping JK Whittaker (No Title), 1974 | 117 | 1974 |
| Student debates in policy courses: Promoting policy practice skills and knowledge through active learning TE Keller, JK Whittaker, TK Burke Journal of Social Work Education 37 (2), 343-355, 2001 | 112 | 2001 |
| Research priorities for residential group child care JK Whittaker, SI Pfeiffer Child Welfare, 583-601, 1994 | 102 | 1994 |
| Rethinking “child placement”: A reflective essay JK Whittaker, AN Maluccio Social Service Review 76 (1), 108-134, 2002 | 100 | 2002 |
| The evidence base for social support interventions in child and family practice: Emerging issues for research and practice EM Tracy, JK Whittaker Children and Youth Services Review 9 (4), 249-270, 1987 | 81 | 1987 |
| Mutual helping in human service practice JK Whittaker Social support networks: Informal helping in the human services, 28-67, 1983 | 78 | 1983 |
| Social services and social support: blended programs for families at risk of child maltreatment JL Miller, JK Whittaker Child Welfare, 161-174, 1988 | 74 | 1988 |
| The future of residential group care JK Whittaker Child Welfare, 59-74, 2000 | 73 | 2000 |
| Models of group development: Implications for social group work practice JK Whittaker Social Service Review 44 (3), 308-322, 1970 | 73 | 1970 |
