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Imagining child welfare in the spirit of reconciliation : voices from the Prairies

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  • Contributor: Montgomery, H. Monty; Fuchs, Don; Bennett, Marlyn; Kikulwe, Daniel; Badry, Dorothy Eleanor
    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.

    Contents:
    • Exploring human rights approaches to kinship care provision in the Prairie Provinces : implications for social work practice / Daniel Kikulwe & Julie Mann-Johnson
    • Working with First Nations child welfare to build professionalism / Shelley Thomas Prokop, Laura Hicks & Rachel Melymick
    • Exploring decolonization through kinship care home assessments / Julie Mann-Johnson & Daniel Kikulwe
    • Aging out of care : the rural experience / Anne Marie McLaughlin, Rick Enns, & Deena Seaward
    • Inappropriate application of parenting capacity assessments in the child protection system / Peter Choate & Gabriel Lindstrom
    • Listening in a settler state : (birth) mothers as FASD paraprofessionals / Michelle Stewart, Lisa Lawley, Rachel Tambour, & Alexandra Johnson
    • A summary : on the edge between two worlds : community narratives on the vulnerability of marginalized indigenous girls / Marlyn Bennett & Ainsley Krone
    • Factors associated with the child welfare placement decision in Alberta / Bruce Maclaurin, Hee-Jeong Yoo, & Morgan Demone
    • A strained relationship : southern Sudanese communities and child welfare systems in two urban centres in Western Canada / Dave Este & Christa Sato
    • The linkage between FASD and homelessness for individuals with a history of child welfare care / Dorothy Badry, Christine Walsh, Meaghan Bell, & Kaylee Ramage
    • The development of a training video : demonstrating essential skills for child welfare practice / Cathy Rocke & Judy Hughes
    • Transforming the classroom : supporting critical change in social work education in the spirit of reconciliation for child welfare / Jennifer Hedges.
    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, Indigenous materials, Social science
    Sujets: Canada | Child rearing | Child welfare | Family services | Indigenous children | Prairie Provinces | Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
    Original Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan, University of Regina Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780889775763, 9780889775770
    Collection(s)/Series: Prairie Indigenous Ebook Collection | Prairie Indigenous Ebook Collection | Prairie Indigenous Ebook Collection | Saskatchewan Book Awards 2020