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… Amanda, Savannah, Rowen and Serena: From Loss to Learning Report … 1 … en … Amanda, Savannah, Rowen and Serena: From Loss to Learning … In April 2007, the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth asked the Representative to investigate the deaths of four Northern B.C. children who died between 1999 and 2005. Amanda Simpson, Savannah Hall, Rowen Von Niederhausern, and Serena Wiebe were all between the ages of seven months and four years at the time of their deaths. Each had a family history of involvement with the child…

… spectrum: findings from a retrospective case file review. … 0 … fr … Child sexual abuse disclosures across the … spectrum: findings from a retrospective case file review. … Très peu d’études sur la divulgation des abus sexuels envers les enfants (ASE) prennent en compte les enfants dans tout le spectre du développement. L’objectif de la présente étude est d’élargir la base de connaissances en examinant la divulgation selon l’âge de l’enfant (c.-à-d. 0-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-14, 15-17 ans). Les questions de recherche sont les suivantes : 1) Existe-t-il une…

… Do good intentions beget good policy? A review of child protection policies to address intimate … M. Weaver-Dunlop, Gillian Walsh, Christine A. Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 29, Issue 12, pp. 1469-1486 Cet article, … Cet article, écrit par des chercheurs de l'Alberta, décrit les effets attestés de façon scientifique qu'a l'exposition à la violence conjugale chez l'enfant et présente une analyse de diverses politiques et lois sur la protection de l'enfance en vigueur en Australie, au Canada, en Nouvelle-Zélande et aux États Unis. Il ressort de cette étude que les lois ou politiques qui assimilent l'exposition…

… of children in out-of-home care in Quebec, Canada: When and for whom initial out-of-home placement is most likely to … of children in out-of-home care in Quebec, Canada: When and for whom initial out-of-home placement is most likely to … This study contributes to the growing child protection placement literature by providing the first Canadian provincial longitudinal study examining when and for whom initial out-of-home placement is most likely to occur. Anonymized clinical-administrative child protection data were merged with the 2006 Canadian Census data for the province of Québec, and the final dataset included 127,181…

AbstractBackgroundChild welfare services in Canada are guided by a dual mandate: to protect children from imminent harm and to promote their optimal development and well-being. To understand how child welfare systems respond to this dual mandate, Trocmé et al. (2014) developed a taxonomy to classify child welfare investigations as either being related to urgent protection or chronic…

The Standing Committee on Social Programs was directed to review the Child and Family Services Act by a motion of the 16th Legislative Assembly, adopted on June 3, 2009. Members of the Assembly and their constituents had voiced repeated concerns about child protection, apprehension, the discretionary powers of child protection workers, and the general oversight of child protection services by the…

… A profile of exposure to intimate partner violence investigations in the Canadian child welfare system: An … the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2008) 2013 Authors Lefebvre, Rachael Van … Barbara Trocmé, Nico  International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 1(1), 60-73. La violence … La violence conjugale (VC) est une préoccupation centrale dans le système de protection de l’enfance canadien. La présente étude est basée sur l’Étude sur l’incidence des signalements de cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants effectuée en 2008 (ECI–2008). Son objectif est de bâtir un profil des enquêtes pour VC corroborée effectuées par les organismes de protection de l’enfance. Les…

… Substantiating neglect of First Nations and non-Aboriginal children Journal article … 1 … en … Substantiating neglect of First Nations and non-Aboriginal children … First Nations (Native American) children are greatly overrepresented in the Canadian child welfare system, and disproportionality in the substantiation of maltreatment contributes to this overrepresentation. This study explores the factors driving disproportionality in the substantiation of maltreatment and, more specifically, neglect. Data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child…

… Substantiating Neglect of First Nations and non-Aboriginal Children Journal article … 1 … en … Substantiating Neglect of First Nations and non-Aboriginal Children … First Nations (Native American) children are greatly overrepresented in the Canadian child welfare system, and disproportionality in the substantiation of maltreatment contributes to this overrepresentation. This study explores the factors driving disproportionality in the substantiation of maltreatment and, more specifically, neglect. Data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child…

… Delineating disproportionality and disparity of Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian … Journal article … 1 … en … Delineating disproportionality and disparity of Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian … Objective: This paper builds upon the analyses presented in three companion papers using data from the 2003 and 2008 cycles of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003 and CIS-2008) and the Ontario Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (OCANDS) to examine disproportionality and disparity of child welfare involvement for Asian-Canadian children involved in the child…