National

Child welfare services fall under the mandate of provincial and territorial governments, including a rapidly expanding system of Aboriginal child welfare authorities. This section contains material related to federal initiatives concerned with child welfare services as well as statistics compiled at the national level.

All Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect reports can be found here.

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Violence and resilience: a scoping review of treatment of mental health problems for Indigenous Youth
Toombs, Elaine
Houlding, Carolyn
Braunberger, Peter
Sawula, Erica
Wekerle, Christine
Mushquash, Chris
Drawson, Alexandra
2017
Defining ‘reasonable force’: Does it advance child protection?

Durrant, Joan E.
Fallon, Barbara
Lefebvre, Rachael
Allan, Kate

2017
First births to maltreated adolescent girls: Differences associated with spending time in foster care

King, B.

2017
Psychopharmacotherapy in children placed in group homes and residential centres in Canada: Psychopathological portrait of children receiving psychotropic medications and educators' perception of treatment

Desjardins, Julie
Lafortune, Denis
Cyr, Francine

2017
Is the families first home visiting program effective in reducing child maltreatment and improving child development?

Chartier, Mariette J
Brownell, Marni D
Isaac, Michael R
Chateau, Dan
Nickel, Nathan C
Katz, Alan
Sarkar, Joykrishna
Hu, Milton
Taylor, Carole

2017
The evolving relationship between casework skills, engagement, and positive case outcomes in child protection: A structural equation model

Damiani-Taraba, Gissele
Dumbrill, Gary
Gladstone, James
Koster, Andrew
Leslie, Bruce
Charles, Michelle

2017
Role specialization and service integration in child welfare: Does organizure influence the decision to refer to supportive services?

Smith, Carrie
Fluke, John D
Fallon, Barbara
Mishna, Faye
Pierce, Barbara Decker

2017
Pathways linking childhood maltreatment and adolescent sexual risk behaviors: The role of attachment security
Thibodeau, Marie-Eve
Lavoie, Francine
Hébert, Martine
Blais, Martin
2017
Honouring Jordan's Principle: Obstacles to accessing equitable health and social services for First Nations children with special healthcare needs living in Pinaymootang, Manitoba

Vives, Luna
Sinha, Vandna
Burnet, Eric
Lach, Lucyna

2017
Delineating disproportionality and disparity of Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian households in the child welfare system

Lee, Barbara
Fuller-Thomson, Esme
Trocmé, Nico
Fallon, Barbara
Black, Tara

2016