Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. Setting the Context: 1
7. Insights from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
8. Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: 23
9. The Response of the Ontario Child Welfare System to Neglect: 1993 to 2003 37
10. Factors Associated with the Decision to Provide Ongoing Services: 57
11. Canadian Child Welfare Worker Qualifications 75
12. Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 89
13. The Continuum of Care
14. Differential Response in Child Welfare 101
15. Doing the Work: 117
16. Child Welfare Interventions That Make Sense to Mothers 131
17. Projet Famille: 145
18. Foster Care: 157
19. Finding the Best Home: 173
20. A Bicultural Response to Children in Need of Care and Protection in New Zealand 187
21. Experiences of Foster Carers’ Children 201
22. Making Group Home Care a Positive Alternative, Not the Last Resort 215
23. The Changing Face of Adoption 229
24. Factors Associated with Family Reunification among Adolescents in Residential Care 245
25. Aging Out of Care and the Transition to Adulthood: 259
26. Knock, Knock, Who’s There … for Youth? 267
27. Providing a Seamless Continuum of Care 281
28. Indigenous Issues in Child Welfare
29. Disproportionate Representation of Indigenous Children in Child Welfare Systems: 293
30. Understanding the Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in Canada’s Child Welfare System 307
31. From Child Protection to Community Caring in First Nations Child and Family Services 323
32. Wrap a Star Blanket around Each One 339
33. Indigenous Issues in Child Welfare 353
34. Selected Practice Issues
35. Risk Assessment in Child Welfare 369
36. Engaging with Fathers in Child Welfare 385
37. Critical Issues of Practice and Protection in Relation to Families and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 399
38. Children with Disabilities in Care in Manitoba 411
39. Child Welfare Challenges for Developing Nations 423
40. Selected Practice Issues: 437
41. The Search for Best Practice
42. Family-Centred Child Welfare Practice 445
43. Using Looking After Children Data to Link Research to Policy and Practice in Out-of-Home Care 459
44. The Looking After Children Approach in Quebec: 473
45. Guided Practice in Australia: 487
46. Resiliency: 501
47. The National Child Welfare Outcomes Indicator Matrix (NOM) and Its Application in a Child Welfare Agency 515
48. Implementing the Integrated Children’s System in the United Kingdom 531
49. The Search for Best Practice: 545
50. The Future of Child Welfare
51. Critical Issues in Current Practice 553
52. The Policy, Practice, and Research Connection: 569
53. References 589
54. List of Contributors 673