Imagining child welfare in the spirit of reconciliation

Badry, Dorothy Eleanor, 1958- (editor.). Kikulwe, Daniel, (editor.). Bennett, Marlyn, 1963- (editor.). Fuchs, Don, 1948- (editor.). Montgomery, H. Monty, 1962- (editor.).

Summary: "Drawing on the expertise of Indigenous scholars and researchers, including voices from the front lines in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, this book examines child welfare practices in kinship care, FASD, homelessness, aging out of the system, and transitions for rural youth leaving care. Issues in the volume include renewing and decolonizing child welfare work, anti-oppressive practices, the historical legacy of the Sixties Scoop, and the needs of marginalized and vulnerable children."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780889775756 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
315 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Exploring human rights approaches to kinship care provision in the Prairie Provinces : implications for social work practice -- Working with First Nations child welfare to build professionalism -- Exploring decolonization through kinship care home assessments -- Aging out of care : the rural experience -- Inappropriate application of parenting capacity assessments in the child protection system -- Listening in a settler state : (birth) mothers as FASD paraprofessionals -- A summary : on the edge between two worlds : community narratives on the vulnerability of marginalized indigenous girls -- Factors associated with the child welfare placement decision in Alberta -- A strained relationship : southern Sudanese communities and child welfare systems in two urban centres in Western Canada -- The linkage between FASD and homelessness for individuals with a history of child welfare care -- The development of a training video : demonstrating essential skills for child welfare practice -- Transforming the classroom : supporting critical change in social work education in the spirit of reconciliation for child welfare.