The challenge of child welfare / / edited by Kenneth L. Levitt and Brian Wharf

• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, 1985
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.7/95/0971
• Soggetto topico: Child welfare - Canada; Public welfare - Canada
• Altri autori: LevittKenneth L <1937-> (Kenneth Leslie) WharfBrian
• 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 Neglect; 12 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 'I think this book, in assembling the views of a distinguished group of professionals, can have a profound effect on child welfare theory and practice. These practitioners, critics and academics have much to say. I for one am grateful that their views are now conveniently available to all of us in this book.' -- from the foreword by Thomas R. Berger, Chairman, the British Columbia Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law The first Canadian text on child welfare, this work examines a number of issues which represent the state of the art of child welfare in Canada. Among the contributors are practitioners as well as academics from the fields of social work, child care, law and medicine. Important government studies and reports in the 1970's did much to define existing problems in child welfare and to provide directions for their solutions. The developments and research reported in this book add to their findings. Several main themes emerge in the book -- one being the lack of standardization of child welfare policy and practice in Canada since each province has its own regulations and policies. Other concerns common to many of the authors are the dismantling of social service programmes as a result of the current recession and the need for greater cooperation with the native Indian leadership in regard to the provision of child welfare services to the Indian community. Another important theme touched on by several authors concerns children in the care of welfare agencies. They discuss how adequate the range and quality of services are and how the effect of these services can be measured. The final theme centers on prevention and the early identification of families whose children may be at risk without certain support services. The point of view which transcends all the contributions supports an institutional approach, where a range of services is available to families to choose from, as opposed to the residual approach which regards government services as the last resort. While it is the latter view that is prevalent in Canda today, the authors argue that this represents a penny wise but pound foolish approach not only to child welfare but also to the broader field of social welfare.
• Titolo autorizzato: The challenge of child welfare
• ISBN: 1-283-22640-5; 9786613226402; 0-7748-5710-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780549703321
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