Moving Toward Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare

Current Issues and Future Directions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23766216
AutoresGary Cameron, Nick Coady, Gerald R Adams
Año2007
Fecha de publicación2007-04-19
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaMoving Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialWilfrid Laurier Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.51644/9781554580750
OpenAlexW4391865007
ISBN9781554580750
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

Faced with rapidly changing social and economic conditions, service professionals, policy developers, and researchers have raised significant concerns about the Canadian child welfare system. This book draws inspiration from experiences with three broad, international child welfare paradigms—child protection, family service, and community healing/caring (First Nations)—to look at how specific practices in other countries, as well as alternative experiments in Canada, might foster positive innovations in the Canadian child welfare approach. Foundational values and purposes, systems design and policy, and organization and management are discussed, as are front-line service delivery, service provider work environments, and the realities of daily living for families. Informed by recent research, the contributors provide clear directions for policy, administration, and service-delivery reforms. Informing policy debates addressing child maltreatment and family welfare, this book will serve as a vital resource for managers, service providers, professionals, and students in the fields of social work, child and youth care, family studies, psychology, and special education.

Developmental psychology · Political science · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare system · Early Childhood Education and Development · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology