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Répondre aux besoins d’enfants ayant des handicaps représente un défi de taille pour les organismes de protection de l’enfance. Au Manitoba, il a été constaté qu’un tiers des enfants pris en charge font partie de la catégorie générale d’enfants atteints d’un handicap, et 17  % des enfants pris en charge sont diagnostiqués ou soupçonnés comme ayant l’ensemble des troubles causés par l’…

In this study, the authors sought to determine whether ratings on risk and recommendations for wardship varied as a function of social workers’ experience. Sixty-three social workers from a large urban southwestern Ontario child welfare agency participated. The sample was almost equally split between those workers with fewer than 3 years of experience and those with more than 3 years of…

… Grandparents' and Social Workers' Experiences with the Child Welfare … Case for Mutual Resources Article de journaux … 1 … en … Grandparents' and Social Workers' Experiences with the Child Welfare … The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the circumstances under which grandparents and child welfare workers have contact with each other, as well as factors that are associated with positive working relationships between them. Data were gathered from 63 grandparents who had a grandchild receiving service from a child welfare agency, as well as from 21 child welfare workers, all of…

The authors identify that Aboriginal children are overrepresented in the Canadian child welfare system, and that there is an insufficient number of Aboriginal foster parents to meet the demand for placement. This study used the concept mapping process to learn about the needs of Aboriginal foster parents. This method involves (a) posing questions to participants (b) gathering responses and…

… First Nations child welfare: Why if Canada wins, equality and justice lose Article de journaux … 1 … en … The Canadian … First Nations child welfare: Why if Canada wins, equality and justice lose … On 26 February, 2007, the Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada took the historic step of holding Canada accountable before the Human Rights Commission for its current treatment of over 160,000 First Nations children resident on reserve. The complaint alleges that the Government of Canada discriminates against First Nations children on reserve…

On 29 November 2012, members of the New Brunswick Youth In Care Network (NBYICN) organized the first ever New Brunswick Youth In Care Hearings. The hearings were an opportunity for people who had grown up in the care system to speak to government officials and policymakers about their time in the care system. It was a day filled with raw emotion and fruitful…

… Understanding contextual effects on externalizing behaviors in children in out-of-home care: Influence of workers and foster families Article de journaux … 1 … en … Understanding contextual effects on externalizing behaviors in … Children residing in out-of-home care may be more vulnerable to exhibiting higher levels of externalizing behaviour (e.g., destruction of property, harm towards others) than children living with their biological parents. Extant literature illustrates that child specific features and foster parent characteristics have been found to have an effect on the externalizing behaviour of children in out-…

Short-term placements outside the family home are one of the strategies that child protection services use to ensure the safety of vulnerable children. While several studies that have specifically examined short-term placements report that the majority of children placed will experience at least one short-term placement prior to family reunification, the effect of these placements on the…

… using prospectively recorded information between 5 months and 17 years in a longitudinal cohort of Canadian children … using prospectively recorded information between 5 months and 17 years in a longitudinal cohort of Canadian children … Both prospective and retrospective measures of child maltreatment predict mental health problems, despite their weak concordance. Research remains largely based on retrospective reports spanning the entire childhood due to a scarcity of prospectively completed questionnaires targeting maltreatment specifically. We developed a prospective index of child maltreatment in the Québec Longitudinal…

… Requiring Medical Treatment in Substantiated Maltreatment Investigations Information Sheet # 111 Published in 2012 … & Rachael Lefebvre About the Authors Prepared by Kate Allan and Rachael Lefebvre based on: Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., … (Ed.), Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2008: Major Findings. Introduction The Canadian …