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… Kinship care for the safety, permanency, and well-being of children removed from the home for … article … 1 … en … Kinship care for the safety, permanency, and well-being of children removed from the home for … Background: Every year a large number of children around the world are removed from their homes because they are maltreated. Child welfare agencies are responsible for placing these children in out-of-home settings that will facilitate their safety, permanency, and well-being. However, children in out-of-home placements typically display more educational, behavioral, and psychological problems…

Background: Independent living programmes (ILPs) are designed to provide young people leaving care with skills that will limit their disadvantage and aid in their successful transition into adulthood. Programmes focus on personal development, independent living skills, education, and vocational support.Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of independent living programmes for young people…

… Child Maltreatment Investigations Involving Parents with Cognitive Impairments … the child welfare system. Literature in this area is scarce and does not explain factors that influence child welfare … of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) 2003 data, which has been utilized to … Caregivers with cognitive impairments are overrepresented within the child welfare system. Literature in this area is scarce and does not explain factors that influence child welfare system decisions or variation in outcomes. This study is a secondary analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) 2003 data, which has been utilized to explore the relationship…

… Characteristics of Young Parents Investigated and Opened for Ongoing Services in Child Welfare 2011 … pp. 365-381. Characteristics of Young Parents Investigated and Opened for Ongoing Services in Child Welfare Children of … protection workers in a sample of agencies across Canada. Investigations involving caregivers 30 years of age and … Children of young parents may be at increased risk of maltreatment. Young parents are more likely to live in poverty, lack caregiving skills, not complete a secondary school education, and misuse substances. This study explored the characteristics of young parents who were identified in a referral to child welfare services for maltreatment related concerns. Secondary analyses of the Canadian…

The data collected for the CIS 2008 were weighted to derive national annual incidence estimates by applying a composite regionalization weight and an annualization weight. The regionalization weight was developed to estimate the number of investigations completed within the three-month data collection period by child welfare organizations across Canada. The regionalization weight includes three…

… welfare system response to exposure to domestic violence investigations 2008 Authors Black, Tara Trocmé, Nico Fallon, Barbara MacLaurin, Bruce Child Abuse and Neglect, Volume 32, Issue 3, pp. 393-404 The Canadian … involving exposure to domestic violence. Bivariate analyses and binary logistic regressions were carried out using data … The objective of this study was to examine the Canadian child welfare system's response to substantiated child maltreatment investigations involving exposure to domestic violence. Bivariate analyses and binary logistic regressions were carried out using data collected in the 2003 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. Results showed that families investigated for exposure…

… Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial for evaluating the effectiveness … national level Journal article … 0 … fr … Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial for evaluating the effectiveness … Cette étude a été menée afin de mesurer la faisabilité d'un devis à essais contrôlés et à répartition aléatoire visant à évaluer les programmes de jumelage communautaire des Grands Frères Grandes Sœurs (GFGS) à l'échelle nationale. Soixante et onze familles avec enfants de 7 à 14 ans ont été recrutées, ainsi que 30 mentors adultes. Les familles ont été assignées, au hasard, soit au programme des…

La présente étude visait à combler une lacune de la recherche en ce qui concerne les adolescents et la réponse apportée par les services de protection de l’enfance à cette clientèle après ouverture d’une enquête. Les auteurs ont examiné les caractéristiques des adolescents et de leur foyer (par exemple type de maltraitance, statut socio-économique) pour déterminer quelles prestations de services…

Quoique la résilience ait été scientifiquement étudiée sous différents angles, son activation, via un accompagnement significatif réalisé par un professionnel, suscite un intérêt particulier notamment dans la recherche de stratégies innovantes d’intervention spécifiquement auprès des enfants exposés à la maltraitance. À travers la lentille des savoirs pratiques de cinquante travailleurs sociaux…

This information sheet presents an overview of the current structure of First Nations child welfare in Saskatchewan as it was in 2011. It builds on work done for the First Nations component of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (FNCIS-2008), a collaboration between university researchers and representatives of major Aboriginal child welfare organizations, to analyze…