In this Book
- Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- p. xv
- Part II: The Continuum of Care
- 15. The Changing Face of Adoption
- pp. 229-243
- Part III: Indigenous Issues in Child Welfare
- Part IV: Selected Practice Issues
- 26. Engaging with Fathers in Child Welfare
- pp. 385-397
- Part V: The Search for Best Practice
- 31. Family-Centred Child Welfare Practice
- pp. 445-458
- Part VI: The Future of Child Welfare
- 39. Critical Issues in Current Practice
- pp. 553-567
- References
- pp. 589-671
- List of Contributors
- pp. 673-677
Additional Information
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