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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456315003321

Titolo

The challenge of child welfare [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Kenneth L. Levitt and Brian Wharf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, 1985

ISBN

1-283-22640-5

9786613226402

0-7748-5710-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LevittKenneth L <1937-> (Kenneth Leslie)

WharfBrian

Disciplina

362.7/95/0971

Soggetti

Child welfare - Canada

Public welfare - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Public Apathy and Government Parsimony: A Review of Child Welfare in Canada; 2 Child Neglect and Abuse; 3 Poverty and Child Welfare; 4 Child Sexual Abuse: A Child Welfare Perspective; 5 The Special Needs of Adolescents: Observations of a Physician; 6 The Legal Process of Bringing Children into Care in British Columbia; 7 Native Children, Child Welfare, and the Colonization of Native People; 8 Substitute Care: The Range of Responses; 9 Permanent Planning for Children in Care; 10 Subsidized Adoption

11 The Berger Commission Report on the Protection of Children: The Impact on Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect12 Preventive Approaches to Child Welfare; 13 Approaches to Family Treatment; 14 Day Care in Canada; 15 The Child Welfare Programme of the Spallumcheen Indian Band in British Columbia; 16 Children's Rights: An Evaluation of the Controversy; 17 The Dynamics of Child Welfare: A Report of a Study in Progress; 18 The Challenge of Child Welfare; Selected Reading; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z