Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and PracticeKathleen Kufeldt, Brad McKenzie Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 22/07/2011 - 696 من الصفحات Children who receive child welfare services are a vulnerable group, and their numbers are growing. All who care about them need to be fully informed about current outcomes, indicators of success and failure, and best practices. This second edition of Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice has a special focus on Canadian child welfare and contains entirely new material on these important themes. The book highlights major developments in child welfare and shows how these inform directions taken in research, policy, and practice. The book includes new sections on Indigenous issues and best practices, and several of its chapters review efforts to increase supports for families in need. Contributions from new and international authors illustrate the endemic nature of child welfare challenges and how we can learn from these experiences. Contributors provide recommendations for promoting best practice and enhancing resilience among children and families. Closing chapters within each section and at the end of the book summarize key theoretical and practice issues along with recommendations to improve the research, policy, and practice continuum in child welfare. The challenge is to translate good research into policy and practice in ways that enhance the life chances of children who need our care and protection. |
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The Continuum of Care EARLY INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT | |
Providing a Seamless Continuum of Care Themes and Implications | |
Indigenous Issues in Child Welfare | |
Disproportionate Representation of Indigenous Children in Child Welfare Systems International Comparisons | |
Child Welfare Challenges for Developing Nations | |
Selected Practice Issues Themes and Implications | |
The Search for Best Practice | |
FamilyCentred Child Welfare Practice | |
Using Looking After Children Data to Link Research to Policy and Practice in OutofHome Care | |
The Looking After Children Approach in Quebec An Evaluation of the Experiences of Youth Caseworkers and Foster Parents | |
Guided Practice in Australia Research Implementation and Child and Family Perspectives on Looking After Children and the Assessment Framework | |
Resiliency Embracing a StrengthBased Model of Evaluation and Care Provision | |
Understanding the Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in Canadas Child Welfare System | |
From Child Protection to Community Caring in First Nations Child and Family Services | |
Wrap a Star Blanket around Each One Learning from the Educational Experiences of Indigenous Former Children in Care on Coast Salish Territory | |
Indigenous Issues in Child Welfare Themes and Implications | |
Selected Practice Issues | |
Risk Assessment in Child Welfare Use and Misuse | |
Engaging with Fathers in Child Welfare | |
Critical Issues of Practice and Protection in Relation to Families and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder | |
Children with Disabilities in Care in Manitoba | |
The National Child Welfare Outcomes Indicator Matrix NOM and Its Application in a Child Welfare Agency | |
Implementing the Integrated Childrens System in the United Kingdom A Summary of the Main Findings | |
The Search for Best Practice Themes and Implications | |
The Future of Child Welfare | |
Critical Issues in Current Practice | |
The Policy Practice and Research Connection Are We There Yet? | |
REFERENCES | |
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Back cover | |