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… Wrapping our Ways Around Them: Aboriginal Communities and the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA) Guidebook Report … 1 … en … Wrapping our Ways Around Them: Aboriginal Communities and the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA) … This Guidebook is based on the belief that Aboriginal peoples need to know, and work with, the systems that impact children and families today such as the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA), Provincial Court (Child, Family and Community Service Act) Rules (Rules), Child, Family and Community Service Regulation (CFCSA Regulation), Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and…

… Response to the Advocate for Children and Youth Two Tragedies Report: August 2014 Status Update … Report … 1 … en … Response to the Advocate for Children and Youth Two Tragedies Report: August 2014 Status Update …

… Physical and mental health of sexually abused youth: Gender … cohort study Journal article … 1 … en … Physical and mental health of sexually abused youth: Gender … When compared to children from the general population, sexually abused children receive more medical services, both for physical and mental health problems. However, possible differences between sexually abused boys and girls remain unknown. The lack of control group in studies that find gender differences also prevents from determining if the differences are specific to sexual abuse or to gender…

… Making System for Child Protection Services: The Policy and Procedures Manual: Saskatchewan Report … 1 … en … The … Making System for Child Protection Services: The Policy and Procedures Manual: Saskatchewan …

… Recurrence Rates by Urgent Protection and Chronic Need Information Sheet … 1 … en … Recurrence Rates by Urgent Protection and Chronic Need … The Ontario Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (OCANDS) is the first data system in Ontario to longitudinally track children and their families involved with the child welfare system. OCANDS extracts administrative data from participating child welfare agencies and standardizes these data to better understand the trajectories of children and their families across their involvement with the…

… In whose words? Struggles and strategies of service providers working with immigrant … language abilities in the violence against women sector and child protection services Journal article … 1 … en … In whose words? Struggles and strategies of service providers working with immigrant … Newcomer and immigrant clients with limited language abilities face communication barriers that can compromise their capacity to make informed decisions about themselves and their children with serious implications for their families. These clients most likely had high proficiency of language in their country of origin but are learning the language of the new host country. Using a…

… Characteristics of sexually abused children and their nonoffending mothers followed by child welfare … … 1 … en … Characteristics of sexually abused children and their nonoffending mothers followed by child welfare … Considering the importance of mother’s support in the adaptation of a sexually abused child, it is relevant to determine if the mothers and children involved in an intergenerational cycle of child sexual victimization differ from dyads in which only the child has been abused. The purpose of this study was to compare mother–child dyads with sexually abused children according to whether the mother…

… Child maltreatment and intimate partner violence among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians Journal article … 1 … en … Child maltreatment and intimate partner violence among Indigenous and … Indigenous peoples of Canada face an elevated risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) compared to non-Indigenous Canadians. Few empirical studies have been conducted to understand this elevated risk, and none have examined child maltreatment (CM) as a predictor. This study used data on a nationally representative sample of 20,446 Canadians to examine CM and proximal risk factors for IPV against…

… Prevalence and risk factors of child neglect in the general population Journal article … 1 … en … Prevalence and risk factors of child neglect in the general population … Objectives: Child neglect is a major public health problem. It is the most frequently reported and substantiated form of maltreatment in youth protective services, and its effects are the most harmful to children. Yet, very few studies have documented its extent and risk factors in the general population. This study aims at documenting the annual prevalence and risk factors of child-neglect…

… The impact of lifetime victimization and polyvictimization on adolescents in Quebec: Mental health symptoms and gender differences Journal article … 1 … en … The impact of lifetime victimization and polyvictimization on adolescents in Quebec: Mental … This study documents lifetime experiences of victimizations, polyvictimization, and trauma symptoms among 1,400 adolescents from the province of Québec. The vast majority (81%) of adolescents were victimized during their lifetime, with most victims (82%) being the target of more than one form of victimization. Polyvictimization accounted for most variability in scores of depression, posttraumatic…