More Than a Playmate, Less than a Co-Parent: Fathers in the Canadian BSW Curriculum

To understand social workers' limited engagement with fathers in child welfare practice, the authors examine the educational preparation undergraduate students receive for work with fathers, specifically the fathering content found in the required readings of child welfare, family practice and family therapy, human development and human behaviour, Aboriginal studies, and child and youth social work courses in a two-thirds sample of Canadian bachelor of social work programs.