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Title Reinvesting in families : strengthening child welfare practice for a brighter future : voices from the prairies / edited by Dorothy Badry, Don Fuchs, H. Monty Montgomery, and Sharon McKay
Published Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, 2014

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Contents Offering Hope for Families / Dorothy Badry -- The PCWC Story: A Remarkable Collaborative Effort across Provincial, Jurisdictional, and Cultural Boundaries / Sharon McKay -- The FASD Community of Practice Project: Promising Practices for Children in Care with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Model for Casework Practice / Dorothy Badry, William Pelech, and Denise Milne -- The Edmonton Model for Improving Delivery of Health-care Services for Children and Families in Care Through Pediatric Case Management / Tami Masterson -- Hearing their Voices: The Experiences of Women With High-Risk Substance Misuse Involved with Mentoring Programs to Prevent FASD / Linda Burnside -- Determinants of Mental Health Difficulties among Young Aboriginal Children Living Off-reserve / Christine Werk, Xinjie Cui, and Suzanne Tough -- Research with, not on: Community-based Aboriginal Health Research through the "Voices and PHACES" study / Amrita Roy [and 4 others] -- The Youth Restorative Action Project: Evaluating Effectiveness as a Youth-run Program / Elly Park [and 3 others] -- Outcomes-based Service Delivery (OBSD): The Process and Outcomes of Collaboration / Susan Gardiner, Bruce MacLaurin, and Jon Reeves -- The Voices of Youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Transitioning from Care: What Child Welfare Agencies and Youth Practitioners Need to Know / Don Fuchs and Linda Burnside -- Community Networking for Social Change: A Promising Practice for Aboriginal Child Welfare / Judy Gillespie, Georgina Supernault, and Miriam Abel -- What Albertan Adults Know about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) / Cecilia Bukutu, Tara Hanson, and Suzanne Tough -- Collaboration or Competition? Generalist or Specialized? Challenges Facing Social Work Education and Child Welfare / William Pelech, Rick Enns, and Don Fuchs
Summary Reinvesting in Families addresses tough issues such as FASD, high-risk substance misuse, and family reunification from a family-focused and First Nations perspective. With a focus on the Prairies, it offers insight to anyone anywhere with an interest in child welfare service, research, and practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
Subject Child welfare -- Prairie Provinces
Family services -- Prairie Provinces
Indian children -- Services for -- Prairie Provinces
Indian children -- Prairie Provinces -- Social conditions
Indigenous peoples -- Services for -- Prairie Provinces
Indigenous peoples -- Prairie Provinces -- Social conditions
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions
Indigenous peoples -- Services for
Child welfare
Family services
Indian children -- Services for
Indian children -- Social conditions
Prairie Provinces
Form Electronic book
Author Badry, Dorothy Eleanor, 1958- author, editor.
McKay, Sharon, 1940- author, editor.
Fuchs, Don, 1948- author, editor.
Montgomery, H. Monty, 1962- author, editor.
ISBN 9780889773547
0889773548
0889773521
9780889773523