Neglect
Each province and territory has unique legislation defining and describing responses to neglect. Assessing neglect requires a consideration of poverty and other family and community factors. Neglect includes the failure of a parent or guardian to provide a child’s basic needs such as for food, education, healthcare or supervision.
For more information, review the information sheet on the causes, consequences, and factors associated with child neglect and the information sheet on child neglect prevention and intervention.
Title | Authors | Year |
Type of Publication![]() |
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Child Neglect: Developmental Issues and Outcomes |
Hildyard, Kathryn |
2002 | |
Factors related to chronic neglect in families |
Éthier, Louise S. |
2007 | Information sheet |
Child Neglect in Canada |
Roy, Catherine |
2005 | Information sheet |
Maltreatment rates in children with developmental delay |
Brown, Ivan |
2004 | Information sheet |
Living in a world of neglect: S.A.I.N. helps families move on |
Lacharité, Carl |
2004 | Information sheet |
Substance abuse and child neglect: Intruders in the family |
Mayer, Micheline |
2004 | Information sheet |
Assessing Emotional Neglect in Infants |
Wotherspoon, Evelyn |
2008 | Information sheet |
Child neglect I: Scope, consequences, and risk and protective factors |
Blumenthal, Anne |
2015 | Information sheet |
Child neglect II: Prevention and intervention |
Blumenthal, Anne |
2015 | Information sheet |
Legal Age for Leaving Children Unsupervised Across Canada |
Ruiz-Casares, Mónica |
2015 | Information sheet |