Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface x
5. Public Apathy&Government Parsimony: A Review of Child Welfare in Canada 1
6. Child Neglect and Abuse 28
7. Poverty and Child Welfare 53
8. Child Sexual Abuse: A Child Welfare Perspective 66
9. The Special Needs of Adolescents: Observations of a Physician 93
10. The Legal Process of Bringing Children into Care in British Columbia 108
11. Native Children, Child Welfare, and the Colonization of Native People 125
12. Substitute Care: The Range of Responses 142
13. Permanent Planning for Children in Care 160
14. Subsidized Adoption 169
15. The Berger Commission Report on the Protection of Children: The Impact on Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect 182
16. Preventive Approaches to Child Welfare 200
17. Approaches to Family Treatment 218
18. Day Care in Canada 236
19. The Child Welfare Programme of the Spallumcheen Indian Band in British Columbia 253
20. Children’S Rights: An Evaluation of the Controversy 266
21. The Dynamics of Child Welfare: A Report of a Study in Progress 276
22. The Challenge of Child Welfare 290
23. Selected Canadian References 302
24. Contributors 306
25. Index 307