Child welfare : connecting research, policy and practice / edited by Kathleen Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kufeldt, Kathleen.

McKenzie, Brad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Canada.

Child welfare.

Child welfare--Research--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (492 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The second edition of [http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalog/kufeldt-2.shtml Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice] will be available in April 2011. Click under By the same editor in the right column or visit the [http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalog/kufeldt-2.shtml webpage] for more information and to order. In 1994 a group of researchers and decision makers met to discuss the state of child welfare. Also present were a few practitioners and two youth in care. Six years later, when they met again, the number of practitioners and youth had grown considerably a

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Child Welfare Research and Development in a National Context; 1 Incidence and Characteristics of Child Maltreatment; 2 The Continuum of Care; 3 Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice; 4 The Future of Child Welfare; REFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Edited by Kathleed Kufeldt and Brad McKenzie.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 439-473.

ISBN:

1-280-92599-X

9786610925995

0-88920-739-9

OCLC:

753479525