Imagining child welfare in the spirit of reconciliation / edited by Dorothy Badry [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Badry, Dorothy Eleanor, 1958- editor.

Series:

Voices from the Prairies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Child welfare.

Prairie Provinces--Social conditions.

Prairie Provinces.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 315 pages).

Place of Publication:

Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2018]

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"Drawing on the expertise of Indigenous scholars and researchers, including voices from the front lines in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, this book examines child welfare practices in kinship care, FASD, homelessness, aging out of the system, and transitions for rural youth leaving care. Themes running throughout the book include renewing and decolonizing child welfare work, anti-oppressive practices, the historical legacy of the 60s Scoop, and the needs of marginalized and vulnerable children."-- From publisher's website.

Contents:

Part I: Policy: 1. Exploring human rights approaches to kinship care provision in the Prairie Provinces : implications for social work practice / Daniel Kikulwe, Julie Mann-Johnson

2. Working with First Nations child welfare to build professionalism / Shelley Thomas Prokop, Laura Hicks, Rachel Melymick.

Part II: Practice: 3. Exploring decolonization through kinship care home assessments / Julie Mann-Johnson, Daniel Kikulwe

4. Aging out of care : the rural experience / Anne Marie McLaughlin, Richard Enns, Deena Seaward

5. Inappropriate application of parenting capacity assessments in the child protection system / Peter Choate, Gabrielle Lindstrom

6. Listening in a settler state : (birth) mothers as paraprofessionals in response to FASD / Michelle Stewart, Lisa Lawley, Rachel Tambour, Alexandra Johnson.

Part III: Research: 7. A summary : On the edge between two worlds : community narratives on the vulnerability of marginalized Indigenous girls / Marlyn Bennett, Ainsley Krone

8. Factors associated with the child welfare placement decision in Alberta / Bruce MacLaurin, Hee-Jeong Yoo, Morgan DeMone

9. A strained relationship : southern Sudanese communities and child welfare systems in two urban centres in Western Canada / David Este, Christa Sato

10. The linkage between FASD and homelessness for individuals with a history of child welfare care / Dorothy Badry, Chrisitine Walsh, Meaghan Bell, Kaylee Ramage.

Part IV: Education: 11. The development of a training video : demonstrating essential skills for child welfare practice / Cathy Rocke, Judy Hughes

12. Transforming for classroom : supporting critical change in social work education in the spirit of Reconciliation for child welfare / Jennifer Hedges

Epilogue / H. Monty Montgomery.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780889775770

088977577X

9780889775763

0889775761